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OCTOBER 2006 Increased Integrity Through IDs? |
As the 109th Congress wound down, the debate over a measure requiring a photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote heated up. A recent report addressed the costs of the kinds IDs that would be needed under the bill, while a paper by political scientists from Rutgers examined the effects of such ID requirements on voter turnout.
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Timothy J. Ryan, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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Michael A. Carrier (Rutgers University School of Law), St. John's Law Review
Carrier examines flaws in electronic voting, including reduced transparency and security controls, as well as vote counting flaws in the 2004 election. Carrier concludes with suggestions to improve vote counting, including voter-verifiable paper trails, open source software, and random audits.
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Norman Ornstein, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
In this Roll Call column, the Election Reform Project's Norman Ornstein reacts to the Supreme Court's decision in the Indiana voter ID case by laying out a common sense approach for moving forward.
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AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
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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, 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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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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