Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #40
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On Topic: Early and Absentee Voting |
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Abroad, But Not Forgotten |
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An estimated six million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in federal elections, and they present administrators with unique challenges. A new report from electionline.org looks at these concerns, and innovations that address them, while members of the Election Reform Project team weigh in on the issue as well.
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| A New Look at Voter ID |
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Comments by the head of the Department of Justice's Voting Rights Section are not the only recent news-making contribution to the debate over voter identification laws. In a new report, researchers from the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project examine the issue in depth and conclude that while there is no evidence that ID requirements depress turnout at the aggregate level, they do have a negative effect for certain individual voters.
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| Getting Ready for 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential primaries are only a few months away in many states, and local election officials are preparing now with the hopes of smooth operations later. The Election Assistance Commission has released six new Quick Start Guides--addressing topics such as polling places, absentee voting, and disaster planning--that aim to aid administrators nationwide in this process.
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Brownbag Lunch on NVRA Issues
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
November 9, 2007
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» Events |
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About The Election
Reform Project |
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The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, link the research and policy communities, track and assist the implemen-
tation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and encourage improvements in HAVA and in election conduct and administration. |
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The Election Reform Newsletter is a periodic e-mail publication from
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project http://www.electionreformproject.org
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | Washington, DC 20036 |
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electionline.org
Electionline.org’s survey of state election directors regarding procedures to recount and audit ballots reveals different practices throughout the country
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electionline.org
Electionline.org surveys the state of election reform in 2006 and compares it to that of 2000. The report provides state-by-state data in the areas of voting systems, voter ID requirements, provisional voting, and more.
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Jessica Leval, AERI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this new piece, the Election Reform Project’s Jessica Leval reviews The Hidden Costs of Clean Election Reform, by Frederic Charles Schaffer, summarizing Schaffer’s major points and examples, and assessing his proposals for mitigating the potentially negative effects of policy change.
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R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Jonathan Nagler (New York University) , Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
The authors examine the effects of past reforms such as vote by mail and election-day registration as well as the results of the year 2000 primary election in Arizona and determine that the implementation of Internet voting would likely be detrimental to minority representation.
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Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
While the controversy over the EAC-commissioned report on election crimes has faded somewhat since the report's release in December 2006, the issue returns to the spotlight with the release of the results of the EAC's internal investigation into how the contract was handled.
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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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