With the 2022 midterm elections just under two months away, many important national and state political races across the country are heating up.

Engagement and outreach to voters across all voting groups, ethnicities, ages, and communities will be critical in helping to assure that these elections are as representative as possible.

Recent reports from the Center for Inclusive Democracy (CID), as well as our online election tools, have been widely used by both election officials and voter advocacy organizations to support voter outreach efforts.

CID’s most recent research reports include:

CID is also planning to issue new research in the coming weeks with specific data related to congressional district voting patterns, demographic breakdowns by voting groups, as well as projections on trends likely to shape elections in November, as well as in the decades ahead. Stay tuned!

Election Renaissance:

The Bar of Elections Administration and Integrity for Local Election Officials

Deputy Director

Georgia Secretary of State | Elections Division

Sept. 7th at 10 a.m. PT

USC Price School of Public Policy

RGL Room 308

Elections have transitioned from a biennial one-night event to now daily breaking news flashing across every media outlet in existence post 2020. Conceivably no profession is more challenging these days than that of an Election Official. The election industry has undergone unprecedented changes and challenges in recent years. Each change brought a new set of complications leading to further restrictions with strict timeframes, often without additional resources. Join a discussion on the evolution of the elections ecosystem and how local election officials continue to raise the bar for standards in the democratic process.

This is an in-person event. Register here.

The event will also be broadcast on Facebook Live here.

The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law kicks off a series of webinars on hard-hitting topics on elections and democracy. The Project was established to promote research, collaboration, and advocacy aimed at ensuring continued free and fair elections in the United States, conducted in accordance with democratic norms and the rule of law.

Scroll to the Upcoming Events link on the Project’s website for more information on upcoming webinars. All webinars are held from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT.

Will Democrats retain a 50-50 Senate split, which they narrowly control with Vice President Harris casting tie-breaking votes, or will Republicans prevail in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections? NPR looks at the 10 U.S. Senate seats that could shift the balance for either party come November.

Several polls out this month on the midterm general election put Democrats ahead of Republicans—by 3 points, according to Monmouth University, and by 4 points, says Morning Consult. YouGov gives a margin of 6 points. Democrats also just took the lead in FiveThirtyEight’s generic-ballot average for the first time in nearly a year.

California took steps throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries that prevented many working-class and nonwhite residents from voting. But since the 1960s, the Golden State has worked to expand voter access. This 2022 Voter Guide provides answers to often asked questions about voting in the state.

New research from the Brennan Center for Justice shows how states are targeting people of color with restrictive election practices. The research looks specifically at recent laws passed in Arizona and Georgia that the Center says hit voters of color the hardest.