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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #73
Election Reform Newsletter
AEI | The Brookings Institution.
April 15, 2009
Election Reform Newsletter.
On Topic.New Resources.Events. Forward to a Colleague.
On Topic: Election Administration
Effective election administration requires collaboration between federal, state, and local officials, and two new reports explore specific ways to leverage different levels of government to improve practices. A study from the Brennan Center focuses on reform in Ohio, while a Georgetown Law Journal article examines the procurement process for voting systems.
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»  REPORT: "Final Report, 2008-2009, Ohio Election Summit and Conference" (PDF), Lawrence Norden with Jessie Allen, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (April 2009)
»  REPORT: "Procurement at the Polls: How Sharing Responsibility for Acquiring Voting Machines Can Improve and Restore Confidence in American Voting Systems" (PDF), Philip J. Peisch, Georgetown Law Journal (April 2009)
 
 
 
 
Since 2000, election reform experts and advocates have been attempting to gain traction for systemic change to the nation’s election system with limited success. On April 7, the Election Reform Project hosted a discussion exploring a new book by Heather Gerken of Yale Law School that advocates bringing sustained attention to the need for reform through a “Democracy Index” that ranks state and local governments on the performance of their election systems.
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Academics and advocates alike find sending observers to polling places on Election Day extremely useful, but in some states like Ohio, their efforts have been challenged under state law. This article from the Harvard Journal on Legislation explores the constitutionality of poll watcher statutes, arguing that laws permitting their presence at voting locations are permissible under the U.S. Constitution.
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New Resources
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Viewpoint: How Do You Measure Election Reform?
Jessica Leval
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project (April 2009)
The 2008 Election: A Look Back on What Went Right and Wrong
U.S. House Committee on House Administration (March 2009)
VOTING INTEGRITY
Inventing the "Right to Vote" in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (PDF)
Thomas Basile
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (April 2009)
VOTER REGISTRATION
Election Day Registration: Best Practices (PDF)
Dēmos (March 2009)
America Goes to the Polls: A Report on Turnout on the 2008 Election (PDF)
Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network (March 2009)
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tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration.
 
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