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A Review of Academic Literature on the Effectiveness of the National Voter Registration Act (PDF)
This literature review organizes research on NVRA into two categories: the impact of NVRA on overall registration and turnout, and its effect on equality in participation. It notes weaknesses and the gaps in research on NVRA, and suggests that additional efforts be made to research the impact of NVRA on specific demographics, especially those that traditionally have low registration and participation rates.

Read the report here.
Featured Resources
Indiana's Outreach Library | JANUARY 2010
Indiana Election Division
The Indiana Election Division published its Outreach Library for the 2010 elections. Among the resources available for both voters and election officials are guides for military and overseas voters, voter identification requirement outlines, and a handbook for election officials.
Bringing Elections into the 21st Century: Voter Registration Modernization (PDF) | AUGUST 2009
The Pew Center on the States
This issue brief summarizes the case in favor of modernization of voter registration procedures. It notes that more than two million voters were unable to vote in the 2008 election as a direct result of issues with registration.
The State of Elections In The Fifty States: Evaluating the Process Where It Counts (PDF) | JULY 2009
Center for Democracy and Election Management
This report reviews the election process across all fifty states, using the Carter-Baker Commission’s recommendations as guidelines.
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.
Registering Low-Income Voters through Public Assistance Agencies in Missouri (PDF) | JULY 2009
Project Vote
This study highlights the recent success in Missouri of voter registration in public assistance agencies from August 2008 through May 2009, which is mandated in the 1993 National Voter Registration Act. Missouri registered over 112,000 new voters in one year through public assistance agencies.
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Early Voting Information Center
Reed College
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.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
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
Dēmos
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.
Brennan Center for Justice
NYU School of Law
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice.
FairVote
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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