Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #36
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On Topic: Election Administration |
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Election Administration: More Than Machines |
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While paper trails may have been the election administration issue getting the most attention this summer, researchers continued to examine other equally important components of the process, including post-election audits and the experiences of poll workers and voters on Election Day.
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REPORT: "Post-Election Audits: Restoring Trust in Elections" (PDF), Lawrence Norden (NYU), Aaron Burnstein (UC Berkeley), Joseph Lorenzo Hall (UC Berkeley), and Margaret Chen (NYU), Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law (August 2007) |
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REPORT: "The New Mexico Election Administration Report: The 2006 November General Election" (PDF),
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Lonna Rae Atkinson (University of New Mexico), and Thad Hall (University of Utah) (August 2007) |
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| Florida 13th: Forgotten, but Not Gone |
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Though much of the attention focused on the problems in Florida's 13th Congressional District during the 2006 election has dissipated, the situation remains under investigation by the Government Accountability Office. Testimony before the House Administration Committee's task force on the subject indicates that conclusions remain elusive, and that there is additional analysis yet to be completed.
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| How Did States Spend HAVA Funds? |
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After the passage of the Help America Vote Act in 2002, states received nearly $3 billion in funds from the federal government to improve their election systems. A new report from the Election Assistance Commission examines how this money was spent, highlighting the fact that the percentage of HAVA funds actually expended varies substantially across states.
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Public Meeting: National Voter Registration Act Regulations
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
September 6, 2007
Washington, DC |
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» Events |
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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 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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J. Alex Halderman (Princeton), Hovav Schacham (UC San Diego), Eric Rescoria (RTFM, Inc.), and David Wagner (UC Berkeley), USENIX/ACCURATE EVT 2008
While the debate over the efficacy of abandoning recently acquired electronic voting systems continues across the country, this report makes recommendations on how jurisdictions can increase the security of the systems they already have in the interim.
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David Beirne, Election Technology Council
This report presents an industry perspective on a range of issues related to voting systems, and makes recommendations for incorporating industry representatives into the regulatory process.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Delia Bailey (Washington University in St. Louis), and Jonathan Katz (Caltech), Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project
In this paper, the authors document the effect of voter identification requirements in the 2000-2006 elections, examining both aggregate and individual-level data.
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Ted Selker (Massachusetts Institute of Technoloy) and Sharon Cohen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Selker and Cohen find that voters detect many more errors using the VVAATT system than they do with the VVPAT system.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
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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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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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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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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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