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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #81
Election Reform Newsletter
AEI | The Brookings Institution.
September 9, 2009
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On Topic: Voter Registration
The movement to reform voter registration increased its profile last week when the bipartisan Committee to Modernize Voter Registration publicly announced its formation, and The Pew Center on the States released an issue brief recommending ways to update the current system of voter registration.
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This research report reviews the success of policy initiatives to reach overseas voters. The report builds upon an index created by the author comparing the effectiveness of state legislation and identifies Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, South Carolina and Kansas as the top scorers.
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This analysis finds that 70% of the more than two million provisional ballots submitted nationwide during the 2008 election were counted. It also finds that the major reason for rejected provisional ballots was that the voter was not registered in the state. Read more »
  

 

New Resources
VOTER REGISTRATION
The National Voter Registration Act at Fifteen (PDF)
Estelle Rogers, Esq.
Project Vote (July 2009)
Discount Voting: Voter Registration Reforms and their Effects
Michael J. Hanmer
University of Maryland, College Park (August 2009)
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
The Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology
American Association for the Advancement of Science (August 2009)
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Election Enhancements for Ohio (PDF)
Office of the Ohio Secretary of State (August 2009)
The State of Elections In The Fifty States: Evaluating the Process Where It Counts (PDF)
Center for Democracy and Election Management at American University (August 2009)
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