Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #50
Election Reform Newsletter
AEI | The Brookings Institution.
April 16, 2008
Election Reform Newsletter.
On Topic.New Resources.Events. Forward to a Colleague.
On Topic: Voter Registration
Spurred by high interest in the 2008 election, officials in states like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Oregon are reporting record or near-record numbers of voters on the rolls. Recently, the integrity and operability of these lists has been the focus of both a task force of the National Academies of Sciences and a hearing by the Senate Rules Committee.
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»  REPORT: "State Voter Registration Databases: Immediate Actions and Future Improvements, Interim Report," Committee on State Voter Registration Databases, National Research Council of the National Academies (April 2008)
»  HEARING/EVENT: "Protecting Voters at Home and at the Polls: Limiting Abusive Robocalls and Vote Caging Practices," U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (February 27, 2008)
 
 
 
 
The notion of “voter access” spans a large number of demographic groups, including senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and voters with limited English proficiency. A new report from the Brennan Center examines another such group—people with previous criminal convictions—and lays out a set of recommendations for ending the felon disenfranchisement policies that are in place in most states.
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Voters overseas, both military and civilian, present unique problems in terms of ballot transmission, return, and security for election administrators nationwide. These issues are likely to be exacerbated this November by the high levels of interest in the presidential election. On April 15, the Committee on House Administration held a hearing to examine these challenges.
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New Resources
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
The 2008 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses: What We've Learned So Far
U.S. House Committee on House Administration (April 2008)
Draft: 2008 Election Day Survey
U.S. Election Assistance Commission (March 2008)
VOTER REGISTRATION
Election Day Voter Registration in Massachusetts (PDF)
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (New York University)
Dēmos (March 2008)
VOTING TECHNOLOGY
Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project (March 21, 2008)
Electronic Elections: The Perils and Promises of Digital Democracy
R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Thad Hall (University of Utah)
Princeton University Press (March 2008)
MORE ON ELECTION REFORM
 
Events
Public Meeting
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
April 16, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
 
 
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Featured Resources
A Threat Analysis on UOCAVA Voting Systems (PDF) | DECEMBER 2008
Andrew Regenscheid and Nelson Hastings, National Institute of Standards and Technology
This report examines a number of security issues that arise with the transmission of UOCAVA ballots and recommends implementing a set of best practices to improve the process in the future.
The Truth About Voter Fraud (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2007
Justin Levitt, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
This paper explores a number of issues in the current debate over voter fraud, offering a definition of the term, analyzes common types of alleged fraud, and evaluates a set of individual case studies.
The Machinery of Democracy: Usability of Voting Systems (PDF) | AUGUST 2006
Lawrence Norden, Jeremy M. Creelan, David Kimball, and Whitney Quesenbery, Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law
This report explores the usability of various voting systems and examines different ways in which local election administrators can maximize the usability of their systems. Particular areas of focus include residual vote rates and voter confidence in voting systems.
Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #63 | NOVEMBER 19, 2008
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
What Congress Should Be Talking About | SEPTEMBER 2007
Daniel Tokaji, Election Law @ Moritz
In this analysis piece, Dan Tokaji argues that Congress--whose primary election reform-related attention is focused on the paper trail debate--should instead be focusing on issues like ID requirements and statewide voter registration databases.
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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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