A Review of Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
In October 2007, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) began to consider a new draft of standards – the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) – 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.
Featured Resources
Balancing Access and Integrity: The Report of the Century Foundation Working Group on State Implementation of Election Reform (PDF) | 2005
Working Group on State Implementation of Election Reform, The Century Foundation
This report provides practical recommendations in the areas of voter registration and identification, provisional voting, and voting technology certification to help states meet HAVA deadlines.
Who Should Run Our Elections? Public Opinion About Election Governance in the United States: Working Paper (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2006
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Thad E. Hall (University of Utah), and Morgan Llewellyn (Caltech), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Alvarez, Hall, and Llewellyn's survey examines public preferences for election administration-whether elections should be run by partisan or nonpartisan officials, whether the officials should be elected or appointed, and whether elections should be administered by a single individual or commission.
Toward an Equal Electorate: Five States’ Gains Under the National Voter Registration Act (PDF) | OCTOBER 2008
Scott Novakowski, Dēmos
The National Voter Registration Act requires states to offer voter registration forms at public assistance agencies, and this report examines five states (North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Missouri) that have had exceptional success in implementing this policy.
The Likely Consequences of Internet Voting for Political Represenation (PDF) | APRIL 2001
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (New York University) , Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
The authors examine the effects of past reforms such as vote by mail and election-day registration as well as the results of the year 2000 primary election in Arizona and determine that the implementation of Internet voting would likely be detrimental to minority representation.
Viewpoint: Follow Bill Nelson’s Lead on Reforming Elections System | APRIL 2008
Norman Ornstein, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this Roll Call column, the Election Reform Project's Norm Ornstein takes on a variety of "big picture" election reform issues addressed by new legislation in Congress.
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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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