Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #39
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On Topic: Election Administration |
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Poll Workers: The People of Election Day |
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Nearly two million Americans serve as poll workers each election, and administrators across the country face challenges in recruiting, training, and retaining them. Both electionline.org and the Committee on House Administration have examined the issue, and the EAC has released best practices for use by local officials.
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| Would More Testing Matter in FL-13? |
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Nearly a year has passed, and GAO experts continue to investigate the large number of undervotes cast in last November's election in Florida's 13th Congressional District. A new report concludes that while some completed tests provide assurance that certain components of the machines used functioned correctly, further examination is unlikely to prove with absolute certainty the system was not at fault.
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| Asking Other Questions About Fraud |
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While the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case on voter ID laws--which are supported by some as a way to increase the integrity of the election process--researchers are also exploring whether certain policies create increased opportunities to commit fraud. A new analysis from Demos examines Election Day Registration (EDR) through that lens, concluding that states with EDR do not have more reported allegations of fraud.
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Voter ID Laws: Preventing Fraud or Suppressing the Vote?
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
October 23, 2007
Washington, DC |
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Make Voting Work Briefing
The Pew Charitable Trusts
October 25, 2007
Washington, DC |
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About The Election
Reform Project |
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The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, link the research and policy communities, track and assist the implemen-
tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration. |
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The Election Reform Newsletter is a periodic e-mail publication from
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project http://www.electionreformproject.org
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036 |
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United States Government Accountability Office
This report examines the changes made in the Federal Voting Assistance Program between the 2000 and 2004 elections. It also highlights the many challenges related to military absentee voting that remain, particularly as the program incorporates new technology.
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Sharon B. Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In this paper, Cohen uses a field experiment to compare the effectiveness of paper versus audio vote verification trails and finds that participants were approximately ten times as likely to notice an error in an audio trail as in a paper trail.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project VVSG Task Force
The EAC is currently considering a new set of standards that future voting systems will have to meet in order to earn federal certification. In this report, a task force convened by the AEI-Brookings Election Reform project analyzes that document and makes recommendations for its improvement.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on House Administration, the members of the Election Assistance Commission and the Secretaries of State of Iowa, New Mexico, Indiana, and Kansas discussed the implementation of the various provisions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
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Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis and Research and the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland
This Executive Summary provides the results of two studies commissioned by the Maryland State Board of Elections to investigate the technical and usability issues of various voting products with verification features.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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