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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #84

Election Reform Newsletter

October 21, 2009

On Topic: Technology Issues

Voting Technology in the U.S. and Abroad

The ongoing debate over the role of technology in elections has provoked a great deal of research on the topic. A recent conference on voting technology featured 11 papers examining evidence in a number of countries and a new working paper discusses the current state of research and development in voting technology.
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Declining Public Assistance Voter Registration and Welfare Reform: A Response

The authors critique an analysis of data on voter registration at public assistance agencies. This research finds that results attributing the decline of voter registration to PRWORA are overstated. Read more »


Draft Voter Registration Application for Written Consent

As part of a project conducted on behalf of the Colorado Secretary of State, the Elections Division has recently made available for comments a draft voter registration form. It will be accepting comments until October 30, 2009. Read more »

New Resources

VOTER REGISTRATION


Hearing: Modernizing the Election Registration Process Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives (October 21, 2009)

A Right to Vote: Modernizing Voter Registration Tova Andrea Wang Demos (October 2009)

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION


Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists National Association of Secretaries of State (September 2009)


VOTER ACCESS


A Letter on Indiana's Voter ID Laws Todd Rokita Indiana Secretary of State (September 2009)

League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State Marion Superior Court, Civil Division (September 2009)

MORE ON ELECTION REFORM

» Voter Registration
» Voter Access
» Early and Absentee Voting
» Provisional Balloting
» Technology Issues
» Election Administration
» Voting Integrity
» More Resources

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