Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #40
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On Topic: Early and Absentee Voting |
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Abroad, But Not Forgotten |
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An estimated six million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in federal elections, and they present administrators with unique challenges. A new report from electionline.org looks at these concerns, and innovations that address them, while members of the Election Reform Project team weigh in on the issue as well.
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| A New Look at Voter ID |
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Comments by the head of the Department of Justice's Voting Rights Section are not the only recent news-making contribution to the debate over voter identification laws. In a new report, researchers from the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project examine the issue in depth and conclude that while there is no evidence that ID requirements depress turnout at the aggregate level, they do have a negative effect for certain individual voters.
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| Getting Ready for 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential primaries are only a few months away in many states, and local election officials are preparing now with the hopes of smooth operations later. The Election Assistance Commission has released six new Quick Start Guides--addressing topics such as polling places, absentee voting, and disaster planning--that aim to aid administrators nationwide in this process.
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Brownbag Lunch on NVRA Issues
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
November 9, 2007
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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
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Thad Hall (Utah), and Brian Roberts (Utah), Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah
Absentee voters currently serving in the military present unique challenges for election administrators at all levels of government, and this report examines ways to overcome these particular obstacles.
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Jody Herman and Douglas Hess, Project Vote
This report examines Colorado's compliance with the public assistance agency provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, and finds that the state has made some progress recently but that room for improvement still exists.
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Paul S. Herrnson (University of Maryland) et al.
This study finds high usability ratings among a variety of electronic voting machine interfaces (optical scan, touch screen, buttons and dials, membrane buttons), but sees variation depending on machine characteristics and the voting tasks required
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
In this paper, to be published in the Policy Studies Journal, Alvarez and Hall examine the current model of election administration and explore alternatives that could give administrators more control over the process.
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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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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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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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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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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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