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SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 Back to the Future: Considering New Voting Systems |
With paper trail legislation on the calendar for consideration in Congress this week, voting system issues remain in the spotlight. The EAC has released a draft of new voting machine guidelines, while the Election Reform Project’s Tim Ryan has weighed in on the importance of considering new technologies when developing policy in the field.
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Survey Research Center at the University of Georgia and the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State
Using data collected via exit polls at the three sites in Georgia during the 2006 election, this paper reveals that voters generally found the electronic voting system with a paper trail easy to use and expressed high levels of confidence in the systems' accuracy and security.
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Foley's blog explores a wide range of election reform issues from a legal perspective.
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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.
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Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Stewart III’s working paper examines the decrease in the residual vote rate between the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections and attributes it to better voting machines, as well as non-technology factors, including improved administrative practices and fewer voter abstentions
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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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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
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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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University of Maryland
As part of its broader research focus on elections, campaign ethics, campaign finance, and the legislative process, the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland is engaged in research projects on voting technology and ballot design specifically.
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