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Declining Public Assistance Voter Registration and Welfare Reform: A Response (PDF)
Alvarez and Nagler critique an analysis of data on voter registration at public assistance agencies. Previous findings suggest that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) is a major contributor to the decline of registration at public assistance agencies, and this research finds that the results attributing the decline to PRWORA are overstated.

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Discount Voting: Voter Registration Reforms and their Effects | AUGUST 2009
Michael Hanmer, University of Maryland, College Park/i>
In this new book, Michael Hanmer argues that to understand how these institutional arrangements affect outcomes, it is necessary to consider the interactions between social and political context and these laws.
Election Enhancements for Ohio: A Report to the Governor and General Assembly (PDF) | APRIL 2009
Office of the Ohio Secretary of State
This report takes a comprehensive look at Ohio's election system, report highlighting both successes and failures and making a range of recommendations.
Bringing Elections into the 21st Century: Voter Registration Modernization (PDF) | AUGUST 2009
The Pew Center on the States
This issue brief summarizes the case in favor of modernization of voter registration procedures. It notes that more than two million voters were unable to vote in the 2008 election as a direct result of issues with registration.
Final Report, 2008-2009 Ohio Election Summit and Conference (PDF) | APRIL 2009
Lawrence Norden with Jessie Allen, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
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.
Partisan Rivals Unite to Modernize Voter Registration System | AUGUST 2009
Committee to Modernize Voter Registration
The Committee to Modernize Voter Registration, composed of former state and federal lawmakers, state election administrators, election law experts, and academics was recently formed to advocate for an automated, transferable system to replace today's out-of-date and patchwork system.
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electionline.org
The Pew Center on the States
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.
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.
FairVote
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
Project Vote
Project Vote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) that works to empower, educate, and mobilize low-income, minority, youth, and other marginalized and under-represented voters.
Center for Democracy & Election Management
Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.
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