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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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Interstate Voter Registration Database Matching: The Oregon-Washington 2008 Pilot Project | SEPTEMBER 2009
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Jeff Jonas (IBM), William E. Winkler (Census Bureau) & Rebecca Wright (Rutgers), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Exploring the ways in which technology can be better utilized to improve the accuracy of voter registration databases can provide valuable guidance. Researchers undertook a pilot project to determine the feasibility of using database matching to identify voters in Oregon and Washington.
Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2009
National Association of Secretaries of State
This NASS document provides a state-level review of voter registration list maintenance practices.
Annual Report on Grant Programs, 2008 | FEBRUARY 2010
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The EAC's annual report on 2008 spending provides detailed information regarding states’ usage of HAVA funds, as well as data on competitive grants distributed by the EAC. Of the $2.96 billion they received from the EAC, states have spent 76% and are expected to use remaining funds in 2010.
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.
Recommendations for Making Voter Registration Automatic and Portable | DECEMBER 2009
Governor's Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy
Convened to provide guidance to the state of Utah in the areas of election law, the Commission made recommendations regarding voter registration. Joining a number of other groups in proposing automatic voter registration, the Commission adopted all of its recommendations unanimously.
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