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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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- Stateline Story
Election Day Mostly Smooth
Six years after being ordered to overhaul their voting systems, states showed they were largely prepared for 2008's historic election and near-record voter turnout.more -
- Stateline Story
State Laws Pose Hurdles for Student Voters
College students who registered to vote in the state where they attend school have faced sometimes daunting regulations that vary from state to state. And they may confront one more hurdle - showing acceptable identification at the polls.more -
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- Election Initiatives
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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- Stateline Story
Registration Drives Go Down to the Wire
As voter registration deadlines edge closer in several states, groups as varied as Rock the Vote, Focus on the Family, MySpace.com and Wal-Mart are stepping up campaigns to encourage more people to go to the polls Nov. 7. Stateline.org has compiled a state-by-state listing of voter registration deadlines, voter identification requirements and polling hours. Click here for a printable reference guide.more -
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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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- Stateline Story
Voting Surged in 2004, Census Says
Nationally, voter turnout in the United States surged to 64 percent of all adult citizens in 2004, up from 60 percent in 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.more -
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How Big a Voter Surge? Most States Joined the Party
Apathy, pretty clearly, was out. Participation obviously was in. Official figures wont be known until December but its already clear that turnout for the Nov. 2 elections was up about 7 percent in battleground states compared to the last presidential election, according to groups that study voter participation. In the country as a whole, final tallies may show declines only in Alaska, Arizona and New York and perhaps not even all of those. more
