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NCSL tracks election and campaign issues in several major categories: campaign finance, election policy and administration, election results and analysis, and initiative and referendum. The organization provides comprehensive 50-state research and analysis on a wide variety of topics related to these issues. Additionally, NCSL's Redistricting and Elections Standing Committee works on issues that affect all states and hosts meetings of national interest.

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NCSL Election Resources

The NCSL elections team provides a variety of resources on election issues, including but not limited to 50-state surveys on state laws, legislation databases, a monthly elections newsletter, enactment summaries and other publications.
Elections

Ballot Duplication

Paper ballots are often counted on vote tabulation machines, which scan each ballot to record the voter’s selections. If a ballot is defective or damaged, the machine may not be able to read it. In many states, those defective or damaged ballots will be duplicated, meaning election officials copy the voter’s choices onto a new ballot that can be scanned. Ballot duplication is used to preserve a voter’s intent while maintaining the efficiency of using vote tabulation machines. It is also known as
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Challenges to Voter Eligibility

This page summarizes state laws pertaining to challenging voter eligibility. This includes challenges to a voter's registration and challenges to whether they are entitled to vote at the polls.
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Post-Election Audits

Summary of state laws on post-election audits, processes that check that voting equipment worked properly and that the election yielded the correct result.
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