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NOVEMBER 2008 Reaching Potential Registrants |
Record numbers of new voters registered before this year’s elections, and the issue of fraudulent registrations appeared frequently in the media and even made it into one of the presidential debates. An analysis from the Election Reform Project examines the unique issues confronting the homeless and ex-felons, while a report from Dēmos looks at successful efforts to register low-income voters at public assistance agencies.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (New York University), Dēmos
This report examines the potential effects of election day registration in Iowa, concluding that overall turnout could increase by nearly five percent.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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Jessica Leval and Jennifer Marsico, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office
The GAO analyzes how select states maintain their voter registration lists and determines which additional data could facilitate the process.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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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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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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