EAC Survey Sheds Light on Election Administration

• By Michael McDonald and Kimball Brace
• Special to Roll Call
• Oct. 27, 2005, Midnight

U.S. elections are administered at the local level, not by the federal government. Election results are reported by local election jurisdictions to their state counterparts, who certify the winners for their states. But there is no systematic, national collection of information that underpins the performance of our nation’s election administration, from how voters are registered to how they cast their ballots.