The Bipartisan Policy Center, in partnership with the Polling Place of the Future Project of the CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project, today announces a nationwide effort to measure Election Day lines at polling places around the country. BPC will collect unique data from every polling place in multiple jurisdictions on an hourly basis throughout Election Day.
This data will help to diagnose the causes of long lines at the polls, predict where they may happen in advance of elections, and develop tools to allow election officials to swiftly allocate resources to the precincts most in need.