{"id":8018,"date":"2026-10-23T00:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/?page_id=8018"},"modified":"2026-10-23T02:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:39:00","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"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>Research<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/research-header-2.jpg);\"><\/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=\"research\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-research\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-8011\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8011\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8025\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8025\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/projects\/\">Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8024\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8024\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8013\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8013\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/archive\/\">Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth wp-block-paragraph\">Each project begins with a question from an election official. Explore our work across six themes, from polling place layouts to the people who run elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polling Place Design and Layout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2017, EDI has transformed polling places, vote centers, and processing facilities into scaled 2D and 3D layouts that show exactly where equipment, voters, and workers should go. With more than 1,500 diagrams created, poll workers across the country use them to set up for Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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\/polling-location-layout-diagrams-draft\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/1_1-Photo-2-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Community Center Image with Voting Systems Inside\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Polling Location Layout Diagrams<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/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  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/consolidated-polling-locations\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/iStock-538475150-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Consolidated Voting<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/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  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/research\/voting-in-vr\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/EDI-CCD-AtURI1-header-1-e1751569024970.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>CCD Visits EDI<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">LEARN MORE<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resource Allocation and Wait Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EDI uses more than 70,000 observed voting times to build simulation models that estimate how many check-in stations, voting booths, and staff each location needs. Election officials use these results to prepare for low, medium, and high turnout before the doors open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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\/polling-place-resource-allocation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/IMG_3224.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Polling Place Resource Allocation<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/vote-center-resource-allocation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/IMG_4613.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Vote Center Resource Allocation<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/satellite-election-office-resource-allocation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/iStock-1278838174-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Satellite Election Resource Allocation<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility and Voting Equipment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal law guarantees voters with disabilities a private, independent ballot, but fulfilling that promise requires enough accessible equipment in the right places. EDI\u2019s simulation research established minimum equipment requirements and informed the Accessible Voting Machines Calculator, developed in partnership with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/ada\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/iStock-1217186294-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>ADA<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vote-by-Mail and Ballot Processing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every mail ballot goes through several steps before it\u2019s counted. EDI has timed each step at processing centers across the country, from opening envelopes and verifying signatures to tabulating ballots and using the data to forecast how long counting will take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/vote-by-mail-ballot-return\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/IMG_3241-2.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>VBM Ballot Return<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/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  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/vote-by-mail-drop-box-access\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/iStock-1254322460-1-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>VBM Drop Box Access<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voters, Ballots, and Behavior<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where voters go, when they arrive, and how they mark their ballots all influence how an election works. EDI draws on poll book data, geospatial analysis, and ballot records to understand voter behavior and design election systems around it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/voter-travel-data\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/iStock-1259523677-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Voter Travel Behavior<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The People Who Run Elections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elections rely on workers carrying out demanding tasks under tight deadlines, often in loud, crowded spaces. EDI studies this work, from the cognitive demands of signature verification to noise exposure from processing equipment, so the profession can better protect its Election Heroes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\" https:\/\/uri.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_4JyIGTIk3sXnRPM\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/931\/IMG_6725-EDIT-1-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"A smartwatch on a worker\u2019s wrist shows a noise reading of 80 decibels and a \u201cLoud\u201d warning, held above the ballot trays of a mail sorting machine.\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Noise in Ballot Processing<\/h2><p>Ballot processing is going through its own industrial revolution. Work once done by hand now runs on high-speed sorters and tabulators, and some of that equipment can exceed established noise limits. 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EDI\u2019s work is not and will not be influenced in any way by an individual\u2019s or organization\u2019s party affiliation or political perspective and it does not advocate for, nor work towards, the election or defeat of any individual candidates or the members of any specific political party or affiliation.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-promo-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo   micro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/edi\/givetoday\/\" class=\"cl-promo-micro-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-promo-micro-content\"><h1>Support Engineering for Democracy Institute<\/h1><span class=\"cl-promo-micro-text-link\">Give Today<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each project begins with a question from an election official. Explore our work across six themes, from polling place layouts to the people who run elections. 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