The 2016 Primaries in Review
Using phone calls received by the Election Protection coalition during the 2016 primary season, challenges faced by voters in 10 states are described.
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The Secret Ballot At Risk
Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia allow some form of Internet voting, generally by overseas and military voters. Most states that allow this have these voters sign a waiver of their right to a secret ballot. The authors of the report believe this erodes the right to a secret ballot while noting the Internet […]
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Progress Report on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
This report follows up on recommendations made in 2014 by the Presidential Commission on Election Administration and highlights issues related to voter registration (including online voter registration), access to voting, polling place management, and voting technology.
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The Ruderman White Paper: Voter Accessibility for People with Disabilities
This report identifies recurring barriers to voting accessibility for people with disabilities.
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6 Million Lost Voters: State Level Estimates of Felon Disenfranchisement (2016)
An update of previous research on those who are prohibited from voting due to a current or previous felony conviction.
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The Help America Vote Act at 5
Like any child, HAVA has changed as it has grown — changes that those of us who have been following election reform since 2000 may have missed in the daily back and forth of life in the field of elections. Thus, as HAVA reaches its fifth birthday, we here at electionline.org pull out the equivalent […]
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Primary Education: Election Reform and the 2004 Presidential Race
In this report, electionline.org and The Century Foundation examined national election reform issues around the country that will have an impact on the 2004 primary election season. It also specifically examines changes to voting procedures – and potential voting problems – in the 22 early primary states that will be the key battlegrounds as the […]
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Ready for 2002, Forgetting 2000 (January 2002)
Despite arguments in the halls of Congress that the nation’s election system is teetering on the verge of collapse, state and local election officials say they are more than ready for the 2002 elections, without new federal standards or money, without increased budgets and without new technology.
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Annual Report (2006)
This was supposed to be the year–and the election–when the voting process nationwide was more secure, more technologically advanced and more trusted by the citizens and candidates participating.
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Annual Report (2004)
electionline.org’s third annual report seeks to give readers a national overview of the scope and progress of changes to elections around the country. With a presidential election looming in the fall, 2004 provides the best opportunity since the Supreme Court stopped the protracted Florida recount more than three years ago to look at how elections […]
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