Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #34
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On Topic: Voter Registration |
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Registration: Where are We Now? Where are We Going? |
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Though it was passed nearly fifteen years ago, the National Voter Registration Act, or "Motor Voter," still receives significant attention, particularly as the EAC is required to submit biennial reports to Congress on the law's progress and impact. Electionline.org also continues to summarize key state legislative developments on voter registration issues.
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| Election Reform Research: The State of Play |
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Congress and the media may tend to focus on one particular aspect of the election reform debate at a time, but scholars across the country continue to examine and make recommendations to improve every step of the election administration process. In a new analysis piece, the Election Reform Project's Tim Ryan takes a snapshot of a wide range of current election reform research projects.
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| Problems and Possibilities of Balloting by Mail |
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As voting by mail and absentee voting have become increasingly widespread, new and distinct questions about ballot integrity, security, and administration have arisen. A new report from Project Vote highlights a number of these potential issues and lays out a series of recommendations to ensure that ballots cast outside polling places are sent to the right voters, filled out by those voters, and returned and counted properly.
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Events |
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2007 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop
August 6, 2007
Boston, MA |
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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
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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Civil Rights Project at Harvard University
This report explores the frequency of ballot spoilage in 2000 by county and finds a disproportionately high level of spoilage in minority counties.
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Evan McGinnis, Jessica Leval, and Jennifer Marsico, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this piece, Election Reform Project staff members examine the unique issues presented by two groups of voters: the homeless and ex-felons.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
In this paper, to be published in the Policy Studies Journal, Alvarez and Hall examine the current model of election administration and explore alternatives that could give administrators more control over the process.
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Richard Celeste, Dick Thornburgh, and Herbert Lin, editors, Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, National Research Council of the National Academies
This report frames the current debate over electronic voting by identifying the questions most in need of answering.
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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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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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