Voter Confidence in Context and the Effect of Winning (PDF)
Measures of voter confidence are often used by election reform researchers as part of their efforts to determine whether election administration systems are operating well. In a new report from the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, Morgan Llewellyn, Thad Hall, and R. Michael Alvarez examine the determinants of faith in the process, and find that support for a winning candidate and access to a voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) both lead to higher levels of confidence.

Read the report here (PDF).
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Early Appraisals of Electronic Voting (PDF) | AUGUST 2005
Paul Herrson (University of Maryland), et. al.
This paper summarizes a number of different studies on the usability of electronic voting systems, showing that, by and large, such systems work well.
Testimony Before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines | DECEMBER 2006
Dr. William Jeffrey, Technical Guidelines Development Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology
This testimony, by the chair of the committee charged with making recommendations to the EAC about voting technology, summarizes likely changes to voting technology standards.
Residual Vote in the 2004 Election: Working Paper (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2005
Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Stewart III’s working paper examines the decrease in the residual vote rate between the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections and attributes it to better voting machines, as well as non-technology factors, including improved administrative practices and fewer voter abstentions
Testimony Before the U.S. Hous Committee on House Administration, Election Subcommittee (PDF) | AUGUST 2, 2007
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Elections Subcommittee
On August 2, 2007, EAC Chair Donetta Davidson and Vice-Chair Rosemary Rodriguez testified before Congress on issues related to oversight of their agency.
Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail Pilot Project Report (PDF) | APRIL 2007
Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, Elections Division
This study evaluates the experience of both voters and election officials with a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) pilot program in three Georgia counties during the 2006 election.
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