Tojaki's blog focuses on issues of election reform, the Voting Rights Act, and the Help America Vote Act.

Alvarez and Hall provide research and analysis on election reform, voting technology, and election administration

Hasen’s blog covers issues in election reform, as well as campaign finance, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process

The final report of the Commission, chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker III, urges reforms in voter identification and registration, provisional balloting, voter access, election administration, and more.

The comprehensive report of the Commission, co-chaired by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, Lloyd Cutler, and former Representative Robert Michel, contains recommendations that served as the basis for HAVA.

The FEC enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), discloses campaign finance information, and oversees the public funding of Presidential elections

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission was established by the Help America Vote Act (2002) in order to serve as a resource for information and review

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

On Friday, September 22, 2006, the Election Reform Project hosted a conference entitled "The 2006 Elections--Are We Ready?" After a keynote address by Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.), panelists discussed the progress that has been made since the election debacle of 2000 and the hurdles that remain.

On April 6 and 7, 2006, scholars and policymakers met in Princeton, New Jersey, to discuss the implementation of the Help America Vote Act, as well as the Voting Rights Act and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.

The VRA effectively prohibited discriminatory denial of the right to vote. Its passage ended the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other methods used to disenfranchise minorities.

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

In this series of guest posts on Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog, various election reform experts look back at the 2008 election and make recommendations for future reform.

In this analysis, Election Reform Project staff summarize a range of relevant research presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association and highlight a number of directions that future research is likely to take.

Despite wide press reports indicating that Election Day 2006 went smoothly, Foley argues that, perhaps, we should not issue a ringing endorsement of the nation's electoral system just yet.

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

The Ohio Secretary of State conducted this legislative analysis of House Bill 260, the election enhancements bill introduced by State Representatives Dan Stewart and Tracy Heard.

This report reviews the election process across all fifty states, using the Carter-Baker Commission’s recommendations as guidelines.

This report provides an overview of reform proposals growing out of a summit convened by Ohio's Secretary of State to examine comprehensively the state's entire election system.

Examining every step of the election system experienced by voters, this report looks at a range of issues in California, discusses obstacles to reform, and makes recommendations for going forward.

On October 20, the Election Reform Project co-sponsored an simulated adjudication of a hypothetical Supreme Court case, McCain v. Obama. In a unanimous decision, the special panel ruled in favor of counting the case's disputed provisional ballots.

Examining ten states that are likely to be very competitive during the 2008, presidential election, this report summarizes a variety of challenges they are likely to face in areas including voter registration, voter identification, and poll worker recruitment and training.

This report examines a range of issues and trends that arose during the 2008 primary season, with a particular emphasis on the challenges created by record levels of voter turnout.

This report summarizes data collected nationwide on a range of topics, including overall voter turnout; provisional balloting; voting machines; and poll workers and polling places.

Electionline.org's analysis of the 2006 elections reveals some problems, but no proverbial perfect storm of equipment malfunctions, close races, and contested results. The report also highlights a number of things that went right on November 7, and offers some suggestions for the future.

Some of HAVA’s provisions faced an early test during the 2004 general election. In a recent study, the U.S. Government Accountability Office explored the law's implementation and the challenges faced by election officials.

Read the report.

Electionline.org surveys the state of election reform in 2006 and compares it to that of 2000. The report provides state-by-state data in the areas of voting systems, voter ID requirements, provisional voting, and more.

This GAO survey examines local election officials’ views on managing voter registration lists and provisional ballots in the 2004 election

Berinsky concludes, contrary to popular opinion, that electoral reforms that ease restrictions on casting ballots in fact increase socioeconomic biases in the composition of the voting public. He advocates shifting the focus of electoral reform from institutional changes to political engagement

Election officials investigate controversial administration issues in the 2004 election and suggest reforms in voter registration, early, absentee, and provisional balloting, voting technology, and election administration

This electionline.org briefing finds that the number of provisional ballots counted varied widely by and within states and that the use of statewide voter registration databases did not necessarily decrease the number of ballots counted, though it might have decreased the number cast

The EPC’s preliminary analysis of complaints registered in the Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS) during the 2004 presidential election reveals problems in registration processing, absentee balloting, machine errors, voter suppression or intimidation, and provisional ballots

In this report, the authors provide a detailed review of election reform progress in the key 2004 primary election states.

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

We reflect on the state of election administration in the United States almost a decade after the 2000 presidential election and suggest how additional changes in technology, election law and administrative practices might further strengthen American elections in the years ahead.

The Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology provides access to empirical and analytical research about voting and elections to inform evidence-based reforms.

A federal legislation search engine

The AAPD’s Disability Vote Project supports full polling place and voting machine access for the disabled, among other things.

The NACRC is a professional organization of elected and appointed county administrative officials that aims to engender dialogue and help share ideas

OVC advocates the use in public elections of open voting systems, those systems with open source software and voter verifiable paper ballots

The project aims to objectively investigate the accuracy of American elections by creating and analyzing a nationwide database of precinct-level election data

The League presents its positions on election reform as well as various resources

The nonpartisan Institute seeks to create auditable and transparent election systems by uniting county election officials and citizens with expert researchers and engineers

The NCSL, a bipartisan organization for state legislators and their staffs, provides research and technical assistance on a variety of subjects, including elections, campaigns, and redistricting

A computerized system for recording and analyzing data about voting problems before, during, and after elections

Fairvote presents research and advocacy in a variety of election reform issues

The jurisdiction of the Committee on Rules and Administration encompasses Federal elections, among other things

PFAW presents various election reform resources, as well as its positions on voter registration, pending election reform legislation, and more