AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Improving Access to Voting: A Report on the Technology for Accessible Voting Systems (PDF)

While much of the current debate on voting technology is focused on paper trails, the issue of making systems accessible for citizens with disabilities is also an important topic for consideration. A new report from Voter Action and Demos examines problems with current systems and makes recommendations for reform.

Read the report here (PDF).

Views of Selected Local Election Officials on Managing Voter Registration and Ensuring Eligible Citizens Can Vote (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2005

U.S. Government Accountability Office

This GAO survey examines local election officials’ views on managing voter registration lists and provisional ballots in the 2004 election

The 2006 Election (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2006

electionline.org

Electionline.org's analysis of the 2006 elections reveals some problems, but no proverbial perfect storm of equipment malfunctions, close races, and contested results. The report also highlights a number of things that went right on November 7, and offers some suggestions for the future.

Florida’s Transition from Touch Screens to Op-Scan Paper Ballots for Early Voting: A Snapshot in Two Counties (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2008

Conny McCormack

Written by the former Los Angeles County clerk, this report summarizes the challenges that Florida is facing this fall as local jurisdictions are complying with a new state law requiring the use of optical scan ballots for early voting.

From Punchcards to Touchscreens: Some Evidence from Pasco County, Florida on the Effects of Changing Voting Technology (PDF) | APRIL 2006

Michael C. Harron (Dartmouth College) and Jeffrey B. Lewis (University of California, Los Angeles)

Using evidence from Pasco County, the authors find that electronic voting systems diminish voter error rates, but also increase the number of affirmative votes in judicial retention races and therefore may affect voters' incentives in low information races.

A Study of Vote Verification Technologies for the Maryland State Board of Elections: Executive Summary (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2006

Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis and Research and the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland

This Executive Summary provides the results of two studies commissioned by the Maryland State Board of Elections to investigate the technical and usability issues of various voting products with verification features.

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Election Law @ Moritz

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.

Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project

This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems

Electionline.org

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.

Center for American Politics and Citizenship

University of Maryland

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.

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