Making Every Vote Count: A Colloquium on Election Reform Legislation (PDF)
On April 6 and 7, 2006, scholars and policymakers met in Princeton, New Jersey, to discuss the implementation of the Help America Vote Act, as well as the Voting Rights Act and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

Agenda: View the agenda here (PDF).

Report: Read the final report here (PDF).

Featured Resources
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #56 | JULY 16, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
A Study of Vote Verification Technologies for the Maryland State Board of Elections: Executive Summary (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2006
Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis and Research and the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland
This Executive Summary provides the results of two studies commissioned by the Maryland State Board of Elections to investigate the technical and usability issues of various voting products with verification features.
A Decade of Reform: Felony Disenfranchisement Policy in the United States (PDF) | OCTOBER 2006
Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project
This report provides a state-by-state analysis of laws governing voting by current and former felons with a focus on changes that have been made in the past ten years.
Expanding and Improving Opportunities to Vote by Mail or Absentee | OCTOBER 2007
John Fortier (AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project), Subcommittee on Elections, U.S. House Committee on House Administration
In this testimony, John Fortier summarizes the history of absentee voting and voting by mail, and offers a series of cautions about embracing its expansion.
Viewpoint: Studying Election Reform | AUGUST 2008
Matthew Corritore and Molly Reynolds, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this piece, staff from the Election Reform Project review the current state of play in the election reform research field.
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Research Projects
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
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.
Electionline.org
Electionline.org
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.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
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
Early Voting Information Center
Reed College
Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
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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