A Review of Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
In October 2007, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) began to consider a new draft of standards – the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) – that future voting systems will have to meet in order to earn federal certification. In this report, a task force convened by the AEI-Brookings Election Reform project analyzes that document and makes recommendations for its improvement.
Featured Resources
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #48 | MARCH 19, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #40 | NOVEMBER 7, 2007
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Equal Vote (blog of Daniel Tokaji)
Tojaki's blog focuses on issues of election reform, the Voting Rights Act, and the Help America Vote Act.
Ballot Formats, Touchscreens, and Undervotes: A Study of the 2006 Midterm Elections in Florida (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2006
Laurin Frisina (University of Rochester), Michael C. Harron (Dartmouth), James Honaker (UCLA), and Jeffrey B. Lewis (UCLA)
This paper provides an initial analysis of the issue of undervotes during the 2006 election in Florida's 13th Congressional District.
Augmenting Voting Interfaces to Improve Accessibility and Performance (PDF) | APRIL 2006
Jonathan A. Goler (MIT), Edwin J. Selker (MIT), and Lorin F. Wilde (MIT), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
The authors analyze differences in voting performance between reading disabled and non-reading disabled voters using full-faced and page-by-page systems in order to develop new interfaces that reduce the errors of disabled and non-disabled voters alike.
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Research Projects
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
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
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley
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.
Electionline.org
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
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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