Reports

How proposed cuts to federal Medicaid funding would create insurmountable deficits in state budgets that would decimate the program’s ability to function – even for Medicaid recipients lucky enough to retain coverage.

President Donald Trump’s March 25th election integrity executive order creates unfunded mandates for election officials and throws up unnecessary barriers for eligible U.S. citizens to participate in elections – barriers which would disproportionately harm members of the military and their families, as well as married women.

In Arizona, very few voters actually provide physical documents while registering to vote. Instead, election officials use existing state and federal databases to verify citizenship for the vast majority of applicants. This paper discusses how Arizona's proof of citizenship law actually works.

Passage of the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) would place undue burdens on election officials and voters alike. Our team provides an analysis on why this bill would be incredibly detrimental here.

A Summary of UMD’s Texas and Georgia Case Studies

This short report details states impacted by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, the state statutes that outline natural disaster exceptions and actions taken by governors in each state to address impacted polling locations and elections offices.

This memo provides a summary and key points around the latest Georgia State Election Board vote to hand count ballots on election night.

As students make their way back to college campuses this Fall, access to the ballot box might be at the front of their minds. This report contains a list of barriers that many students face, as well as policy solutions that states and colleges can implement to ensure that all eligible student voters can cast a ballot come Election Day.