AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project Launch
February 08, 2006
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, Senator Barack Obama delivered a keynote address to inaugurate the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar at AEI, and Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, then moderated a discussion of the past and future of election reform among experts in election law, technology, and administration. See below for panelist information, the conference agenda, and a complete video and transcript of the event.

Transcript
Video Event Agenda:

Introduction:
Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution

Keynote Address:
The Honorable Barack Obama, United States Senator, Illinois

Panel One: HAVA – How Is It Working?

Moderator:
Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, AEI

Panelists:
Paul DeGregorio, Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Honorable Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State
Doug Chapin, Director, electionline.org

Panel Two: Election Reform – Looking Ahead

Moderator:
Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Panelists:
Michael Alvarez, Professor and Director of the Cal Tech-MIT Voting Technology Project
Richard Hasen, the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Robert Pastor, Executive Director, Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform
Paul Vinovich, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration


Featured Resources
What Happened in Sarasota County? | JULY 2007
David Jefferson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California/U.S. Department of Energy), National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies
In this article, the author, a computer scientist, summarizes a number of potential explanations for the undervote problem in Florida's 13th Congressional District in 2006, and offers several ideas for future progress.
Independent Verification: Essential Action to Ensure Integrity in the Voting Process (PDF) | AUGUST 2006
Roy G. Saltman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
In a new report written for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Roy Saltman argues for the importance of auditing direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines and explores several alternatives for doing so.
Making Each Vote Count: A Research Agenda for Electronic Voting (PDF) | OCTOBER 2004
American Association for the Advancement of Science
After reviewing some specifics of voting processes in the United States and the provisions of the Help America Vote Act, this paper lays out a roadmap for future reseach on electronic voting, with particular emphasis on reliability and access.
Draft: UOCAVA Voters and the Electronic Transmission of Voting Materials in Four States (PDF) | OCTOBER 2007
Q2 Data and Research LLC
This report, commissioned by the EAC, examines the electronic transmission practices implemented by four states--Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, and Montana--and addresses the various challenges such procedures present.
Electronic Voting Machines and the Standards-Setting Process (PDF) | 2004
Eddan Katz and Rebecca Bolin, Yale School of Law
This paper, part of the Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting initiative at the National Research Council of the National Academies, lays out criteria for evaluating new voting systems.
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Research Projects
Electionline.org
Electionline.org
Electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
University of Maryland
As part of its broader research focus on elections, campaign ethics, campaign finance, and the legislative process, the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland is engaged in research projects on voting technology and ballot design specifically.
Election Law @ Moritz
Election Law @ Moritz, run through Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, contains both explanation and commentary on a wealth of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.
Early Voting Information Center
Reed College
Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.
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