2005–2006
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| Fraud, Reform, and Political Power: Controlling the Vote, From Nineteenth-Century America to Present-Day Georgia
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Tova Andrea Wang,
The Century Foundation,
10/30/2006
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In this issue brief, The Century Foundation's Tova Andrea Wang looks back at how accusations of voter fraud have been used to justify actions that made it more difficult for less advantaged citizens in particular to cast ballots.
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Download PDF document here.
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| Voting in 2006: Have We Solved the Problems of 2004?
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The Century Foundation,
Common Cause Education Fund,
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund,
10/11/2006
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With the critical mid-term elections weeks
away, this report, a follow-up to Voting in 2004: A Report to the Nation on America’s Election Process, looks at some of the serious problems that marred the 2004 presidential election and asks: are we any better off today than we were two years ago?
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Read Executive Summary here (PDF)
Read individual state profiles here (PDF)
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| Improving Voter Participation
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Tova Andrea Wang,
The Century Foundation,
6/30/2006
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An examination of the reasons for perennially low turn-out numbers, and a set of common-sense proposals to boost participation.
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Download in PDF format
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| Balancing Access and Integrity
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The Century Foundation,
7/25/2005
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A working group of election reform experts looks at how states can implement future elections in a way that balances ballot integrity with voting rights and accessibility.
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Download in PDF format (543K)
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