Voting in 2008: Lessons Learned Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 11/10/2008 Much has been made of the fact that there was no catastrophic meltdown in the election system this year.  The fact that problems were not as pervasive as they might have been is due to the hard work of the voting rights community and election administrators in the months and even years before the election and the enthusiasm and persistence of voters.  At the same time, thousands and thousands of voters faced unacceptable barriers to voting this year, demonstrating that much more work remains to be done. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.

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