AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

What Happens When Voters Don't "Match"?

Among the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)’s mandates was a requirement that all states develop and utilize statewide voter registration databases, and that these databases match voter information against other records to ensure accuracy. In this analysis, Daniel Tokaji of Election Law @ Moritz examines a recent controversy in Wisconsin related to database matching, and highlights several problems that could occur nationwide this November.

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Improving Voter Participation (PDF) | JUNE 2006

Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation

This Century Foundation study explores various proposals to increase voter turnout, including Election Day registration, making Election Day a national holiday, and provisional ballot reform.

Investigating Voting Rights in Missouri: An Assessment of Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act in Public Assistance Agencies (PDF) | SEPTEMBER 2007

Douglas Hess, Project Vote

In this report, the author examines the dramatic decline in the number of citizens registering to vote at public assistance agencies in Missouri, concluding that the state is largely out of compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

Further Testing Could Provide Increased but Not Absolute Assurance That Voting Systems Did Not Cause Undervotes in Florida's 13th Cong. District (PDF) | OCTOBER 2007

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.

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #48 | MARCH 19, 2008

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

An Audit Report on the Voter Registration System at the Texas Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | NOVEMBER 2007

Office of the Texas State Auditor

This report contains the results of an extensive audit of Texas's statewide registration database and makes recommendations on how to improve its quality.

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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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The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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The Brookings Institution
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