AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Thank you for following the work of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. We’ll continue looking at the issues of election reform at AEI and Brookings. For new work on congressional redistricting, please visit www.redistrictingproject.org.

Uncounted Ballots: A Measure of Vulnerability

Ned Foley’s post on Election Law @ Moritz delves into the issue of uncounted ballots, which are ballots that are not included in the initial unofficial election returns on Election Day. This category includes absentee ballots either wrongly rejected or arriving late (usually from overseas) and provisional ballots that haven’t yet been evaluated.

Read the opinion here.

The Effects of Election Day Vote Centers on Voter Experiences (PDF) | APRIL 2009

Robert Stein (Rice University) and Greg Vonnahme (University of Alabama)

This study explores voters’ opinions of vote centers, finding that voters rate them better than traditional polling places and that poll workers are especially important under this alternative model.

2010 Election Administration Policy Recommendations | JANUARY 2010

Project Vote

As election officials continue to prepare for the November midterm elections, Project Vote has assembled comprehensive recommendations to improve election administration in 11 states.

Election Enhancements for Ohio: Legislative Summary (PDF) | AUGUST 2009

Office of the Ohio Secretary of State

The Ohio Secretary of State conducted this legislative analysis of House Bill 260, the election enhancements bill introduced by State Representatives Dan Stewart and Tracy Heard.

Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2009

National Association of Secretaries of State

This NASS document provides a state-level review of voter registration list maintenance practices.

Final Report, 2008-2009 Ohio Election Summit and Conference (PDF) | APRIL 2009

Lawrence Norden with Jessie Allen, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

This report provides an overview of reform proposals growing out of a summit convened by Ohio's Secretary of State to examine comprehensively the state's entire election system.

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Brennan Center for Justice

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.

Election Administration Research Center (EARC)

University of California, 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.

Project Vote

Project Vote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) that works to empower, educate, and mobilize low-income, minority, youth, and other marginalized and under-represented voters.

Election Law @ Moritz

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.

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.

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