For most of the year, the topics that election reform researchers explore are largely theoretical. On Election Day, however, the conceptual can quickly become the actual and, as the Election Reform Project’s Tim Ryan describes in this piece about his experiences this November, no amount of planning on the part of election officials and voters will always close the gap between policy and implementation.
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The first session of the 110th Congress is winding down, and it appears that one of the many items left pending will be paper trail legislation. In a recent Roll Call column, the Election Reform Project’s Norman Ornstein explores why Americans trust voting machines far less than other technology in their lives (such as ATMs) and argues that market forces have profoundly inhibited the improvement of voting systems.
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