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2003–2004

Voting in 2004: A Report to the Nation on America's Election Process
The Century Foundation, Common Cause Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, 12/7/2004
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Playing Games with Democracy
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 10/20/2004
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) is being implemented in ways that will disenfranchise voters. 
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Crashing the Parties: The Problem of Ballot Access
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 9/20/2004
A guide to the complex and varied regulations governing ballot access, in the news lately due to Ralph Nader's presidential run. 
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African Americans, Voting Machines, and Spoiled Ballots
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 9/15/2004
While provisions in the Help America Vote Act should alleviate racial disparities in spoiled ballot rates, many states will not have these measures in place for the 2004 election. 
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Understanding the Debate Over Electronic Voting Machines
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 5/26/2004
What began as a campaign by a small group of computer scientists who believe that DRE systems are vulnerable to hacking and malfunction has become a national controversy. 
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Primary Education
The Century Foundation, electionline.org, 1/9/2004
This report by Electionline.org and The Century Foundation examined both national and state-specific election reform issues that could have an impact on the 2004 primary election season. 
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Help America Vote Act: Impact and Potential for New York
Robert Abrams, Arthur J. Fried, The Century Foundation, 4/22/2003
This report reviews each provision of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which requires a major overhaul at the state level of the way Americans register and vote, with consideration of how the provisions might best be complied with and/or implemented in New York. 
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