Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #35
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On Topic: Election Reform Legislation |
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Is Change on the Horizon in Congress? |
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Congress hopes to highlight successes in election reform legislation before the August recess, but time is running out. The Senate Rules Committee examined pending legislation last week, and Election Reform Project staff members provide analysis of the two major bills under consideration.
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| New Perspectives on E-Voting |
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As the study of election reform proves to be increasingly multidisciplinary, attempts to unite different perspectives become especially valuable. In a new issue of The Bridge, a publication of the National Academy of Engineering, political scientists, computer scientists, and policymakers all examine current issues in the study of electronic voting and make suggestions for future research and policy agendas.
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| Learning Lessons from California |
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As part of California Secretary of State Debra Bowen's top-to-bottom review of the voting machines certified for use in California, researchers at the University of California conducted rigorous testing to try to compromise the systems' accuracy, security, and integrity. In an overview of the teams' findings, Principal Investigator Matt Bishop highlights weaknesses in each of the systems and makes recommendations for improvements.
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A Plan for Interstate Interoperability of State Voter Registration Databases
The National Academies
August 6, 2007
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About The Election
Reform Project |
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The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, link the research and policy communities, track and assist the implemen-
tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration. |
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The Brookings Alert
is a weekly e-mail of events, activities, and publications from the Brookings Institution. Sign up for the Alert on the Brookings homepage. |
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AEI in an Instant
is a bi-weekly e-mail of events, publications, and other activities at AEI. Sign up for AEI in an Instant on the AEI homepage. |
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The Election Reform Newsletter is a periodic e-mail publication from
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project http://www.electionreformproject.org
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036 |
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Traci Burch, The Sentencing Project
This report examines the impact of criminal convictions on voter registration and turnout, using North Carolina as a case study.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense
The EAC advises states on when to mail absentee ballots and how to distribute and receive them, as well as recommends states to inform voters by maintaining up-to-date websites and publish voter guides, among other things.
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Daniel P. Tokaji (Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University), Election Law @ Moritz
Tokaji assesses the history of problems in voting technology, the current state of affairs, and suggestions for future reform.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
This report summarizes data collected nationwide on a range of topics, including overall voter turnout; provisional balloting; voting machines; and poll workers and polling places.
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Working Group on State Implementation of Election Reform, The Century Foundation
This report provides practical recommendations in the areas of voter registration and identification, provisional voting, and voting technology certification to help states meet HAVA deadlines.
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Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.
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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
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Reed College
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.
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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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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.
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