Make Voting Work: Request for Proposals--
New Diagnostics and New Solutions
In partnership with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Make Voting Work initiative and the JEHT Foundation, the Pew Center on the States has issued a Request for Proposals. The first in a series, this RFP will allocate up to $2 million and will focus on diagnosing how well U.S. elections are run and planning pilot projects testing solutions to be conducted in 2007 and 2008.

»  For general information on the RFP, go here.
»  To read the RFP, go here (PDF).
»  For frequently asked questions about the RFP, go here (PDF).
Featured Resources
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #52 | MAY 21, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Holding Form: Voter Registration 2006 (PDF) | JULY 2006
electionline.org
This explores how voters in jurisdictions around the country obtain and complete voter registration forms and how much time before the election they have to do so. It also emphasizes the ways in which voter registration procedures have failed to keep pace with technology.
Arkansas's Voting System Implementation Project: Post-Primary Election Quality Assurance Review and Contract Performance Assessment (PDF) | JULY 2006
InfoSENTRY Services and the Arkansas Secretary of State
Drawing on site visits, interviews with election officials, survey of county officials, and review of election documents, this report finds significant problems in the administration of the May 2006 primary election in Arkansas.
Stop the Presses: How Paper Trails Fail to Secure e-Voting (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2007
Daniel Castro, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
As the debate over direct recording electronic (DRE) machines continues, this report argues against a paper requirement, such as the one proposed by pending legislation in the House of Representatives.
All Levels of Government Are Needed to Address Electronic Voting System Challenges (PDF) | APRIL 2007
Randolph C. Hite (U.S. Government Accountability Office), Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
In this testimony, the director of the GAO's Information Technology Architecture and Systems office outlines the need for intergovernmental cooperation in order to address the wide range of problems with electronic voting systems.
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Research Projects
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
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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