AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

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Declining Public Assistance Voter Registration and Welfare Reform: A Response (PDF)

Alvarez and Nagler critique an analysis of data on voter registration at public assistance agencies. Previous findings suggest that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) is a major contributor to the decline of registration at public assistance agencies, and this research finds that the results attributing the decline to PRWORA are overstated.

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A Right to Vote: Modernizing Voter Registration | OCTOBER 2009

Tova Andrea Wang, Demos

Tova Andrea Wang makes the case for modernizing voter registration practices in the states, in the context of the upcoming gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Both states have large percentages of recently naturalized and first generation Americans.

Indiana's Outreach Library | JANUARY 2010

Indiana Election Division

The Indiana Election Division published its Outreach Library for the 2010 elections. Among the resources available for both voters and election officials are guides for military and overseas voters, voter identification requirement outlines, and a handbook for election officials.

Expanding Democracy: Voter Registration Around the World (PDF) | JUNE 2009

Jennifer S. Rosenberg & Margaret Chen, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

This report studies voter registration systems in sixteen countries and in four provinces in Canada, assessing different technologies. From these results the authors propose strategies taken from these countries' experiences that can be applied to voter registration in the United States.

Partisan Rivals Unite to Modernize Voter Registration System | AUGUST 2009

Committee to Modernize Voter Registration

The Committee to Modernize Voter Registration, composed of former state and federal lawmakers, state election administrators, election law experts, and academics was recently formed to advocate for an automated, transferable system to replace today's out-of-date and patchwork system.

Automatic Registration in the United States: The Selective Service Example (PDF) | JULY 2009

Laura Seago, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

A case study on the registration process employed by Selective Service officials provides insight into how government agencies can collaborate to create accurate voter registration files.

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FairVote

FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.

Dēmos

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.

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.

electionline.org

The Pew Center on the States

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.

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.

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