AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Case Study: Auditing the Vote (PDF)

While much of the debate over paper trails has focused on their value as recount tools in close elections, a new report from electionline.org examines their use as a tool for routine post-election auditing. The study, which has a particular focus on California, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, and Connecticut, finds that audit procedures and impact vary greatly across states.

Read the report here (PDF).

2006 Election Administration and Voting Survey (PDF) | DECEMBER 2007

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

This report summarizes data collected nationwide on a range of topics, including overall voter turnout; provisional balloting; voting machines; and poll workers and polling places.

Accessability and Auditability in Electronic Voting (PDF) | 2004

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Submitted as part of an initiative at the National Research Council of the National Academies, this paper argues that voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) can not be made accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Collaborative Public Audit of the November 2006 General Election (PDF) | APRIL 2007

Collaborative Audit Committee, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the Center for Election Integrity

Providing another look at the long-troubled administration of elections in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, this report finds problems with the handling of optical-scan ballots, with damaged voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs), and potential corruption of the election database.

Viewpoint: Dos and Don'ts of Ballot Design | OCTOBER 2007

David Kimball (University of Missouri, St. Louis) and Martha Kropf (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Drawing on their extensive research on ballot design, David Kimball and Martha Kropf present a set of "dos and don'ts" for designing good ballots.

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #38 | OCTOBER 3, 2007

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

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Election Law @ Moritz

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.

Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project

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

Electionline.org

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.

Center for American Politics and Citizenship

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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