The Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout (PDF)
Comments by the head of the Department of Justice’s Voting Rights Section are not the only recent news-making contribution to the debate over voter identification laws. In a new report, researchers from the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project examine the issue in depth and conclude that while there is no evidence that ID requirements depress turnout at the aggregate level, they do have a negative effect for certain individual voters.

Read the report (PDF) here.
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Viewpoint: There’s Value in Voter ID Requirement — If It’s Done Properly | MAY 2008
Norman Ornstein, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this Roll Call column, the Election Reform Project's Norman Ornstein reacts to the Supreme Court's decision in the Indiana voter ID case by laying out a common sense approach for moving forward.
Analysis of the September 15, 2005 Voter Fraud Report Submitted to the New Jersey Attorney General (PDF) | DECEMBER 2005
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Michael McDonald (George Mason University, The Brookings Institution)
The Brennan Center and McDonald argue that a report of alleged voter fraud submitted to the New Jersey Attorney General in September 2005 suffers from several serious methodological flaws.
Response to the Report of the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2005
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Spencer Overton (George Washington University School of Law), The National Network on State Election Reform
This response to the report of the Carter-Baker Commission rebuts its recommendations for a national, mandatory voter ID card, the use of social security numbers in voter registration, and only limited felon re-enfranchisement
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Public Meeting: Vote Counting and Recounting | APRIL 20, 2006
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The EAC will hear testimony on vote counting and recounting from representatives of Washington, Virginia, and California, as well as from election reform scholars.
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #55 | JULY 2, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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