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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #87

Election Reform Newsletter

December 2, 2009

On Topic: Voter Access

Increasing Access, Improving Representation: Diversity in the U.S. Electorate

In state-level and nationwide research, a great deal of effort is being spent on tracking the increasing diversity of the voting population. Analyses of national census data and voter registration in California confirm projections regarding the changing demography of the electorate.
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Statistical Analysis of the Post Election Audit Data

Post-election audits determine whether discrepancies between hand and machine ballot counts exist. Analysis of the 2008 election results in Connecticut finds discrepancies in the vote counts caused by hand counting errors or vote misallocation, not as a result of machine tabulations. Read more »


The National Voter Registration Act Fifteen Years On

The NVRA was meant to increase registration levels across the country and as a result, increase participation in elections. Despite the fifteenth anniversary of NVRA in 2008, registration problems remain an issue, as Estelle Rogers, a Consulting Attorney with Project Vote, finds. Read more »

New Resources

EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING


NASS Summary of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act National Association of Secretaries of State (October 2009)

Statement in Support of the MOVE Act Senator Charles E. Schumer (October 2009)

VOTER REGISTRATION


Modernizing Ohio's System for Registering Voters: Automatic and Online Registration Wendy R. Weiser, Adam Skaggs, Christopher Ponoroff & Lawrence Norden The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (November 2009)


ELECTION ADMINISTRATION


The 2008 Election Administration and Voting Survey U.S. Election Assistance Commission (November 2009)

Uncounted Ballots: A Measure of Vulnerability Edward B. Foley Election Law @ Moritz (November 2009)

MORE ON ELECTION REFORM

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