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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #88

Election Reform Newsletter

December 16, 2009

On Topic: Voter Registration

Accurate Registration Rolls with Two Approaches: Automatic Registration and Interstate Matching

The problems with the current system of voter registration in most parts of the country affect both the accuracy of voter registration rolls and the size of the voting population. A Utah Commission has unanimously recommended adopting an automatic voter registration process, and the results of a pilot study of interstate voter registration file matching are presented.
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2008 UOCAVA Survey

The EAC recently released the results of the 2008 Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Voting Act Survey, which aggregated information on how many UOCAVA ballots were sent, received, and counted. It is the primary tool by which Congress, federal agencies and the public can monitor the compliance with UOCAVA. Read more »


Voting by Mail in Los Angeles

Responding to a request regarding the feasibility of adopting a vote-by-mail system in Los Angeles, the City Clerk wrote this memo. In it she discusses the potential impact of this change on voter turnout and the cost of implementing such a program. Read more »

New Resources

VOTER REGISTRATION


The National Voter Registration Act: Fifteen Years on Estelle H. Rogers American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (November 2009)

Modernizing Ohio's System for Registering Voters: Automatic and Online Registration (PDF) Wendy R. Weiser, Adam Skaggs, Christopher Ponoroff & Lawrence Norden The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (November 2009)

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION


Statistical Analysis of Post Election Audit Data Voting Technology Resource Center (November 2009)


VOTER ACCESS


Representational Bias in the 2008 Electorate Douglass R. Hess & Jody Herman Project Vote (November 2009)

The Rapid Growth of Permanent Mail Ballot Registration in California and its Impact Mark DiCamillo Survey Practice (November 2009)

MORE ON ELECTION REFORM

» Voter Registration
» Voter Access
» Early and Absentee Voting
» Provisional Balloting
» Technology Issues
» Election Administration
» Voting Integrity
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