Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #77
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June 17, 2009
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While convenience voting options are increasingly popular, the majority of Americans still visit a polling place on Election Day; two new studies examine what happens once they get there. In one report, the GAO examines the experience of voters with disabilities.  A second new analysis focuses on lines and wait times for voters.

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The Texas legislature was thrown into chaos recently over a proposal to require individuals to show identification when they vote. Though the measure failed, and few states have implemented such laws, a new study finds that many voters—especially African-Americans and Hispanics—are asked to show ID at the polls, have to wait in longer lines, and are more likely to have problems with registration.
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Most Americans vote by visiting a small precinct place close to their home, but some voters in Colorado, Texas and Indiana are now casting ballots at vote centers—large polling sites situated near population centers. A new study explores voters’ opinions of this type of polling place, finding that voters rate them better than traditional polling places and that poll workers are especially important under this alternative model.
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New Resources
EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING
Military and Overseas Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections (May 21, 2009)
Defining the Universe: The Problem of Counting UOCAVA Voters (PDF)
Claire Smith
Overseas Vote Foundation Newsletter (May 2009)
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Eyes on the Vote Count: Non-Partisan Observer Reports of Minnesota's Post-Election Audit and Recount (PDF)
Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota (May 2009)
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Proposed Draft Revisions to 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG v.1.1)
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (June 2009)
Post-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the November 2008 Elections (PDF)
University of Connecticut Voting Technology Research Center (May 2009)
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Featured Resources
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.
This article explores the constitutionality of poll watcher statutes, arguing that laws permitting their presence at voting locations are permissible under the U.S. Constitution.
This law review article explores a range of the legal issues the Supreme Court confronted in the Indiana voter ID case.
Research Projects
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.
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.
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.
Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.
Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.
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