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Where Can and Should College Students Vote? A Legal and Empirical Perspective (PDF)
Many college students registering for the first time are among the record numbers of new registrants being reported across the country. The question of whether these students should register and vote in the home towns or the communities where they attend school has arisen in a number of states this election season. A new paper from Richard Niemi, Michael Hamner, and Thomas Jackson takes a careful look at the issue, concluding that while states cannot exclude students from voting in their college town, they can require those wanting to register to demonstrate residence in other ways.
Featured Resources
In this analysis, the Election Reform Project’s Molly Reynolds looks at what responses from a 2008 survey can tell us about what the public prefers in terms of election reform proposals—and the limits of relying on such data in this particular area.
This report reviews the election process across all fifty states, using the Carter-Baker Commission’s recommendations as guidelines.
This NASS document provides a state-level review of voter registration list maintenance practices.
This supplemental report provides in-depth information on each state's election system.
In a survey conducted with public assistance agencies in 40 states and the District of Columbia, Dēmos asked about the feasibility of implementing an upgrade of voter registration databases based upon the records kept by these agencies.
Research Projects
Project Vote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) that works to empower, educate, and mobilize low-income, minority, youth, and other marginalized and under-represented voters.
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.
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.
Dēmos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. A multi-issue national organization, Dēmoscombines research, policy development, and advocacy to influence public debates and catalyze change.
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