A Year of Five Elections for the City/County of San Francisco (PDF)
Most voters across the country have the opportunity to go to the polls twice a year: for a primary and for a general election. Thanks to front-loaded presidential primaries and special contests, however, some jurisdictions are being faced with the challenge of mounting more elections this year. In San Francisco, for example, there will have been five elections between November 2007 and November 2008; a new report highlights various issues that this frequency of contests has raised and makes recommendations for improvement going forward.
Read the report here (PDF).
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Eric A. Fischer and Kevin J. Coleman, Congressional Research Service
The CRS surveys more than 1,500 local election officials in fifty states regarding their views on voting systems, HAVA, and voting system vendors
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Election Law @ Moritz, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, and the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute
On October 20, the Election Reform Project co-sponsored an simulated adjudication of a hypothetical Supreme Court case, McCain v. Obama. In a unanimous decision, the special panel ruled in favor of counting the case's disputed provisional ballots.
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Indiana Vote Centers Delegation
This report, written by a bipartisan Indiana delegation after observing the performance of county-wide vote centers in Colorado, examines the applicability of such centers to their own state.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The first of its kind from a federal agency, this election administration survey gathers data on voter registration, absentee and provisional ballots, type of voting equipment used, and more. Data is available by state.
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National Association of Secretaries of State
This website, produced by the National Association of Secretaries of State, provides information for voters on determining if they are registered, the location of their polling place, and identification requirements for voting, as well other information related to participating in elections.
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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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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.
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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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