Who Should Run Our Elections? Public Opinion About Election Governance in the United States: Working Paper (PDF)
Alvarez, Hall, and Llewellyn's survey examines public preferences for election administration-whether elections should be run by partisan or nonpartisan officials, whether the officials should be elected or appointed, and whether elections should be administered by a single individual or commission.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
In this paper, to be published in the Policy Studies Journal, Alvarez and Hall examine the current model of election administration and explore alternatives that could give administrators more control over the process.
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electionline.org, University of Utah Center for Public Policy and Administration, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
The survey is currently being conducted to measure respondents’ perception of threat or risk of voting systems.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
In this report, R. Michael Alvarez and Thad Hall explore how thorough and standardized chain of custody procedures can help avert election fraud and make recommendations regarding best practices for their implementation.
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electionline.org
This report examines partnerships to improve election administration in Georgia, Ohio, Connecticut, Idaho, and Maryland, and explores prospects for future cooperation in other areas of the country.
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Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Drawn from a symposium held at Harvard, this paper suggests best practices for the implementation of new voting technology, strongly endorses voter-verified paper trails, and calls for increased poll worker training.
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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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Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.
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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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