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Governing Magazine: Building an Election System That Works
Sue Urahn: To achieve an election system that is convenient, accurate and fair, state and local leaders need data to review and track their voting processes—from registration to ballot counting.
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Pew Experts Respond to President's State of the Union Address
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama raised two issues that are relevant to the work of The Pew Charitable Trusts: economic mobility and elections.
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Election Initiatives Response to Bipartisan Voting Commission Announcement
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a commission to improve the voting experience on Election Day. This is an important step forward. Pew Election Initiatives Director David Becker released the following in response to the president's announcement. more
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New Pew Study Identifies Seven States with Best Election Administration Performance in 2008 and 2010
Seven states performed well in both the 2008 and 2010 elections including Colorado, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin. The Pew Charitable Trusts released an Elections Performance Index that, for the first time ever, examines election administration performance across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The worst performing states during those years included Alabama, California, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia. more
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Governing Magazine: Collaboration, Technology and the Lessons of Election Day
Sue Urahn: This year's elections demonstrated how teamwork between governments and the technology sector can make voting information more accessible, save taxpayer dollars and improve the efficiency of the voting process.
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Nevada's Active Voter Rolls in Flux
Nevada's active voter rolls include some very inactive dead residents, people registered to vote in more than one state, and thousands who have moved and never bothered to tell election officials. Nationwide, up to 24 million active voter registrations are no longer valid or accurate, according to a report released today by Pew Center on the States
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Voter Rolls are Rife With Inaccuracies, Report Finds
The nation’s voter registration rolls are in disarray, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Center on the States. The problems have the potential to affect the outcomes of local, state and federal elections.
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Pew Report Finds Errors in Voter Registrations—Including Dead People
One in eight voter registrations in the United States is no longer valid or is "significantly inaccurate," a situation that could breed distrust of the democratic process, according to a study released today by the nonprofit Pew Center on the States.
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Colorado Joins Push to Clean Up Voter Rolls
Colorado will join seven other states in a new initiative aimed at identifying voters who move across state lines—an effort Secretary of State Scott Gessler said will help clean up voter rolls and could lead to the largest voter-registration drive in state history.
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Report Slams U.S. Voter Registration Errors; Oregon Seeks to Improve by Sharing Data with Other States
Oregon will start sharing voter registration information with seven other states as part of an effort to improve a voter data system around the country that is riddled with errors, officials announced Monday.
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Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered to Vote
Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much. But they do agree that voter registration lists across the country are a mess.
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Pew Study Finds 1 in 8 US Voter Registrations Contain Significant Errors
Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still on the rolls and many more approved to vote in multiple states, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Pew Study: 1 in 8 Voter Records Flawed
More than 24 million voter-registration records in the United States—about one in eight—are inaccurate, out-of-date or duplicates. Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states, and perhaps 1.8 million registered voters are dead.
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Americans Abroad to Get Bigger Say in 2012 Election
Laws now in force in nearly every U.S. state, the widespread use of electronic ballot transmission, and an accelerated military mail system should make it easier this year for Americans abroad not just to receive and cast ballots in elections but also to be sure that they are counted.
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Voters Want Information Online, But Will They Find It?
“Am I registered to vote?” “Where is my polling place?” These are common questions voters routinely ask before heading to the polls and casting their ballots. But easily finding answers to these questions depends, to a large extent, on whether their state election agencies are providing information and tools on their websites.
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