2006-2007
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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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