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Election Administration Profiles of All Fifty States (PDF)
This supplemental report provides in-depth information on each state's election system. Election information is collected from state laws or rules, and progress toward reaching HAVA mandates is organized at the state level.

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Featured Resources
League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
Marion Superior Court, Civil Division
The opinion in the case of League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State.
Voting by Mail in Los Angeles (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2009
June Lagmay, City Clerk, Los Angeles, California
Responding to a request regarding the feasibility of adopting a vote-by-mail system in Los Angeles, the City Clerk wrote this memo. In it she discusses the potential impact of this change on voter turnout and the cost of implementing such a program.
Senator Schumer's Statement in Support of the MOVE Act (PDF) | OCTOBER 2009
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
This is the statement by Senator Charles Schumer, the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, in support of the MOVE Act, given on October 22, 2009.
When Voters Move (PDF) | JUNE 2009
Myrna Perez, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
This report reviews individual state guidelines regarding registration when voters move, and finds that they are inconsistently applied, confusing to both voters and officials, and that current federal and state law protections are overly limiting.
Uncounted Ballots: A Measure of Vulnerability | NOVEMBER 2009
Edward B. Foley, Election Law @ Moritz
Ned Foley’s post on Election Law @ Moritz delves into the issue of uncounted ballots. This category includes absentee ballots either wrongly rejected or arriving late (usually from overseas) and provisional ballots that haven’t yet been evaluated.
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Research Projects
electionline.org
The Pew Center on the States
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.
Center for Democracy & Election Management
Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.
FairVote
FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
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.
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