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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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Annual Report on Grant Programs, 2008 | FEBRUARY 2010
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The EAC's annual report on 2008 spending provides detailed information regarding states’ usage of HAVA funds, as well as data on competitive grants distributed by the EAC. Of the $2.96 billion they received from the EAC, states have spent 76% and are expected to use remaining funds in 2010.
NIST Workshop on a Common Data Format for Electronic Voting Systems: Conference Proceedings | OCTOBER 29, 2009
National Institute of Standards and Technology
A two-day workshop sought to decide upon a common data format for voting systems. Setting the requirements for a common data format will encourage transparency, interoperability, integration, and eventually assist in the transition to an electronic system of recordkeeping.
Final Report, 2008-2009 Ohio Election Summit and Conference (PDF) | APRIL 2009
Lawrence Norden with Jessie Allen, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
This report provides an overview of reform proposals growing out of a summit convened by Ohio's Secretary of State to examine comprehensively the state's entire election system.
E-Voting and Identity: Conference Proceedings | SEPTEMBER 2009
VoteID 2009
This is a collection of papers presented at the VoteID 2009 Conference, the Second International Conference on E-voting and Identity, held in Luxembourg from September 7-8, 2009. The papers cover a wide range of issues, including voting technology in the United States and around the world.
Electronic Elections in a Politicized Polity (PDF) | JUNE 2009
Thad E. Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
This paper examines how overall voter confidence has changed since the 2000 presidential elections. The decisions at the state level regarding voting systems have been very intensely politicized, which have affected the attitude of voters towards individual technologies.
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Dēmos
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.
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.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
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
FairVote
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
Brennan Center for Justice
NYU School of Law
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.
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