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
EAC Interim Lab Accreditation Update | JANUARY 2007
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Auditing Technology for Electronic Voting Machines (PDF) | MAY 2005
Sharon B. Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In this paper, Cohen uses a field experiment to compare the effectiveness of paper versus audio vote verification trails and finds that participants were approximately ten times as likely to notice an error in an audio trail as in a paper trail.
Testimony Before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines | DECEMBER 2006
Dr. William Jeffrey, Technical Guidelines Development Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology
This testimony, by the chair of the committee charged with making recommendations to the EAC about voting technology, summarizes likely changes to voting technology standards.
Accessability and Auditability in Electronic Voting (PDF) | 2004
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Submitted as part of an initiative at the National Research Council of the National Academies, this paper argues that voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) can not be made accessible for individuals with disabilities.
Putting People First: The Importance of User-Centered Design and Universal Usability to Voting Systems (PDF) | 2004
Sharon Laskowski (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and Whitney Quesenbery (Whitney Interactive Design)
This paper reviews issues in voting machine access, with particular emphasis on access for the disabled.
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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
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.
Early Voting Information Center
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.
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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