{"id":6924,"date":"2025-10-20T11:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/?page_id=6924"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:53:42","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Our History<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/office-group-header.jpg);background-position:42% 57%;\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<div class=\"breakout\" style=\"background: #eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"content-width\">\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"about us\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-about-us\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-6985\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6985\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6981\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6981\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/our-history\/\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6982\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6982\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/team\/\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6983\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6983\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/our-partners\/\">Partners<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6984\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6984\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/funders\/\">Funders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth \">The State of Rhode Island has a proud history of sharing ideas with the rest of the country, and it is no different when it comes to elections. The Engineering for Democracy Institute (EDI) is housed by the University of Rhode Island, the state\u2019s flagship public research and land-grant university. Since 2017, EDI has served as a national leader in implementing engineering strategies and tools for data-driven solutions for election officials nationwide. The EDI\u2019s mission is to support free, fair, and efficient elections for all through the development, distribution, and support of data that improves the democratic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">After experiencing long lines in the 2016 general election, the Rhode Island Secretary of State turned to URI in 2017, to understand how the application of industrial and systems engineering techniques could be applied towards elections. This was the beginning of EDI, which evolved from the work of Rhode Island Voter OperaTions &amp; Election Systems (URI VOTES).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-History-Timeline-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic with the following: \n2016\nPresidential Election Reports of voters waiting in line for 3-to-5 hours to vote in-person in Rhode Island.\n\n2017\nRI VOTES started after \nDr. Macht presented queueing theory to the general public with support from the RI Secretary of State and Board of Elections.\n\n2018\nMidterm Election Reports of waiting in line after RI VOTES worked with \nRI SOS and RI BOE for \n14 months.\n\n2019\nRI VOTES was rebranded as URI VOTES to bring  engineering ideas and improvements to in-person elections to election officials across the country.\n\n2020\nPresidential Election\n\nPandemic locks down the United States in March.\n\nThe URI VOTES team closes down the Detroit Airport on their way back from elections collection.\n\nURI VOTES was one of the few research teams out doing data collection at     in-person polling locations during the pandemic. We studied five elections in  different states across the country.\n\n2022\nMidterm Election\nURI VOTES expanded to study vote-by-mail processes in two states.\n\n2023\nEngineering for Democracy Institute was founded to expand our services and support nationally in all types of election systems.\n\n2024\nPresidential Election\nEDI launches the STEM for Elections Network to expand the involvement of STEM professionals in elections research. \n\n2025\nEDI publishes a suite of tools and applications for election officials with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and PLEJ.\n\n2026\nMidterm Election\n\nLook out for voting opportunities near you!\" class=\"wp-image-7038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-History-Timeline-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-History-Timeline-1-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-History-Timeline-1-410x1024.jpg 410w, 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Network<\/h1><span class=\"cl-promo-micro-text-link\">Learn More<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  fitted\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/team\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/diagram-group-2x3-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>People<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Meet the team<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  fitted\" 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button\">Explore<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breakout\" style=\"background: #eee\">\n<div class=\"content-width\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-CheckMark-Full-sgc-cyc-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6280\" style=\"width:336px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-CheckMark-Full-sgc-cyc-b.jpg 1400w, 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Center for Advanced Engineering<br>2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/about\/contact-us\/\" title=\"\">Connect<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/stem-for-elections-network\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5789\">STEM for Elections Network<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div 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