Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #44
Election Reform Newsletter
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January 23, 2008
Election Reform Newsletter.
On Topic.New Resources.Events. Forward to a Colleague.
On Topic: Technology Issues
On February 5, voters in 15 states will arrive at polls for presidential primaries and find a wide variety of voting equipment. A new book explores a wide range of questions about how voters interact with their voting systems, while the Center for American Politics and Citizenship’s web site makes available a range of earlier research by the book’s authors. Read more »
»  BOOK: "Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot," Paul Herrnson, et. al., Brookings Institution Press (January 2008)
»  RESOURCE: "Research on Voting Technology and Ballot Design," Center for American Politics and Citizenship (University of Maryland)
 
 
 
 
On January 9, two Election Reform Project staff members attended oral arguments in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the landmark legal test of Indiana's law requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification. In this piece, they outline their reflections on the case, explore the justices’ analysis during arguments, and discuss various lines of reasoning advanced by the participating lawyers.
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One of the issues being debated in the context Crawford is how many individuals lack the necessary identification and would thus be affected by laws like Indiana’s. Drawing on survey data from three states, a new report from researchers at the Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University suggests that the lack of photo ID may not be a terribly widespread problem.
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New Resources
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Make Voting Work Announces $2.5 Million in Awards (PDF)
The Pew Charitable Trusts and the JEHT Foundation (January 2008)
Election Law Maps
Election Law @ Moritz (January 2008)
EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING
Getting It Straight for 2008: What We Know About Vote By Mail Elections and How to Conduct Them Well (PDF)
Common Cause (January 2008)
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Voting Technology and the 2008 New Hampshire Primary (PDF)
Michael C. Herron (Dartmouth College), Walter R. Mebane, Jr. (University of Michigan), and Jonathan N. Wand (Stanford University)
(January 2008)
Trust But Verify: Toward Increasing Voter Confidence in Election Results (PDF)
Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (December 2007)
MORE ON ELECTION REFORM
 
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Featured Resources
Building Secure and Transparent Elections Through Standard Operating Procedures (PDF) | MAY 2008
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
In this report, R. Michael Alvarez and Thad Hall explore how thorough and standardized chain of custody procedures can help avert election fraud and make recommendations regarding best practices for their implementation.
Access Denied: Protecting the Voting Rights of Senior Citizens and People with Disabilities (PDF) | APRIL 2007
Division of Public Interest Advocacy, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate
This report catalogues progress that has been made in New Jersey on compliance with legal requirements for voting accessibility, but also highlights various continued issues in terms of inaccessible polling places.
In-Person Voter Fraud: Myth and Trigger for Disenfranchisement? | MARCH 2008
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
On March 12, 2008, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration held a hearing to explore issues related to in-person voter fraud.
Early Returns on Election Reform: Discretion, Disenfranchisement, and the Help America Vote Act (PDF) | 2005
Daniel P. Tokaji (Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University), George Washington Law Review
Tokaji examines problems in the 2004 election, including voting equipment, voter registration, and provisional balloting, and recommends avoiding future difficulties by upgrading technology, deciding litigation prior to the election, and establishing clear administrative rules, among other things
Letter Report on Electronic Voting | JULY 2006
Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, National Research Council of the National Academies
Drawing on testimony from federal, state, and local officials, this report assesses the readiness of electronic voting systems in the November 2006 elections. Election officials express concern about a number of areas, including the implementation of HAVA and state legislative requirements.
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Research Projects
Election Law @ Moritz
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.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
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
Electionline.org
Electionline.org
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.
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.
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