Filter by: DemocracyGovernmentConstitutionElectionsVoting RightsLocal ElectionsState ElectionsState GovernmentRacial JusticeSupreme CourtHistoryMovementsProtestCensusDistrictingLocal GovernmentStatehood Congressional Recess Period when members of Congress return to their states and districts to work and meet with constituents. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Agreement between states to ensure the winner of the national popular vote is elected President. Ranked Choice Voting Ranked Choice Voting: A system of voting in which voters rank candidates on their ballot by order of preference. Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Federal law to improve election administration through reforms such as mandatory minimum standards and funding to meet standards. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) The only federal agency charged with improving voting systems and helping states with other critical functions of election administration. Runoff Election Elections between the two top candidates from a primary or general election often when the winner has not won both the most votes and earned at least 50% of the vote.