Results of GAO's Testing of Voting Systems Used in Sarasota County in Florida's 13th Congressional District (PDF)
Fifteen months and three rounds of testing later, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued its final report on the high undervote rate in the 2006 election in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. After a thorough examination of the machines’ software, the investigators were unable to uncover evidence of tampering, hacking, or a glitch that could have caused the abnormal number of undervotes in that election.
Read the report here (PDF).
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The first of its kind from a federal agency, this election administration survey gathers data on voter registration, absentee and provisional ballots, type of voting equipment used, and more. Data is available by state.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
On Wednesday, February 8, 2006, Senator Barack Obama delivered a keynote address to inaugurate the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. Senator Obama's address was followed by a discussion of the past and future of election reform among experts in election law, technology, and administration.
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Stephen Ansolabehere (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), The Journal of Politics
Ansolabehere and Stewart III find that in presidential races the residual vote rate increases as one moves from paper ballots to optically scanned ballots, mechanical lever machines, DRE’s, and punch cards. Lever machines and punch cards perform poorly in gubernatorial and senatorial races
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Lawrence Norden, et. al., Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
This report explores a wide range of issues regarding voting technology by laying out sets of key principles to maximize security, accessibility, and usability while considering cost, and then evaluating available systems based on these criteria.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
On Friday, September 22, 2006, the Election Reform Project hosted a conference entitled "The 2006 Elections--Are We Ready?" After a keynote address by Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.), panelists discussed the progress that has been made since the election debacle of 2000 and the hurdles that remain.
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Election Law @ Moritz, run through Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, contains both explanation and commentary on a wealth of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
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This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems
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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.
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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.
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