The midterm elections are already underway. Elections in the U.S. don’t only happen on Election Day — they happen in the weeks ahead as election officials process voter registrations, mail absentee ballots and administer early voting.
So, how is mail voting going across the country? Or early voting at the polls? And what should Americans know about potential federal interference ahead of Election Day? Check in with election experts and Votebeat on Oct. 27.
Votebeat is a nonprofit newsroom that specializes in explaining how elections work. Each of our reporters and editors spend every day covering voting rules, election administration, misinformation, election lawsuits, local officials, and the systems that determine how ballots are cast and counted.
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Jessica Huseman is Votebeat’s Editorial Director. She runs big initiatives for Votebeat, like the Expert Desk, and manages investigations. She was previously the lead elections reporter for ProPublica, and helped manage the Electionland project for three federal election cycles, sharing information and tips with hundreds of newsrooms across the United States.
Bob Page is registrar of voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving about 1.9 million registered voters. He administers elections, provides access to voter registration, maintains voter registration records, and examines petition signatures. He is also vice president and member of the board of directors for the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials.
Tammy Patrick is a nationally recognized elections expert in the United States. She has been working in the election administration space since 2003. She started her career in elections by spending more than a decade as the federal compliance officer for Maricopa County, Arizona. She works to foster a voter-centric elections system and support election officials across the country.
Michael Alvarez is the Flintridge Foundation professor of political and computational social science at Caltech, and co-director of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project. He is a fellow of the Society for Political Methodology and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the Career Achievement Award from the Society for Political Methodology.
