The Nation’s Evolving Election System as Reflected in the November 2004 General Election (PDF)
Some of HAVA’s provisions faced an early test during the 2004 general election. In a recent study, the U.S. Government Accountability Office explored the law's implementation and the challenges faced by election officials.

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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #81 | SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Post-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the November 2008 Elections (PDF) | MAY 2009
UConn Voting Technology Research Center
This report discusses the results of a post-election audit of Connecticut's memory cards, finding that while all cards used in the election were properly programmed, there is still room for improvement.
Interstate Voter Registration Database Matching: The Oregon-Washington 2008 Pilot Project | SEPTEMBER 2009
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Jeff Jonas (IBM), William E. Winkler (Census Bureau) & Rebecca Wright (Rutgers), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Exploring the ways in which technology can be better utilized to improve the accuracy of voter registration databases can provide valuable guidance. Researchers undertook a pilot project to determine the feasibility of using database matching to identify voters in Oregon and Washington.
Electoral Laws and Turnout: 1972-2008 | SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Jan Leighley (University of Arizona) & Jonathan Nagler (NYU- Wilf Family Department of Politics)
This paper examines the impact of electoral laws on turnout in elections. The authors find that by aggregating turnout among different demographic groups, they can estimate the impact of electoral reforms over time.
Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2009
National Association of Secretaries of State
This NASS document provides a state-level review of voter registration list maintenance practices.
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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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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.
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University of Connecticut
The mission of the VoTeR center is to advise state agencies in the use of voting technologies and to investigate voting solutions and voting equipment to develop and recommend safe use procedures for their usage in elections.
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