Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #87
Election Reform Newsletter
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December 2, 2009
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On Topic: Voter Access
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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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.
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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.
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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)
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Featured Resources
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision regarding the state of Washington’s law prohibiting the right to vote for felons. The court’s decision, that the law violated civil rights protections, conflicts with three other federal appeals court decisions.
This literature review organizes research on NVRA into two categories: the impact of NVRA on overall registration and turnout, and its effect on equality in participation.
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.
This Project Vote study analyzed efforts in South Dakota, Kansas and Delaware to implement paperless voter registration systems.
Alvarez and Nagler 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.
Research Projects
Dēmos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. A multi-issue national organization, Dēmoscombines research, policy development, and advocacy to influence public debates and catalyze change.
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.
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.
electionline.org provides daily news updates on election reform issues, as well as deeper analysis of selected topics, including recent reports on voter registration, recount procedures, and the progress in implementing the Help America Vote Act since 2002.
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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