Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #81
Election Reform Newsletter
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September 9, 2009
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On Topic: Voter Registration
The movement to reform voter registration increased its profile last week when the bipartisan Committee to Modernize Voter Registration publicly announced its formation, and The Pew Center on the States released an issue brief recommending ways to update the current system of voter registration.
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This research report reviews the success of policy initiatives to reach overseas voters. The report builds upon an index created by the author comparing the effectiveness of state legislation and identifies Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina and Kansas as the top scorers.
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This analysis finds that 70% of the more than two million provisional ballots submitted nationwide during the 2008 election were counted. It also finds that the major reason for rejected provisional ballots was that the voter was not registered in the state. Read more »
 

 

New Resources
VOTER REGISTRATION
The National Voter Registration Act at Fifteen (PDF)
Estelle Rogers, Esq.
Project Vote (July 2009)
Discount Voting: Voter Registration Reforms and their Effects
Michael J. Hanmer
University of Maryland, College Park (August 2009)
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
The Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology
American Association for the Advancement of Science (August 2009)
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Election Enhancements for Ohio (PDF)
Office of the Ohio Secretary of State (August 2009)
The State of Elections In The Fifty States: Evaluating the Process Where It Counts (PDF)
Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University (August 2009)
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Featured Resources
This report studies voter registration systems in sixteen countries and in four provinces in Canada, assessing different technologies. From these results the authors propose strategies taken from these countries' experiences that can be applied to voter registration in the United States.
This NASS factsheet summarizes the different provisions of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, which was signed into law on October 28, 2009.
This law review article explores a range of the legal issues the Supreme Court confronted in the Indiana voter ID case.
As election officials continue to prepare for the November midterm elections, Project Vote has assembled comprehensive recommendations to improve election administration in 11 states.
Through an Election Day field study, the authors examine the commonality of lines at polling stations. They find inefficiencies in all three steps of casting a ballot, which they define as voter arrivals, voter is served by poll workers, and voter interaction with voting machine.
Research Projects
This project aims to evaluate the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems; to establish uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems; and to propose specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
Directed by early voting scholar Paul Gronke and housed at Reed College, the Early Voting Information Center provides news and research on and a state-by-state overview of early voting issues.
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.
Dēmos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. A multi-issue national organization, Dēmoscombines research, policy development, and advocacy to influence public debates and catalyze change.
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