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Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #84
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October 21, 2009
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On Topic: Technology Issues
The ongoing debate over the role of technology in elections has provoked a great deal of research on the topic. A recent conference on voting technology featured 11 papers examining evidence in a number of countries and a new working paper discusses the current state of research and development in voting technology.
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The authors critique an analysis of data on voter registration at public assistance agencies. This research finds that results attributing the decline of voter registration to PRWORA are overstated.
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As part of a project conducted on behalf of the Colorado Secretary of State, the Elections Division has recently made available for comments a draft voter registration form. It will be accepting comments until October 30, 2009.
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VOTER REGISTRATION
Hearing: Modernizing the Election Registration Process
Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives (October 21, 2009)
A Right to Vote: Modernizing Voter Registration
Tova Andrea Wang
Demos (October 2009)
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Maintenance of State Voter Registration Lists
National Association of Secretaries of State (September 2009)
VOTER ACCESS
A Letter on Indiana's Voter ID Laws
Todd Rokita
Indiana Secretary of State (September 2009)
League of Women Voters of Indiana, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State
Marion Superior Court, Civil Division (September 2009)
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The mission of the VoTeR center is to advise state agencies in the use of voting technologies and to investigate voting solutions and voting equipment to develop and recommend safe use procedures for their usage in elections.
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FairVote develops and promotes practical strategies to improve elections at the local, state and national levels.
Center for Democracy & Election Management
Center for Democracy & Election Management was established at the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2002. Their broader goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.
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
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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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