Verified Voting

10/05/2026

It's National Voter Education Week, and one of the simplest ways to prepare for the midterms is confirming that you're actually registered to vote. Registration requirements and deadlines vary by state, and it only takes a minute to check your status and avoid any unwanted surprises on Election Day.
🔍 Check your registration:

By registering to vote, you’re not just adding your name to a list—you’re asserting your right to be heard and to influence the policies that impact your life. Your vote is your power, your opportunity to make a difference on issues that matter to you.

09/28/2026

A technical error at the Texas Department of Public Safety has created a massive backlog in voter registration applications, possibly affecting voters in this year's primary. County election offices are now racing to process the backlog before early voting begins Oct. 19, and officials say applications must be submitted by Oct. 5 to be safe.

📋 If you're a Texas voter, check your voter registration status here:

Learn how to register to vote in Texas with easy-to-follow steps. Get all the details you need to ensure you're ready for the next election.

09/25/2026

“The Supreme Court’s decision today wrongly lifts the burden from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and puts it on the shoulders of voters,” said Verified Voting President & CEO Pamela Smith after the Court revived DHS’s overhauled SAVE database, a system a federal court found violated multiple laws.

She is urging states to use “extreme caution with any use of this database” and for voters to check their registration well in advance of Election Day to avoid being “swept up in a flawed system through no fault of their own.”

Read the full statement: http://bit.ly/4hrvxaT
Check your registration at the link in the comments.

Sep252026Press ReleaseCONTACT: [email protected] PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2026) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision reviving the Department of Homeland Security’s overhauled SAVE database, which a federal court found violated multiple laws and threatened Americans citizens....

09/24/2026

A century ago, electricity was new, mysterious, and genuinely dangerous: the perfect conditions for fear to be exploited. In a new piece for NYU Law's Democracy Project, former election administrator Neal Kelley draws a parallel to today's election discourse: when the public doesn't fully understand a complex system, fear tends to fill the gaps left by uncertainty. It's a point we see echoed in our own work at Verified Voting, the answer to unexplained questions isn't blind trust, and it isn't unfounded suspicion either. It's transparency, rigorous audits, and evidence.

⚡ Read the full piece:

A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.

09/23/2026

When a race is close enough to trigger a recount, the rules that govern that process matter enormously. Verified Voting's Recount Law Database compiles state laws, regulations, and procedures for post-election recounts — a critical resource for election officials, legal teams, and anyone tracking how contested results get resolved.

🔁 Explore the Recount Law Database here:

The Recount Law Database describes state laws, regulations and procedures for post-election recounts in states across the country.

09/22/2026

Tomorrow at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT, Verified Voting, Advance Elections, and The Election Law Program will walk through our joint report: "The Election Chain of Custody Blueprint: A Review of the Law, Best Practices, and Messaging Tools"

Together, we’ll cover:
🔹 A state-by-state legal landscape of chain of custody practices
🔹 Best practices framework for election offices of any resource level
🔹 A ready-to-use communications strategy, including crisis-response guidance and voter-ready language

Register Now:

Cohosted by Advance Elections, Verified Voting, and the Election Law Program, the briefing will cover an upcoming report, "The Election Chain of Custody Blueprint: A Review of the Law, Best Practices, and Messaging Tools" and provide: -A state-by-state legal landscape of chain of custody practices,....

09/19/2026

Machines count our ballots. Election officials conduct post-election audits to make sure they counted them right ✅

Verified Voting's Sunčana Pavlić and Lamontae Shively break down how audits work, and how they're one of many checks that election officials do.

Learn more: https://verifiedvoting.org/audits/

09/18/2026

Yesterday, Policy & Strategy Director Mark Lindeman testified to Georgia’s Election Equipment Specifications & Standards Committee on voting system security.

“In a resilient election system…you always have a good Plan B. We argue that voter-verified paper ballots are crucial to resilience.”

Watch Mark’s testimony here:

This is a recording from the September 17, 2026 Georgia Joint Elect...

09/15/2026

As many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote or are unsure of their registration status. Be part of the solution today and on .
at: www.vote411.org/check-registration

09/15/2026

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting President Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement:

“The past several weeks of manufactured chaos and uncertainty were unnecessary; the states run elections, and neither this Administration nor the USPS has any role as a gatekeeper for voters’ ballots. The priority must remain clear: protecting voters’ access to the ballot, maintaining transparent elections, and ensuring every eligible vote counts.”

Read more here:

Sep152026Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [email protected] PHILADELPHIA (September 14, 2026) — In response to the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting President Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following sta...