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| Is Everyone Else Doing It? Indiana’s Voter Identification Law in International Perspective
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Tova Andrea Wang,
Frederic Charles Schaffer,
Harvard Law and Policy Review,
10/26/2009
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Since the passage of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, requiring
people to present identification to vote has become one of the most
controversial and divisive issues in election reform. HAVA necessitates,
among other things, that members of a small group of people—new voters
registering by mail—establish their identity in one of many ways.1 While
about half of the states in the country today apply just that requirement,
many states have used the HAVA identification provision to justify additional,
more stringent measures. At present, twenty-four states require all
voters to present identification when casting a ballot in person. Download the report (PDF).
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| Two National Elections in One Year: Early Presidential Preference Primaries and the 2008 Election Cycle
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Advancement Project,
4/17/2007
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Advancement Project released a voter protection primer that explores the ramifications of the momentum of frontloading the 2008 elections as more states are moving their presidential preference primaries earlier in the election cycle. Approximately 34 states will cast their vote in the presidential preference primary on or prior to Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Of the thirty four states, only seven states will conduct either a Democratic or Republican caucus/primary before February 5, 2007. This means that on February 5, 2008, 27 states will conduct their primary/caucus turning the traditional “Super Tuesday” of March into a “Super Duper” Tuesday of February.
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Download the PDF document here.
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| VTP Conference on Voter Authentication and Registration
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3/21/2007
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The goal of this conference, featuring TCF's Tova Andrea Wang, was to explore the current state of knowledge about the effects of voter identification and registration, procedures on election administration and voting behavior, and to discuss the future directions of research, policy and technology. The conference was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, MA at the media lab, on October 5-6 2006.
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View the conference report here (PDF).
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| America Goes to the Polls: A Report on Voter Turnout in the 2006
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Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network,
2/1/2007
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This report looks at official election results from across the country to answer some basic questions about voter turnout in the 2006 elections, questions like: Which states had the highest turnout? Which states had the greatest growth or decline in turnout compared to the last midterm election? What is the impact on voter participation of increased political competition or Election Day registration?
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Download the PDF file here.
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| Holding Form: Voter Registration 2006
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electionline.org,
7/1/2006
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For the past six years, the only constant in election reform has
been change – from new rules at polling places and updated
voter databases to new machines and ballot-counting procedures.
However, there is one area that appears relatively untouched —
voter registration.
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Link to Issue Brief (PDF)
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| The Promise and Problems of Provisional Voting
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George Washington Law Review,
4/12/2006
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The 2004 presidential election demonstrated the HAVA system of provisional voting is seriously underdeveloped, in large part because of ambiguities and gaps in HAVA itself.
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Link to Paper
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| The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World
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Brennan Center for Justice,
4/1/2006
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A summary of the nation’s first systematic analysis of security
vulnerabilities in the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Making the List: Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration
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Brennan Center for Justice,
3/24/2006
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The first comprehensive summary of critically important new voter registration
procedures effective in most states at the beginning of 2006.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Election Day Voter Registration: Simplifying the Voting Process and Increasing Voter Turnout in New York City
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Citizens Union Foundation,
11/7/2005
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If New York voters were allowed to register and vote on the same day, they would likely turn out in higher numbers to vote at the polls on Election Day.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Ten Years Later: A Promise Unfulfilled
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ACORN,
Demos,
10/12/2005
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Ten years after NVRA -- the "motor voter" bill -- was adopted, most states have failed to adequately implement requirements that public assistance agencies offer clients voter registration applications.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Election Day Survey
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Election Assistance Commission,
9/27/2005
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The EAC, the federal body established to give states guidelines and advice on election reform, has released its eagerly anticipated Election Day survey. After surveying elections officials from across the country, the investigators present a massive amount of data regarding such issues as voter registration, provisional ballots, voting machines, poll workers and vote counting.
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Link to Report
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| Response to the Report of the National Commission on Election Reform
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Brennan Center for Justice,
9/19/2005
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This document, responding to the report of the Baker-Carter Commission, will surely become the authoritative statement on the flaws of that report, and on the damaging potential impacts of its misguided voter ID requirement in particular.
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Link to Brief (PDF)
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| League Wants Elections To Work For the Voter
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Sara Conrath,
League of Women Voters,
8/4/2005
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The League of Women Voters today issued a new report – Next Steps on Election Reform – that explores issues central to reforming our election system and implementing the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA).
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Link to Report
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| Report to the House of Delegates Election Administration
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American Bar Association,
8/1/2005
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The ABA makes a number of recommendations for election reform and provides model legislation for handling provisional ballots in this report. Among the notable positions are the ones against stricter voter identification rules and in favor of partial counting of provisional ballots cast in the wrong polling site and expanded early and absentee voting. The group also calls for more regulation of third party voter registration activities.
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Link to Report
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| A Survey of Conditions at the polls in New York City
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Neal Rosenstein,
Joel Kelsey,
New York Public Interest Research Group,
6/21/2005
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The presidential election in New York City was as badly run as any in recent years, and new election reform laws may have exacerbated the problems.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| ELECTION 2004: Review and Recommendations by The Nation's Elections Administrators
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National Task Force on Election Reform,
6/7/2005
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In this report by the Election Center, a group of elections administrators from across the country provide recommendations from the unique vantage point of being the people who actually have to make our elections work day in and day out.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Residual Vote in the 2004 Election
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Charles Stewart III,
CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project,
2/1/2005
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Taking the American electoral system as a whole, the emerging evidence is that the election of 2004 was run much better than the election of 2000. Seventeen million more people voted in 2004 than voted in 2000, a 14% increase in the size of the presidential electorate. Some of this increased
turnout --- perhaps over a million new voters --- can be attributed to new equipment and changes in administrative practices.
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Link to Paper (PDF)
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| Analysis and Report of Overvotes and Undervotes for the 2004 General Election
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Various Authors,
Florida Department of State Division of Elections,
1/31/2005
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Interim Report On Alleged Irregularities in the U.S. Presidential Election of 2004
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Social Science Research Council,
12/22/2004
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Report finds no current evidence of irregularities of sufficient magnitude or scope to change the popular vote or Electoral College winner in the most recent presidential election.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Shattering the Myth: An Initial Snapshot of Voter Disenfranchisement in the 2004 Elections
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
People for the American Way,
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights,
12/1/2004
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Widespread disenfranchisement of American voters during the 2004 election.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Department of Justice's Activities to Address Past Election-Related Voting Irregularities
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General Accounting Office,
10/15/2004
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The GAO finds the Department of Justice is not prepared to address allegations of voting irregularities in the presidential election in November.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Voter Registration and Turnout in the United States
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Benjamin Highton,
Perspectives on Politics,
9/1/2004
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Why vote? People vote when the benefits of doing so outweigh
the costs. This means that there are really two questions to
address: What are the benefits of voting, and what are the
costs?
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Voter Registration and Turnout in the United States
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| Best Practices in Administration, Management and Security in Voting Systems and Provisional Voting
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The U.S. Election Assistance Commission,
U.S. Election Assistance Commission,
8/1/2004
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The U.S. Election Assistance Commission offers this "Best Practices Tool Kit" for local election administrators. The Tool Kit includes tips, reminders, and recommendations on conducting an election, and guidance on the management of specific voting systems.
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Explore the Tool Kit
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| Immediate Steps to Avoid Lost Votes in the 2004 Presidential Election
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R. Michael Alvarez,
et al.,
CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project,
7/1/2004
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The CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project examines problem areas in election procedures and practices that result in high numbers of voided or lost votes.
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Link to Paper (PDF)
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| Asian American Access to Democracy in the 2003 Elections in NYC
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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund,
6/1/2004
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Assessing how the New York City Board of Elections complied with the language assistance provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act with respect to Asian American voters in the 2003 elections.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission,
5/10/2004
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This report summarizes HAVA-related activities that occurred during FY 2003 and describes EAC activities for the first part of FY 2004. It also provides recommendations to Congress for actions necessary to fully achieve the goals established by HAVA.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Making Voting Easier
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Jonathan Nagler,
Catherine H. Wilson,
R. Michael Alvarez,
Demos,
4/22/2004
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Decades of research and study after study have found that pre-election voter registration procedures serve as barriers to voter participation, especially for certain groups of citizens.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Point, Click, and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting
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R. Michael Alvarez,
Thad Hall,
Brookings Institution Press,
1/1/2004
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Should Americans be able to use the Internet in the most important polls of all?
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Order Online
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| Voter Verified Paper Trails Are Not Necessary to Keep Elections from Being Stolen
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Laura Blumenfeld,
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
7/3/2003
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LCCR argues against requiring that machines have a voter verified paper trail feature.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Breakthroughs in states requiring voting equipment to support fair election methods
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Philip Shenon,
Center for Voting and Democracy,
7/1/2003
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In the process of complying with the Help America Vote Act, states have the opportunity to introduce alternative forms of voting, such as instant run-off.
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Link to Report
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| Expanding the Vote: The Practice and Promise of Election Day Registration
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Demos,
2/1/2002
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Includes analysis of states with election day registration as well as policy recommendations for states considering it.
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Link to Report
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