AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Thank you for following the work of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. We’ll continue looking at the issues of election reform at AEI and Brookings. For new work on congressional redistricting, please visit www.redistrictingproject.org.

Election Day Emergencies: Are We Prepared?

Across the Midwest, local officials in all fields are dealing with the aftermath of record flooding. Election administrators are no exception; in Johnson County, Indiana, for example, voting machines in storage ended up under six feet of water. In a new piece, Nathan Cemenska of Election Law @ Moritz explores whether states are prepared for similar emergencies and lays out a series of questions to be considered when planning for a variety of disasters.

To read the piece, go here.

2008 Election Data Collection Grant Program Evaluation Report (PDF) | JUNE 2009

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

This report provides the results from an evaluation of five projects to improve election data collection in 2008. Overall, the grantees increased their level of core data collection, improving to 80 percent of the core data from less than half in 2006.

Improving State Voter Registration Databases (PDF) | OCTOBER 2009

Committee on State Voter Registration Databases, National Research Council

Maintaining accurate registered voter rolls requires coordination and energy both to add first-time registrants to the database and maintain accurate registration information for existing voters. This report provides recommendations to improve the accuracy of voter registration databases.

The Future of Election Reform: From Rules to Institutions | DECEMBER 2009

Daniel P. Tokaji, Yale Law & Policy Review

Although states are continuing to pass laws and reach decisions to comply with the mandates of HAVA and related laws, Daniel Tokaji argues that the United States still lacks a well-functioning independent electoral management body.

Procurement & the Polls: How Sharing Responsibility for Acquiring Voting Machines Can Improve and Restore Confidence in American Voting Systems (PDF) | APRIL 2009

Phillip J. Peisch, Georgetown Law Journal

This article explores the ways that various states distribute authority for the purchase of new voting technology, and argues that the procurement process can be improved through cooperation and shared responsibility.

Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2009

National Association of Secretaries of State

This NASS document provides a state-level review of voter registration list maintenance practices.

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Project Vote

Project Vote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) that works to empower, educate, and mobilize low-income, minority, youth, and other marginalized and under-represented voters.

Election Administration Research Center (EARC)

University of California, 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.

Center for Democracy & Election Management

Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.

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.

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.

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