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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #88
Election Reform Newsletter
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December 16, 2009
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On Topic: Voter Registration
The problems with the current system of voter registration in most parts of the country affect both the accuracy of voter registration rolls and the size of the voting population. A Utah Commission has unanimously recommended adopting an automatic voter registration process, and the results of a pilot study of interstate voter registration file matching are presented.
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The EAC recently released the results of the 2008 Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Voting Act Survey, which aggregated information on how many UOCAVA ballots were sent, received, and counted. It is the primary tool by which Congress, federal agencies and the public can monitor the compliance with UOCAVA.
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Responding to a request regarding the feasibility of adopting a vote-by-mail system in Los Angeles, the City Clerk wrote this memo. In it she discusses the potential impact of this change on voter turnout and the cost of implementing such a program.
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New Resources
VOTER REGISTRATION
The National Voter Registration Act: Fifteen Years on
Estelle H. Rogers
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (November 2009)
Modernizing Ohio's System for Registering Voters: Automatic and Online Registration (PDF)
Wendy R. Weiser, Adam Skaggs, Christopher Ponoroff & Lawrence Norden
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (November 2009)
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Statistical Analysis of Post Election Audit Data
Voting Technology Resource Center
(November 2009)
VOTER ACCESS
Representational Bias in the 2008 Electorate
Douglass R. Hess & Jody Herman
Project Vote (November 2009)
The Rapid Growth of Permanent Mail Ballot Registration in California and its Impact
Mark DiCamillo
Survey Practice (November 2009)
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