Only six years after spending millions of dollars to purchase new direct recording electronic (DRE) voting systems under the auspices of the Help America Vote Act, states across the country are reacting to voter confidence and security concerns and moving away from touch-screen balloting. A new study from electionline.org examines six states that have gone from paper to DRE back to paper and explores whether additional states are likely to follow the same path.
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With the Supreme Court hearing a challenge to Indiana’s voter identification law in January, voter fraud issues have been the subject of significant debate both in the media and in the reform community. Courts have thus far pointed to prevalent fears of voter fraud as a justification for ID requirements, but in a new article, Stephen Ansolabehere and Nathaniel Persily determine that voters’ perceptions of fraud do not have an effect on whether or not they turn out to vote.
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