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State Legislators, Election Officials Tackle Voting Issues
State legislatures around the country have convened new sessions over the past several weeks, and many have election reform issues on their agendas. Electionline.org provides a summary of topics on the table, including voting technology, early voting, and voter identification requirements.

Read the report here.
Featured Resources
E-Voting and Identity: Conference Proceedings | SEPTEMBER 2009
VoteID 2009
This is a collection of papers presented at the VoteID 2009 Conference, the Second International Conference on E-voting and Identity, held in Luxembourg from September 7-8, 2009. The papers cover a wide range of issues, including voting technology in the United States and around the world.
The State of Elections In The Fifty States: Evaluating the Process Where It Counts (PDF) | JULY 2009
Center for Democracy and Election Management
This report reviews the election process across all fifty states, using the Carter-Baker Commission’s recommendations as guidelines.
Public Attitudes on State Election Administration, Goals, and Reforms (PDF) | APRIL 2009
David Konisky and Michael A. Powell, Institute of Public Policy, Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri
This report from researchers at the University of Missouri explores public opinion on a select set of issues, including Election Day registration, voting by mail, photo identification requirements, and early voting.
KSTP-TV, KSTC-TV, WDIO-TV, KAAL-TV & KSAX-TV v. Ramsey County (PDF) | DECEMBER 2009
State of Minnesota District Court, County of Ramsey
Although the Senate recount in Minnesota resulted in a winner, questions still remained regarding the classification of unopened, rejected absentee ballots. A district court concluded that these ballots are public data and that the plaintiffs, state television news organizations, may view them.
Inventing the "Right to Vote" in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board(PDF) | APRIL 2009
Thomas Basile, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
This law review article explores a range of the legal issues the Supreme Court confronted in the Indiana voter ID case.
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Research Projects
Voting Technology Research Center (VoTeR Center)
University of Connecticut
The mission of the VoTeR center is to advise state agencies in the use of voting technologies and to investigate voting solutions and voting equipment to develop and recommend safe use procedures for their usage in elections.
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
The Pew Center on the States
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.
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.
FairVote
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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