Operations and Performance of Virginia’s Department of Elections
This report to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia evaluated the operation and performance of the state Department of Elections.
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An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States
This report assesses minority voter access and evaluates the Department of Justice’s enforcement of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) since 2006, focusing on the time after the Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision which held that provisions of the VRA unconstitutionally determined which jurisdictions needed federal government preclearance to change voting procedures.
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2018 Voter Registration Database Study
The CEIR has released a new report based on a survey of 26 states conducted between June and July of 2018 to assess the current state of security around voter registration databases (VRDBs).
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An Analysis of Factors that Result in Vote Denial for American Indian Voters Living on Reservations in Montana
This paper analyzes the details of the legal challenge Wandering Medicine v McCulloch which was brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. It describes why satellite election offices need to be established in Reservations in Montana and the challenges faced by American Indians living on Reservations with election offices – where people can […]
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Democracy Rebooted: The Future of Technology in Elections
This report looks to start answering questions about voting technology, including how governments around the world can use technological innovation to better serve more and more tech-savvy voters and how to do so in a way that is transparent, efficient, and trusted by the public.
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The Year in Elections (2015)
This report compares the quality of elections around the world. The evidence gathered by the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) compares elections and any problems diagnosed across all eleven components of the electoral cycle. The full dataset allows comparison from mid-2012 to end-2015 in 180 nation-wide parliamentary and presidential contests held in 139 sovereign nations (excluding […]
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Colorado Voting Reforms: Early Results
Pew funded research into the changes since the implementation of the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act of 2013.
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Latino Voters at Risk: Assessing the Impact of Restrictive Voting Changes in Election 2016
This new report finds that more than 875,000 Latino voters in 19 states may find it more difficult to cast ballots in 2016 than in 2012.
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Contemporary Voting Rights Controversies Through The Lens of Disabilities
This article examines the continuing problems people with disabilities face in the voting process and notes that in working to solve problems faced by these voters, this will help improve the process for all voters.
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Investing in California’s Democracy: Building a Partnership for Performance
A new analysis finds that California could be better served if the way election administration is paid for in the state is changed, moving from the current “mandate reimbursement” process to a system where the state contributes for costs associated with the election of state officials and statewide ballot measures.
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