AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

How Hard Can It Be: Do Citizens Think It Is Difficult to Register to Vote? (PDF)

This paper examines public perceptions of the voter registration process and argues that efforts to reform the voter registration process should be carefully targeted to certain segments of the population who have the most difficulty with the existing system.

The Next Big Election Challenge: Developing Electronic Data Transaction Standards for Election Administration (PDF) | JULY 2005

R. Michael Alvarez (California Institute of Technology) and Thad E. Hall (University of Utah), IBM Center for The Business of Government

Alvarez and Hall investigate the challenge of creating electronic transaction standards (ETS) for election administration in order to make elections less expensive and more accurate, and advocate a greater role for the EAC implementing them

Election Day Voter Registration in Massachusetts (PDF) | MARCH 2008

R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (New York University), Dēmos

This analysis explores the potential turnout-boosting effects of Election Day Registration (EDR) in Massachusetts.

Voter Removal from Registration List Based on Name Matching is Unreliable (PDF) | OCTOBER 2004

Ted Selker and Alexandre Buer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In this paper, the authors highlight several ways that improper removal could occur under current list matching procedures and argue for several measures to guard against the accidental removal of registered voters from the rolls.

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #49 | APRIL 2, 2008

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Additional Data Could Help State and Local Elections Officials Maintain Accurate Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | JUNE 2005

U.S. Government Accountability Office

The GAO analyzes how select states maintain their voter registration lists and determines which additional data could facilitate the process.

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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.

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.

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