AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

The Street-Level Bureaucrats of Elections: Selection Methods for Local Election Officials (PDF)

Who are the people who manage elections at the local level, and how are they selected? A new study from the Review of Policy Research explores these questions, reporting data on the selection methods and party affiliations for local election officials nationwide.

Read the paper here.

Residual Vote in the 2004 Election: Working Paper (PDF) | FEBRUARY 2005

Charles Stewart III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project

Stewart III’s working paper examines the decrease in the residual vote rate between the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections and attributes it to better voting machines, as well as non-technology factors, including improved administrative practices and fewer voter abstentions

Designing the Democracy Index | JANUARY 2007

Edward B. Foley, Election Law @ Moritz

This piece looks at a recent proposal for a rating system for states' election administration systems; Foley points out the strengths in such an idea and also makes suggestions for further consideration.

Analysis and Report of Overvotes and Undervotes for the 2004 General Election (Florida) (PDF) | JANUARY 2005

Division of Elections, Florida Department of State

Florida’s Division of Elections attributes the continuing drop in the Florida over- and undervote rate to a statewide voter education campaign and voters' facility with new voting machine technologies.

Election Reform Newsletter, Issue #34 | JULY 18, 2007

AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Challenges Facing the American Electoral System: Research Priorities for the Social Sciences (PDF) | MARCH 2005

The National Research Commission on Elections and Voting, Social Science Research Council

The final report of the Commission identifies specific questions in ten election reform areas especially in need of further scientific research

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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.

Election Administration Research Center (EARC), UC Berkeley

Part of the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, the Election Administration Research Center (EARC) aims to improve the administration of elections.

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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