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| This Election: Deceptive Practices 2.0?
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10/20/2008
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| Washington – Amid daily reports of voter suppression and dirty tricks in the 2008 Presidential election, major civil rights organizations today released a report exposing a worrying new generation of online deceptive practices designed to mislead and intimidate voters. The report, released by Common Cause, The Century Foundation and The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is entitled Deceptive Practices 2.0: Legal And Policy Responses and describes potential online dirty tricks to disseminate false or misleading information over the Internet.
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| Voting in 2008: A close look at voting preparedness in 10 swing states
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9/16/2008
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| 16 September’08, Washington, DC—As election officials brace for record-breaking voter turnout on Election Day, a close examination of voting preparedness in 10 swing states shows that significant problems in the basic functions of the American election administration system persist, and in a few cases have worsened over the last few years, a new report by Common Cause and The Century Foundation shows. &nbs;
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| Nevada Gambles On New Voter Mobilization Strategies For Latinos And Wins
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3/26/2008
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| In this year’s highly contested race for the presidency, Latino voters have received unprecedented media attention as a group that could hold the balance of the election in its hands. However, Latinos can only realize their potential to become a major force in American politics this election year and beyond if they participate in numbers commensurate with their dramatically increased presence in the population. Continue to press release (PDF) here.
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| Has America Outgrown the Caucus?
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10/24/2007
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| The debate over the influence and timing of the Iowa caucus obscures the most problematic issue, which is that Iowa has a caucus at all, according to a new report from The Century Foundation. In Has America Outgrown the Caucus? Some Thoughts on Reshaping the Nomination Contest, Tova Andrea Wang, Democracy Fellow at The Century Foundation and nationally recognized expert on election reform, explains why caucuses violate the fundamental principles of voting rights, such as equality of opportunity to participate in the process and fair access to the ballot.
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| A Silver Lining In the Primary Frontloading Cloud—Latinos Get a Vote
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4/12/2007
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| The rush by as many as twenty-three states to hold their primaries by February 5, 2008, has been widely criticized as too heavily favoring well financed candidates with high name recognition. While the concerns about the adverse effects of extreme “frontloading” on the democratic process are both legitimate and troublesome, there could be a silver lining. The trend could give urban and minority voters—particularly Latinos—a bigger say in the selection of presidential nominees for both parties.
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| Frontloading of Primaries is Becoming an Issue of Voting Rights, According to a New Report from The Century Foundation
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3/13/2007
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| News reports in recent weeks have described—and often decried—the scramble among states to move the dates of their presidential primaries much earlier than in the past in order to gain greater influence in determining the nominees of both parties. In this latest issue brief from The Century Foundation, Tova Andrea Wang takes a closer look at the central problem—the impact of radically different primary schedules on voters and the democratic process.
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| Keeping an Eye on Democracy on Election Day
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11/6/2006
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| Tuesday’s midterm elections will be closely watched by politicians, pundits, journalists, and concerned citizens around the country and around the world. While most attention will be focused on the race for control of Congress, the voting system could become a significant part of the story—especially in jurisdictions with close elections. The volatile combination of close elections, tremendous political ramifications, new voting machines, and new voting rules could affect both the process and outcomes of elections in some states.
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| Election Expert Tova Andrea Wang Provides Perspective on Fraud, Reform, and Political Power in New Issue Brief from The Century Foundation
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11/6/2006
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| In recent years, the movement for enacting strict voter identification laws has taken on a great deal of steam. Enacted in the name of reforming the system to prevent voter fraud, such laws in actuality serve only to disenfranchise large groups of voters, to the political advantage of the Republican Party.
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| Report Shows Many Voting Problems from 2004 Still Unresolved and Threaten to Mar Midterm Elections
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10/11/2006
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| With the critical midterm elections just weeks away, a new report from The Century Foundation, Common Cause, and The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights shows that most problems exposed in the 2004 election remain unresolved, and some have been exacerbated and threaten to mar the mid-term elections in just four weeks.
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| Improving Voter Participation through Better Access to the Polls
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6/30/2006
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| As we enter another crucial election season, The Century Foundation has released a new brief that presents a set of proposals that could result in higher voter turnout.
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| Experts Offer States a Plan for Improving State Election Procedures
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7/20/2005
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| A nonpartisan group of prominent election law scholars and voting reform experts has produced a groundbreaking set of policy recommendations to help state legislators and election officials improve their voting procedures in time for the 2006 and 2008 federal elections.
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| Election Experts Offer New York and Other States a Plan for Improving Election Procedures
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7/20/2005
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| Faced with federal mandates for election reform, New York was the slowest state in the nation to institute procedures to meet the law’s requirements and improve the voting process. New York experienced numerous problems during the 2004 election and, due in part to the legislature’s failure to act in a timely manner, may face bigger problems in the future.
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| The 2004 Vote: What Really Happened?
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12/1/2004
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| Press advisory regarding a major conference on voting problems in the 2004 election.
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| A New Report from The Century Foundation Finds the Election Reform Law That Was Supposed to Improve the Voting Process is Being Used to Disenfranchise Some Voters
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10/20/2004
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| In a new report, Tova Andrea Wang reveals how the Help America Vote Act is being implemented in ways that will disenfranchise voters.
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| Century Foundation Report Finds Racial Divide in Undercounted Votes
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9/15/2004
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| The continued use of punch-card ballot systems threatens to undercut the reliability of the 2004 election results.
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| From Election Cure-All to National Controversy
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5/27/2004
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| A new issue brief offers a step-by-step guide to the
debate over computerized voting machines.
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| Four Years Later, How have California Elections Changed?
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2/13/2004
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| California could face a crisis of voter confidence in the upcoming presidential primary when millions of voters use electronic voting machines
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| Election Reform Testimony by Century Foundation Senior Program Officer and Democracy Fellow Tova Wang
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7/10/2003
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| An election policy expert strongly criticized a plan to implement election reform measures in NY for failing "to provide the guidelines for improving elections that New Yorkers need and deserve."
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| Two Election Law Experts Say New York Could Fall Short in Election Reform Efforts
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6/25/2003
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| New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams and election law expert Arthur Fried, believe the state has failed to provide the necessary guidelines for improving elections that New Yorkers need and deserve
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| New Report from The Century Foundation Shows the Way to Reform New York’s Election Law and Meet New Federal Standards
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4/22/2003
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| A new report from The Century Foundation offers a roadmap for using a new federal law to improve New York State’s broken voting system.
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| The Century Foundation Looks At Dramatic Changes Coming to New York’s Elections
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3/20/2003
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| Recently passed election reform legislation will require big changes in how elections are conducted in New
York City and New York State. The new law will mean transforming how we vote and how we determine who can vote.
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| Voter Registration System May Be a Barrier to Voting,
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8/21/2002
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| A new Century Foundation issue brief argues that the onerous voter registration procedures have contributed to low voter turnout
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| Former Presidents Carter and Ford to Oversee Bipartisan National Commission on Federal Election Reform
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2/2/2001
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| Former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford have agreed to serve as active honorary bipartisan co-chairs of the newly established National Commission on Federal Election Reform.
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| Campaign Finance Reform: Three Proposals to Improve the Election
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4/26/2000
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| The Century Foundation Releases New Idea Brief in Ideas2000 Series
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