AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #40

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November 7, 2007

On Topic: Early and Absentee Voting

Abroad, But Not Forgotten

An estimated six million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in federal elections, and they present administrators with unique challenges. A new report from electionline.org looks at these concerns, and innovations that address them, while members of the Election Reform Project team weigh in on the issue as well.
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»	REPORT: "Overseas Voting: Challenges and Innovations" (PDF), electionline.org (October 2007)

»	OPINION/ANALYSIS: "Viewpoint: Using Technology to Improve UOCAVA," Blake Hulnick and Daniel O'Brien, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project (November 2007)


A New Look at Voter ID

Comments by the head of the Department of Justice's Voting Rights Section are not the only recent news-making contribution to the debate over voter identification laws. In a new report, researchers from the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project examine the issue in depth and conclude that while there is no evidence that ID requirements depress turnout at the aggregate level, they do have a negative effect for certain individual voters. Read more »


Getting Ready for 2008

The 2008 presidential primaries are only a few months away in many states, and local election officials are preparing now with the hopes of smooth operations later. The Election Assistance Commission has released six new Quick Start Guides--addressing topics such as polling places, absentee voting, and disaster planning--that aim to aid administrators nationwide in this process. Read more »

New Resources

TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

Improving Kentucky's Electronic Voting System Certification
Office of the Kentucky Attorney General (October 2007)

Further Testing Could Provide Increased but Not Absolute Assurance That Voting Systems Did Not Cause Undervotes in Florida's 13th Congressional District (PDF)
Nabajyoti Barkakati (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
Task Force on Florida-13, U.S. House Committee on House Administration (October 2007)

EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING

Expanding and Improving Opportunities to Vote by Mail or Absentee John Fortier (AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project) Subcommitee on Elections, U.S. House Committee on House Administration (October 2007)

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

Helping Americans Vote: Poll Workers (PDF)
electionline.org (September 2007)

The Importance of Poll Workers: Best Practices and Recommendations
Subcommittee on Elections, U.S. House Committee on House Administration (October 2007)

MORE ON ELECTION REFORM

» Voter Registration
» Voter Access
» Early and Absentee Voting
» Provisional Balloting
» Technology Issues
» Election Administration
» Voting Integrity
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Events

Brownbag Lunch on NVRA Issues
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
November 9, 2007
Washington, DC

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The Politics of Voter Fraud (PDF) | MARCH 2007

Lorraine C. Minnite (Barnard College, Columbia University), Project Vote

This report takes a wide-angle look at voter fraud, offering a definition of the term, suggesting that the problem is not nearly as widespread as some claim, and calling for better data collection and election administration as a way to improve public discourse and create better policies.

Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration: HAVA Implementation | FEBRUARY 2005

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration, the members of the Election Assistance Commission and the Secretaries of State of Iowa, New Mexico, Indiana, and Kansas discussed the implementation of the various provisions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Primary Education: Election Reform and the 2004 Presidential Race (PDF) | JANUARY 2004

Dan Seligson (electionline.org) and Tova Andrea Wang (The Century Foundation), electionline.org

In this report, the authors provide a detailed review of election reform progress in the key 2004 primary election states.

Vote Centers Help America Vote (PDF) | APRIL 2006

Scott Doyle (Office of the Clerk and Recorder, Larimer County, Colorado)

Doyle, Clerk & Recorder of Larimer County, Colorado, explains his county's experience with countywide Election Day vote centers.

The Need For Usability of Electronic Voting Systems: Questions for Voters and Policy Makers | 2005

Harry Hochheiser, et. al., Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, National Research Council of the National Academies

Part of a broder initiative of the National Academies, this paper reviews issues pertinent to the development of new electronic voting systems and defines criteria for evaluating system designs.

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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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