AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Engaging the Energized Electorate: NASS Survey of State Preparations for the 2008 Presidential Election (PDF)

With election officials facing the prospect of record numbers of voters at the polls in November, many are asking whether local administrators will be ready for the influx. Using both compiled information and the results of a survey of state election officials, a new report from the National Association of Secretaries of State examines this question, focusing on strategies to increase participation (such as online polling place lookups, targeted outreach to particular groups of voters, and convenience voting), polling place operations, and the reporting and auditing of results, and providing state-by-state profiles of preparations.

Read the report here (PDF).

Making It Easier Doesn't Work: No Excuse Early and Absentee Voting Hurt Turnout, Create Other Problems | SEPTEMBER 2004

Curtis Gans, Center for the Study of the American Electorate, American University

In this article, Gans examines the effects of state-level reforms in the areas of absentee and early voting and finds little evidence that these reforms succeed in boosting voter turnout.

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #60 | OCTOBER 1, 2008

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

What Do Local Election Officials Think about Election Reform?: Results of a Survey (PDF) | JUNE 2005

Eric A. Fischer and Kevin J. Coleman, Congressional Research Service

The CRS surveys more than 1,500 local election officials in fifty states regarding their views on voting systems, HAVA, and voting system vendors

Political Participation and the Accessability of the Ballot Box (PDF) | JUNE 2003

James Gimpel and Jason E. Schuknecht, Political Geography

Authors use voter turnout records to determine the effect of polling place accessibility on voter turnout, and find that easy accessibility does in fact raise turnout.

Viewpoint: Making the Expat Vote Count | NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Jessica Leval, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Nearly one million Americans living overseas requested absentee ballots in 2004--but only a third were successfully cast. The Election Reform Project's Jessica Leval examines the issue of overseas voting and makes recommendations for improving the process.

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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

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.

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.

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 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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Voter Access

Early and Absentee Voting

Election Administration

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