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Understanding Elections from an Administrative Burden Perspective: Making Participation Easy by Minimizing Unnecessary Barriers

Much of the discussion of elections and election laws centers on access to voting and election security, and the ostensible tradeoff between the two. This paper presents an alternative perspective for evaluating election administration policies, drawing from the administrative burdens framework.

Bringing Guardrails and Structure to Election Fraud Investigations
Using Medicaid Automatic Voter Registration to Address Persistent Voter Registration Problems: Helping the National Voter Registration Act Achieve its Potential
A History of Third-Party Voter Registration Drives
Automatic Voter RegistrationMaking Participation Possible
How Nudge Theory Helps Us Design Effective Voter Registration Systems

Citizens want governments to make their lives simpler. At Responsive Gov, we believe governments should use available technologies to reduce unnecessary burdens and logistical headaches borne by individual citizens. To do this, governments can look to “Nudge Theory,” a concept of behavioral economics that encourages the use of thoughtful design choices—called “nudges”—to ensure that people can easily locate and select their preferred option.

Automatic Voter RegistrationMaking Participation Possible
Medicaid AVR & Vulnerable Populations
Automatic Voter RegistrationMaking Participation Possible
Medicaid AVR with Data Consent
Making Participation Possible
50 States of Need: How We Can Fully Fund Our State and Local Election Infrastructure