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SEPTEMBER 2006 The 2006 Elections: Are Voting Systems Up to the Task? |
Mishaps during recent primaries in Maryland raised important questions about the readiness of electronic voting systems for November’s elections. Reports from the Election Science Institute and the National Academies have examined similar issues, and an upcoming Election Reform Project event will seek to offer answers as well.
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Eric A. Fischer and Kevin J. Coleman, Congressional Research Service
The CRS surveys more than 1,500 local election officials in fifty states regarding their views on voting systems, HAVA, and voting system vendors
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Eddan Katz and Rebecca Bolin, Yale School of Law
This paper, part of the Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting initiative at the National Research Council of the National Academies, lays out
criteria for evaluating new voting systems.
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U.S. Government Accountability Office
This report summarizes the variety of voting systems used in the states, territories, and the District of Columbia, how these systems are certified, the other procedures used to ensure their security and accuracy, and how problems with the systems are addressed.
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Nabajyoti Barkakati (U.S. Government Accountability Office), Task Force on Florida-13, U.S. House Committee on House Administration
Part of the GAO's continued investigation into the large number of undervotes in the 13th District of Florida in 2006, this report summarizes the results of testing already completed and discusses whether future testing should be pursued.
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Maryland Institute of Policy Analysis and Research and the Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland
This Executive Summary provides the results of two studies commissioned by the Maryland State Board of Elections to investigate the technical and usability issues of various voting products with verification features.
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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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