Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #30
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On Topic: Technology Issues |
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Can Collaboration Promote Change? |
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As Congress and the states continue to wrestle with issues related to electronic voting machines, new Congressional testimony from the GAO and a new audit of the 2006 election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio highlight the value of collaboration in tackling these problems. Read more » |
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| Diagnosing Problems and Developing Solutions |
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In partnership with the Pew Charitable Trusts' Make Voting Work initiative and the JEHT Foundation, the Pew Center on the States has issued a Request for Proposals. Allocating up to $2 million, this RFP focuses on diagnosing how well U.S. elections are run and planning pilot projects testing solutions to be conducted in 2007 and 2008.
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| Testing the Turnout Hypothesis |
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While many advocates of voting-by-mail argue that it will increase voter participation, researchers continue to question this assumption. In a new study, Thad Kousser and Megan Mullin use a "natural experiment" in California to explore this question and find that the effects on turnout are mixed at best.
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Public Meeting: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
Technical Guidelines Development Committee, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
May 21-22, 2007
Gaithersburg, MD |
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About The Election
Reform Project |
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The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, link the research and policy communities, track and assist the implemen-
tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration. |
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Myrna Perez, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
This report reviews individual state guidelines regarding registration when voters move, and finds that they are inconsistently applied, confusing to both voters and officials, and that current federal and state law protections are overly limiting.
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The Pew Center on the States
This issue brief summarizes the case in favor of modernization of voter registration procedures. It notes that more than two million voters were unable to vote in the 2008 election as a direct result of issues with registration.
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National Association of Secretaries of State
This NASS factsheet summarizes the different provisions of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, which was signed into law on October 28, 2009.
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Marion Superior Court, Civil Division
The opinion in the case of League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State.
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Molly Reynolds, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this analysis, the Election Reform Project’s Molly Reynolds looks at what responses from a 2008 survey can tell us about what the public prefers in terms of election reform proposals—and the limits of relying on such data in this particular area.
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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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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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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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FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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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.
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