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EVIC Research & Reports

The Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC) studies the evolving landscape of American elections through the Local Election Official (LEO) Survey and specialized academic research. Explore our core projects, recent scholarship, and searchable archive below.

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Local Election Official (LEO) Survey

The EVIC Local Election Official (LEO) Survey is a yearly, nationally representative effort designed to track the administrative, policy, and operational conditions of election officials across the U.S. EVIC has fielded seven waves of the survey (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), with the 2026 survey in development. 

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Oregon Trust in Elections

The Oregon Elections Trust Project is a research-practice partnership between EVIC, UC San Diego, and the Oregon Association of County Clerks (OACC). This initiative uses statewide surveys and experiments to evaluate public trust, providing data to better understand Oregon’s election landscape. 

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Voter List Maintenance Framework

This MEDSL-funded National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and EVIC list maintenance project produces comprehensive state snapshots, a publicly accessible dataset, and a virtual convening, providing accurate, up-to-date data to better inform policymakers, researchers, and the general public.

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