Rice Center for Voting

The mission of Rice Center for Voting is to support the conduct of free and fair elections through high-quality, non-partisan academic research in 4 major areas:

1. Understanding how voters and poll workers use electronic voting equipment—poll books to check voters in and ballot marking devices—and their impact on the polling place operations.
2. Designing ballots to reduce voter errors and the efficacy with which voters verify their ballot choices.
3. Determining the optimal number, location, staffing, and equipping of early, Election Day, and vote center polling locations.
4. Organizing polling place space and operations, including the spacing of voting equipment inside the location, as well as entry and exit to and from polling locations.

The Rice Center for Voting is located on the campus of Rice University, which can be found in the heart of Houston, Texas.