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Elections Performance Index
The Elections Performance Index is a project that, for the first time ever, examines election administration performance across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. more
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Voter Surge Will Challenge States
With a historic presidential race expected to drive huge numbers of people - particularly first-time voters - to the polls, states have a lot of work in store to ensure that every vote counts.more -
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Will States Topple Electoral College?
First it was the presidential primary calendar that state legislatures across the country upended to give their voters a greater say this year in choosing candidates. Now a few states are orchestrating an overhaul of the way voters select the U.S. president.more -
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Dispatches from the Polls: A Case Study
This May 2008 report, Dispatches from the Polls, examined ways that individual observers of the nation’s elections could be a collective asset, including a recent effort by graduate students at the University of California-Berkeley to study waiting times.
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Back to Paper: A Case Study
This February 2008 report detailed how five states that implemented electronic voting had chosen or were considering statewide paper-based optical scan systems. Back to Paper explored the process by which California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Ohio – had adopted electronic voting systems– ubsequently decided to de-certify, re-examine or re-think their use.
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Worth Noting: 'Taxasaurus' Sighted in Colorado
A gecko-like creature with a governor's head is spotted near Denver. A kidney transplant violates ethics laws in Alaska. And D.C.'s mayor gets snubbed again by those with statehood status. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.more -
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Are States Ready for the 2008 Election?
Request your print copy ordownload a PDF version today! All eyes will once again be on Florida, land of the infamous "hanging chads," as the state holds its presidential primary today (Jan. 29). Florida - and all the states - are under intense scrutiny to prove they have fixed the voting machine malfunctions and other glitches of previous elections. Stateline.org asked two experts to explain what's at stake in this excerpt from "State of the States 2008," Stateline.org's annual report on significant state policy developments and trends released Jan. 16.more -
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The Help America Vote Act at 5
A 2007 report finds that in the five years since HAVA's passage, election administration in this country has undergone profound change but has not necessarily raised the confidence of the American public.
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Overseas Voting
Research by Pew finds that states have adopted inconsistent processes and requirements for overseas voters, making it difficult for them to participate in the electoral process. In this October 2007 brief, the process of overseas and military voting was examined, from the federal laws that govern the process to the innovations underway to streamline it to the difficulties anticipated in the 2008 primary season.
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Election-Day Registration
This 2007 policy brief, Election-Day Registration: A Case Study, examined Montana's experiences with EDR in 2006, as well as that in Minnesota, where it has been in place for more than 30 years. It also compared EDR rules in other states allowing the process, as well as the legislative history and prospects in the rest of the country.
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Holding Form
This 2006 brief explored the user end of the registration process: how would-be voters obtain forms, complete them, and how much time they have before an election to do so.
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