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The EAVS asks all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories—American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—to provide data about the ways Americans vote and how elections are administered. Since 2008, this project has included a separate survey, the Election Administration Policy Survey (Policy Survey) , that collects information about state election laws, policies, and practices.  \nThe EAVS provides the most comprehensive source of state and local jurisdiction-level data about election administration in the United States. These data play a vital role in helping election officials, policymakers, and other election stakeholders identify trends, anticipate and respond to changing voter needs, invest resources to improve election administration and the voter experience, and better secure U.S. elections infrastructure. The EAVS data make it possible to examine the details of the U.S. election infrastructure and to produce a generalizable understanding of core aspects of the election process and the management challenges faced by election officials. The survey provides policymakers and the public with critical information every two years about how federal elections are conducted, and it helps the EAC fulfill its congressionally mandated reporting requirements. The EAVS is also invaluable to election officials who use the data to manage election oversight, conduct issue analysis and strategic planning, and create training and promotional materials. The EAC also uses EAVS data to create clearinghouse resources to advance the agency’s mission and to better support election officials and voters as well as to inform lawmakers and national-level stakeholders about the impact of federal voting laws and the changing landscape of U.S. elections.  \nThe 2020 general election was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic and the ensuing public health emergency necessitated a variety of changes to existing election practices to accommodate social distancing and to slow the spread of the virus among voters, poll workers, and election officials and staff. In response, many states took action to expand the availability of inperson voting before Election Day and mail voting. Because of its status as the most comprehensive survey of election administration in the United States, the 2020 EAVS serves as a record of the extraordinary efforts by the nation’s election officials and poll workers to ensure that the 2020 general election was conducted in a safe and secure manner. To this end, the EAC is pleased to present to the 117th Congress its report on the 2020 EAVS.  \nThis report describes in detail how the 2020 federal general election was administered and how voters cast their ballots. Data from the EAVS and the accompanying Election Administration Policy Survey (Policy Survey) are used to provide an overview of each of the following aspects of the election process:  \n• Turnout, voting methods, polling places, poll workers, and election technology are covered in Chapter 1, “Overview of Election Administration and Voting in the 2020 General Election”;  \nExecutive Summary | i  \n• Key laws, rules, policies, and procedures that govern U.S. elections are covered in Chapter 2,“Election Law and Procedure: The Policy Survey”;  \n• Voter registration and list maintenance are covered in Chapter 3, “Voter Registration: The NVRA and Beyond”;  \n• Voting by individuals covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is described in Chapter 4, “Military and Overseas Voting in 2020: UOCAVA”; and  \n• Finally, the methodology of the EAVS and a description of the survey questions are discussed in Chapter 5, “Survey Methodology and Procedures.”  \nVoting and Election Admini","cbCaie8fUHjtp3Tn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie8fUHjtp3Tn","pdf",7285907,252,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Voting and Election Administration Findings","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the 2020 EAVS report?\",\"answer\":\"It presents findings on how the 2020 federal general election was administered and how voters cast ballots, using EAVS data and the accompanying Election Administration Policy Survey.\"},{\"question\":\"How did turnout in 2020 compare with earlier federal general elections?\",\"answer\":\"The 2020 general election recorded the highest turnout of any federal general election captured by the EAVS to date, with 67.7% of the citizen voting age population casting counted ballots.\"},{\"question\":\"What major voting method changes occurred in 2020?\",\"answer\":\"In 2020, only 30.5% of voters cast ballots in person on Election Day, while the share voting by mailed ballot rose to 43.1%, driven in part by COVID-19-related changes to election practices.\"}]","2020 EAVS Report Final - Executive Summary - Election Administration and Voting Survey | PDF",1790690120,635]