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OCTOBER 2006 Who Gets to Vote and How? Issues in Voter Access |
As the November elections approached, researchers are tackled various questions about who can go to the polls and what is available to them once they get there. New reports explore topics such as state laws on felon voting, voting technology for people with disabilities, and legal provisions for language minority voters.
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U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
On June 7, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine proposed legislation to prevent deceptive practices and voter intimidation.
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Alec Ewald (Union College), Columbia Human Rights Law Review
Ewald’s essay seeks to refute the argument that convicts should be disenfranchised because they might otherwise use their votes to weaken criminal justice laws.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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Sharon Laskowski (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and Whitney Quesenbery (Whitney Interactive Design)
This paper reviews issues in voting machine access, with particular emphasis on access for the disabled.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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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.
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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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