“Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif.
MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election.
MIT political scientist explains the responsibilities leaders have for shaping and sharing factual, truthful information in the nation's political discourse.
MIT student groups come together to host “voter mobilization festival” featuring Institute leaders, famed artists, and elected officials.
Study measures the “blue shift” from absentee and provisional ballots, underscores uncertainties of 2020 vote.
MIT political scientist researches voting, race, the legal system, and bureaucratic behavior.
Bolstered by campus partnerships and TurboVote, the student-led group MITvote is working to increase voter turnout.
Head of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab discusses the greatest risks, voting by mail, zombies, and asteroids.
MIT cryptography expert and election technology developer explains how to verify an election outcome.
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users.
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences.
The political consequence of even short jail terms is disproportionately pushing African-American voters out of the electorate.
New technologies and campus engagement helped to spur a 26.4 percent increase in voting rates from 2014 to 2018.
!["In my view," says MIT Professor Elizabeth Wood, "the core motivation behind [election] interference is Russia's two-fold belief a) that the most important goal of the Russian state is world power status and b) that such status cannot be achieved without recourse to espionage and manipulation."](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201910/MIT-SHASS-elizabeth-wood.jpg?itok=eHrV6DI4)
How do we understand Russia’s multi-layered interference in the 2016 elections? A Russia expert and professor of history analyzes Russia’s motives.
