AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #59

Election Reform Newsletter

September 17, 2008

On Topic: Election 2008

Problems in November: Predictions and Preparations

With approximately six weeks to go before Election Day 2008, election administrators are attempting to anticipate potential problem areas and take the appropriate steps to address them. A new resource from Election Law @ Moritz highlights possible legal issues in key states, while, at the federal level, the Senate Judiciary Committee recently examined the Justice Department’s readiness for November.
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»	RESOURCE: "Key Questions for Key States," Election Law @ Moritz (September 2008)

»	HEARING/EVENT: "Protecting the Right to Vote: Oversight of the Department of Justice's Preparations for the 2008 General Election," U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 2008)


A Closer Look at Laboratories

Under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting systems nationwide must be certified before they can be used. In response to concerns about the Election Assistance Commission’s program to sanction laboratories that perform this vital testing, the GAO recently undertook a review of the accreditation process, finding many effective procedures but also laying out a number of steps that could be taken to improve the overall system. Read more »


Revisiting the Research Landscape

While much of the country was focusing its attention on the national party conventions in late August, political scientists had an additional object of interest: the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. In this analysis, Election Reform Project staff summarize a range of relevant research presented at the conference and highlight a number of directions that future research is likely to take. Read more »

New Resources

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION


Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks, New Mexico Edition (PDF) Daniel Weaver, Alison McNeely, and Adam Fogel FairVote (August 2008)

Electoral Administration in the United Kingdom (PDF) Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom (August 2008)

VOTING INTEGRITY


Absentee Ballot Fraud: A Stolen Election in Greene County, Alabama (PDF) Hans A. von Spakovsky Heritage Foundation (September 2008)


Voter Registration


State Restrictions on Community-Based Voter Registration Drives (PDF) Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (August 2008)

Election Law Litigation: Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board Election Law @ Moritz (September 2008)

MORE ON ELECTION REFORM

» Voter Registration
» Voter Access
» Early and Absentee Voting
» Provisional Balloting
» Technology Issues
» Election Administration
» Voting Integrity
» More Resources

Events

Public Meeting
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
September 18, 2008
Washington, DC

» Events

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Electronic Voting Machines in South Carolina: A Position Paper (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2004

Duncan Buell and Carter Bays (University of South Carolina), Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, National Research Council of the National Academies

In this paper, the authors explore problems with the particular electronic voting system being adopted by South Carolina and urge more extensive testing and review.

Voter Purges (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2008

Myrna Perez, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

This report examines voter purges (the removal of individuals from the voter rolls), summarizing types of purges and the problems associated with them and making policy recommendations for the reform of their use.

Additional Data Could Help State and Local Elections Officials Maintain Accurate Voter Registration Lists (PDF) | JUNE 2005

U.S. Government Accountability Office

The GAO analyzes how select states maintain their voter registration lists and determines which additional data could facilitate the process.

Primary Education: Election Reform and the 2004 Presidential Race (PDF) | JANUARY 2004

Dan Seligson (electionline.org) and Tova Andrea Wang (The Century Foundation), electionline.org

In this report, the authors provide a detailed review of election reform progress in the key 2004 primary election states.

Viewpoint: The Rise of 'Convenience Voting' | OCTOBER 16, 2008

Jessica Leval and Jennifer Marsico, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Over the past three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of absentee and early voters. This piece summarizes a range of early voting options and addressing several pending questions on the topic.

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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.

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.

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