AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Thank you for following the work of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. We’ll continue looking at the issues of election reform at AEI and Brookings. For new work on congressional redistricting, please visit www.redistrictingproject.org.

Eyes on the Vote Count: Non-Partisan Observer Reports of Minnesota's Post-Election Audit and Recount (PDF)

The Minnesota Supreme Court considers the election contest in the Norm Coleman/Al Franken Senate race this week, and for most observers, the focus is on the political implications of the outcome. For election reform analysts however, the state’s recount and audit procedures are also of substantial importance. A new report explores how those processes were employed in this case, arguing that while the system functioned quite well, reforms can be made.

Read the report here (PDF).

2010 Election Administration Policy Recommendations | JANUARY 2010

Project Vote

As election officials continue to prepare for the November midterm elections, Project Vote has assembled comprehensive recommendations to improve election administration in 11 states.

Long Lines at Polling Stations? Observations from an Election Day Field Survey (PDF) | APRIL 2009

Douglas Spencer (University of California, Berkeley) and Zachary S. Markovits (Pew Center on the States)

Through an Election Day field study, the authors examine the commonality of lines at polling stations. They find inefficiencies in all three steps of casting a ballot, which they define as voter arrivals, voter is served by poll workers, and voter interaction with voting machine.

Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections v. Browning | FEBRUARY 2010

Supreme Court of Florida

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Sarasota County’s charter election law amendments, finding that state law does not bar individual counties from creating their own election laws.

Election Administration Profiles of All Fifty States (PDF) | JULY 2009

Center for Democracy and Election Management

This supplemental report provides in-depth information on each state's election system.

2008 Election Data Collection Grant Program Evaluation Report (PDF) | JUNE 2009

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

This report provides the results from an evaluation of five projects to improve election data collection in 2008. Overall, the grantees increased their level of core data collection, improving to 80 percent of the core data from less than half in 2006.

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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.

FairVote

FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.

electionline.org

The Pew Center on the States

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.

Project Vote

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.

Center for Democracy & Election Management

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.

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