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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #91
Election Reform Newsletter
AEI | The Brookings Institution.
February 3, 2010
Election Reform Newsletter.

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On Topic: Voter Registration
Modernizing the process of voter registration requires coordination between election officials, motor vehicle offices, and public assistance agencies. Three states have already begun implementing their own modernization process; meanwhile, a survey of public assistance agencies probed the feasibility of using these agencies’ databases as the source for low-income citizens’ voter registration information.
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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.
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Based upon election data collected since the passage of HAVA, this Project Vote memo recommends adopting a number of policies in order to increase the number of provisional ballots counted in future elections.
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New Resources
VOTER ACCESS
Farrakhan v. Gregoire
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
(January 2010)
Election Plan for 2010 Elections: Precinct Closings
Hawaii Office of Elections
(December 2009)
Voter Registration
Rhode Island Assembly overrides veto of teen pre-registration bill
Rhode Island General Assembly
(January 5, 2010)
Election Administration
2010 Election Administration Policy Recommendations
Project Vote
(January 2010)
Indiana's Outreach Library
Indiana Election Division
(January 2010)
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