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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #81

Election Reform Newsletter

September 9, 2009

On Topic: Voter Registration

The Movement towards Modernization

The movement to reform voter registration increased its profile last week when the bipartisan Committee to Modernize Voter Registration publicly announced its formation, and The Pew Center on the States released an issue brief recommending ways to update the current system of voter registration.
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It's in the Mail: Surveying UOCAVA Voters and Barriers to Overseas Voting (PDF)

This research report reviews the success of policy initiatives to reach overseas voters. The report builds upon an index created by the author comparing the effectiveness of state legislation and identifies Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina and Kansas as the top scorers. Read more »


Provisional Ballots: An Imperfect Solution (PDF)

This analysis finds that 70% of the more than two million provisional ballots submitted nationwide during the 2008 election were counted. It also finds that the major reason for rejected provisional ballots was that the voter was not registered in the state. Read more »

New Resources

VOTER REGISTRATION


The National Voter Registration Act at Fifteen (PDF) Estelle Rogers, Esq. Project Vote (July 2009)

Discount Voting: Voter Registration Reforms and their Effects Michael J. Hanmer University of Maryland, College Park (August 2009)

TECHNOLOGY ISSUES


The Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology American Association for the Advancement of Science (August 2009)


ELECTION ADMINISTRATION


Election Enhancements for Ohio (PDF) Office of the Ohio Secretary of State (August 2009)

The State of Elections In The Fifty States: Evaluating the Process Where It Counts (PDF) Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University (August 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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