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Grading State Election Websites
Being Online Is Still Not Enough provides state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. more
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Being Online is Still Not Enough
Millions are turning to official state election websites to find the information they need to cast a ballot. Being Online Is Still Not Enough provides state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Being Online Is Still Not Enough
This 2011 report provided state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Introducing the Voting Information Project
The Voting Information Project is an innovative and proven service that uses the latest technology to provide voters with the information they need to cast a ballot. more
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How Do States Update Voter Registration Lists?
A statutory overview shows that states vary widely in the way they maintain and update their voter registration rolls. How states manage these lists can affect the accuracy and reliability of the information.
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Upgrading Voter Registration Design
Inefficiencies in America’s voter registration systems lead to an inaccurate and costly registration process. Pew has been working with state and local election officials, as well as technology experts, to upgrade voter registration systems by improving the technology used to keep registration records up to date. To ensure the highest degrees of security protocols are achieved, Pew commissioned the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), to analyze the ERIC system design and make recommendations.
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Upgrading Democracy
This 2010 report argued that Americans deserve a more cost-effective, accurate and efficient registration system that protects the integrity of the process and ensures that more eligible voters—and only eligible voters—are on the rolls.
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Military & Overseas Voting
The Pew Charitable Trusts supports reforms that will bring 21st century technology to America’s election system and guarantee all citizens abroad can participate in our democracy from a distance. more
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Upgrading Voter Registration
The Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners are building on cutting edge practices in some states and the private sector to bring voter registration systems into the 21st century and improve accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. more
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Voter Registration Data Accuracy
This July 2010 report revealed a voter registration system that was not serving America’s increasingly mobile voters. Trapped by the confines of an antiquated, paper-based system, election administrators did not have the necessary tools to improve the accuracy of the data in their state voter registration rolls.
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Non-Precinct Place Voting
In 2008, Make Voting Work released a Request for Proposals for research that would examine alternatives to precinct-based election day voting, including early in-person and absentee voting and vote by mail systems.
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