Appendix H
Appendix H
Appendix H
Relevant Reports and Research
The report contains reliable information pertaining to voter communication. Yet its brevity is such that we were forced to synthesize information for quick — yet no less accurate — consumption.
We’ve decided to re-expand and re-open the conversation by including what we found to be the most relevant, insightful, and engaging reads across a range of topics — from hacking and cybersecurity to voter suppression and gerrymandering.
The literature included below stems from two major branches: academia and NGOs. Neither exists independently of the other, but, for the purposes of categorization, the list has been delineated along those terms.
Though this list is exhaustive, it is by no means definitive; as such, we’ll be periodically updating it, so stay tuned for additional documents — and feel free to send anything you think should be on the list our way.
Table of Contents
Organization Publications
A
American Civil Liberties Union
“Block the Voter: Voter Suppression in 2020”
American Enterprise Institute
“Biden, Trump and the science—or instinct—of persuasion”
David Shaywitz
American Enterprise Institute
“Is an army of secret Trump voters skewing the polls toward Biden?”
American Journal of Political Science
“The Causal Effects of Elite Position-Taking on Voter Attitudes: Field Experiments with Elite Communication”
David E. Broockman and Daniel M. Butler
American Promise
“Resources”
All Voting is Local
“Advocates Implore Florida Gov. DeSantis to Expand Voter Registration Outreach, Voting Options”
“Florida Voting Rights Advocates Highlight Necessary Reforms for November”
“Franklin County, Ohio Court Decision a Win for Voter Access”
“Pennsylvania Civil Rights, Immigrant Rights Organizations Showcase Voter Guides in More Than 10 Languages”
B
Ballotpedia
“Voting in 2020”
Bipartisan Policy Center
“Accessing the Vote During a Pandemic”
Christopher Thomas and Matthew Weil
Bipartisan Policy Center
“BPC Issues Recommendations to Enhance Legitimacy of November Vote Counting”
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
“Can Democracy Survive in the Information Age?”
Eric Rosenbach and Katherine Mansted
Brennan Center for Justice
“Social Media Monitoring”
Faiza Patel, Rachel Levinson-Waldman, and Raya Koreh
Brookings Institution
“What really drives voters to the polls?”
Brookings Institution
“Why the U.S. needs a pandemic communications unit”
Heidi Tworek
C-F
California Voter Foundation
“California Online Voter Guide”
California Voter Foundation
“Rejected ballots – a preview of CVF’s study findings and recent news coverage”
California Voter Foundation
“Online Voter Tools – Check Your Status”
CATO Institute
“China’s Coronavirus Policy Will Impact the U.S. Presidential Election”
CATO Institute
“The Internet, Political Polarization, and the 2016 Election”
Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow, and Jesse M. Shapiro
Campus Election Engagement Project
“Educate on Issues, Candidates and Why Elections Matter”
Campus Election Engagement Project
“Engagement Resources”
Campus Election Engagement Project
“Social Media, Memes and Videos”
Center for American Progress
“17 Ways Companies Can Help Americans Vote Safely”
Alex Tausanovitch, Sarah Bonk, and Richard Eidlin
Center for Civic Design
“Messages and notices to help voters be well informed”
Center for Civic Design
“Modernizing voter registration”
Center for Civic Design
“Vote-at-home envelopes and information”
Center for Election Innovation and Research
“2020 VRDB Security Report”
Center for Tech and Civic Life
“Affordable Resources for Delivering Online Election Training & Virtual Conferences”
Center for Tech and Civic Life
“Hillsborough County, Florida “Delivers” Election to Voters”
Center for Tech and Civic Life
“Pocket Voter Guide Available for Michigan Primary”
Center for Tech and Civic Life
“Rhode Island Simulates Election Day to Reduce Wait Times”
Center for Tech and Civil Life
“Stanford – MIT Healthy Elections Project: Resources for Election Officials”
Center for American Progress
“20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November”
Demos
“How Ohio Continued to Silence Black and Brown Voters in a Vote-by-Mail Election”
Election Integrity Partnership
“Examining Twitter’s policy against election-related misinformation in action”
Election Integrity Partnership
“Evaluating Platform Election-Related Speech Policies”
Election Integrity Partnership
“Misleading Ads Highlight Loopholes in Google’s Policies”
By Daniel Bush
Fair Elections Center
“Older poll workers are afraid to work this fall. Younger Americans should step up”
N-U
National Association of State Election Directors
“How Voters Can Prepare for the November 3 General Election”
National Association of State Election Directors
“NASS and NASED Announce Joint Effort with ABA to Promote the Need for Poll Workers for 2020 General Election”
National Election Task Force on Election Crises
“Statement on Why the President Cannot Cancel or Postpone the Election”
Pew Research Center
“Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient Evidence That America’s Voter Registration System Needs an Upgrade”
Project Democracy
“Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief – Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship”
Project Democracy
“False Terrorism Report”
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
“CARES Act Election Administration Grant: Trends in States’ Spending”
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
“Rehearsal for November: An Analysis of Seventeen August State Elections”
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
“The Use of Ballot Drop Boxes During COVID-19”
Academic Articles
- Adriano Udani, et al. “How Local Media Coverage of Voter Fraud Influences Partisan Perceptions in the United States,” State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 18(2), 193–210, https://doi.org/10.1177/1532440018766907
- Andrea Roemmele and Rachel Gibson. “Scientific and subversive: The two faces of the fourth era of political campaigning,” New Media & Society, 22(4), 595–610, https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819893979
- Clare Adida, et al. “When Does Information Influence Voters? The Joint Importance of Salience and Coordination,” Comparative Political Studies, 53(6), 851–891, https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414019879945
- David H. Weaver. “What Voters Learn from Media,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 546(1), 34–47, https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716296546001004
- Jakob Ohme, et al. “The uncertain first-time voter: Effects of political media exposure on young citizens’ formation of vote choice in a digital media environment,” New Media & Society, 20(9), 3243–3265, https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817745017
- K.K.V. Königslöw. “Voter Behavior and Communication” In G. Mazzoleni (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of political communication. Wiley-Blackwell. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118541555.wbiepc228
- Nathan Walter, et al. “Communication Ecologies: Analyzing Adoption of False Beliefs in an Information-Rich Environment,” Science Communication, 40(5), 650–668, https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547018793427
- Olle Folke, Johanna Rickne. “Who wins preference votes? An analysis of party loyalty, ideology, and accountability to voters,” Journal of Theoretical Politics, 32(1), 11–35, https://doi.org/10.1177/0951629819893028
- Richard Burke, et al. “ Party Competition, Personal Votes, and Strategic Disloyalty in the U.S. States,” Political Research Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912920953210
- Sara K. Yeo, et al. “Selecting Our Own Science: How Communication Contexts and Individual Traits Shape Information Seeking,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 658(1), 172–191, https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716214557782
- Shane P. Singh and Jason Roy. “Compulsory voting and voter information seeking,” Research & Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017751993
- Thomas B. Ksiazek, et al. “Television News Repertoires, Exposure Diversity, and Voting Behavior in the 2016 U.S. Election,” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96(4), 1120–1144, https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699018815892
- Lance Bennett. “The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 644(1), 20–39, https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716212451428
