AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

An Alternative Approach to Estimating Who Is Most Likely to Respond to Changes in Registration Laws (PDF)

As state legislatures across the country continue to consider implementing Election Day registration, a new paper asks a key question: which populations are most likely to experience gains in turnout as a result of registration reform? The results, reached using an innovative statistical technique, suggest that conventional assumptions about EDR may require a second look.

Read the paper here (PDF).

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #49 | APRIL 2, 2008

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Improving Voter Participation (PDF) | JUNE 2006

Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation

This Century Foundation study explores various proposals to increase voter turnout, including Election Day registration, making Election Day a national holiday, and provisional ballot reform.

Toward an Equal Electorate: Five States’ Gains Under the National Voter Registration Act (PDF) | OCTOBER 2008

Scott Novakowski, Dēmos

The National Voter Registration Act requires states to offer voter registration forms at public assistance agencies, and this report examines five states (North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri) that have had exceptional success in implementing this policy.

Election-Day Registration: A Case Study (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2007

electionline.org

This report examines Election Day Registration (EDR), which is often offered as a way to increase voter turnout. Contrasting Montana's EDR program (which was new in 2006) with Minnesota's (which has been in place for more than 30 years), the authors examine potential promises and pitfalls of EDR.

Key Questions for Key States | SEPTEMBER 2008

Election Law @ Moritz

This resource, framed around ten general issue areas, examines which states are likely to experience different election administration problems in November.

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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 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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