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Election Administration and Voting
Compiled by Robert Paolino, August 2002
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Overview and Reform Studies Elections: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposals. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-90), October 15, 2001. (324.1/X3) www.gao.gov/new.items/d0290.pdf Elections: The Scope of Congressional Authority in Election Administration. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-01-470), March 13, 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d01470.pdf Elections Reform: Overview and Issues. U.S. Congressional Research Service, updated April 30, 2001. (324.1/X5) www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16838 Federal Election Recommendations. National Association of State Election Directors, August 15, 2001. www.nased.org/nased801.pdf Innovative Election Practices. Council of State Governments, Elections Task Force, 1999. (324.1/C83a) www.statesnews.org/New_Regions/dc_office/Electionsweb/csg7.pdf Report and Recommendations to Improve America's Election System. National Commission on Election Standards and Reform, National Association of Counties, May 2001. www.naco.org/programs/infotech/elections/reportindex.cfm State-by-State Election Reform Best Practices Report. National Association of Secretaries of State, August 1, 2001. www.nass.org/reports/reform_report.htm To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process. National Commission on Federal Election Reform, August 2001. (324.1/N211) Final report of the commission's task forces. www.reformelections.org/data/reports/99_full_report.php Voting and Election Administration. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Brief 02-1), April 2002. (324.32/W7b) www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/wb/02wb1.pdf Voting In America: Final Report of the NCSL Elections Reform Task Force. National Conference of State Legislatures, August 2001. www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2001/electref0801.htm 2000 Presidential Election Studies Election 2000: Review and Recommendations by the Nation's Elections Administrators. Election Center National Task Force on Election Reform, July 2001. (324.1/EL21) www.electioncenter.org/electionreformreport/COMPLETE%20Final%20Report.htm Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-3), October 15, 2001. (324.1/X2) www.gao.gov/new.items/d023.pdf Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-122), October 2001. (324.38/X1) www.gao.gov/new.items/d02122.pdf The Florida Election Report: Dissenting Opinion. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, published by Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, July 19, 2001. www.manhattan-institute.org/final_dissent.pdf Review of the Voting Irregularities of the 2000 Presidential Election. Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections, March 2001. www.leg.state.fl.us/data/publications/2001/senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2001-201eelong.pdf Revitalizing Democracy in Florida. Florida Governor's Select Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards, and Technology, March 1, 2001. (324.1/F6) www.collinscenter.org/usr%5Fdoc/Election%20Report.pdf Voter Choice 2000: A 50-State Report Card on the Presidential Elections. E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Brennan Center for Justice, 2000. (324.38/R72). Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 8, 2001. www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/main.htm What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why: Election Reform Since November 2000. Election Reform Information Project, October 22, 2001. www.electionline.org/site/docs/pdf/electionline.report.10.22.2001.pdf Voting Technologies Counting All the Votes: The Performance of Voting Technology in the United States. Henry E. Brady et al., University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Governmental Studies, September 2001. (324.31/C1) http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/new_web/countingallthevotes.pdf *"Election Reform: Are Antiquated Voting Machines the Problem?" Kathy Koch, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., CQ Researcher, November 2, 2001. (324.1/C761)* Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-52), October 15, 2001. (324.31/X1) www.gao.gov/new.items/d0252.pdf Voting on the Web. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Brief 00-6), July 2000. (324.32/W7a) www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/wb/00wb6.pdf Voting Technologies in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress. U.S. Congressional Research Service, March 21, 2001. (324.31/X2) www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16686 Voting - What Is, What Could Be. Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, July 2001. (324.1/C11) www.vote.caltech.edu/Reports/index.html Voting Rights Elections: Voting Assistance to Military and Overseas Citizens Should be Improved. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-01-1026), September 28, 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d011026.pdf Internet Voting: Issues and Legislation. U.S. Congressional Research Service, updated August 1, 2000. (324.32/X5) Includes discussion of the "digital divide" as it relates to voter access. www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/government/gov-41.cfm Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States. Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project, 1998. www.hrw.org/reports98/vote/index.html Report on Impediments to Voting Faced by Elderly and Disabled Individuals. Wisconsin State Elections Board, June 2001. (324.2/W7) http://elections.state.wi.us/pdf/Impediments_2001_report.pdf Voters with Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-107), October 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d02107.pdf Related Internet Sites www.ss.ca.gov/executive/ivote - California Internet Voting Task Force (January 18, 2000). www.constitutionproject.org/eri - Election Reform Initiative, The Constitution Project. The Constitution Project is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that seeks consensus on controversial legal and constitutional issues through a combination of scholarship and activism. The site includes publications on topics such as voter registration, voter identification, election reform recommendations, and also tracks federal legislation. www.electionline.org - Electionline.org. The site, produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is a nonpartisan clearinghouse for news articles and policy research on election administration and reforms. It is supported by a grant by the Pew Charitable Trusts, via the University of Richmond. http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/electioninfo.html - National Association of Secretaries of State - election information. www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/elect.htm - National Conference of State Legislatures. http://fecweb1.fec.gov/elections.html - U.S. Federal Election Commission. http://elections.state.wi.us - Wisconsin State Elections Board. Clippings (Noncirculating; available for use in the library; clippings prior to 1981 are on microfiche) Elections: 324/W7z (WI); 324/Z (U.S.) Elections - Ballots: 324.32/Z Elections - Contested elections: 324.4/Z Elections - Corrupt practices: 325.3/Z Elections - Presidential: 324.38/Z Elections - Registration: 324.3/W7z (WI); 324.3/Z (U.S.) Elections - Regulation: 324.1/Z Voting machines: 324.31/Z Voting rights: 324.2/Z BadgerLink: www.badgerlink.net Search the ProQuest Newspapers and EBSCOhost magazines databases for full text articles. Suggested search terms: absentee ballot, ballot, chad, disenfranchisement, election reform, punchcard, recount, undercount, voter registration, and voting machine.

Election Administration and Voting

Compiled by Robert Paolino, August 2002

Back to Tap the Power Page

Overview and Reform Studies

Elections: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposals. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-90), October 15, 2001. (324.1/X3) www.gao.gov/new.items/d0290.pdf

Elections: The Scope of Congressional Authority in Election Administration. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-01-470), March 13, 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d01470.pdf

Elections Reform: Overview and Issues. U.S. Congressional Research Service, updated April 30, 2001. (324.1/X5) www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16838

Federal Election Recommendations. National Association of State Election Directors, August 15, 2001. www.nased.org/nased801.pdf

Innovative Election Practices. Council of State Governments, Elections Task Force, 1999. (324.1/C83a) www.statesnews.org/New_Regions/dc_office/Electionsweb/csg7.pdf

Report and Recommendations to Improve America's Election System. National Commission on Election Standards and Reform, National Association of Counties, May 2001. www.naco.org/programs/infotech/elections/reportindex.cfm

State-by-State Election Reform Best Practices Report. National Association of Secretaries of State, August 1, 2001. www.nass.org/reports/reform_report.htm

To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process. National Commission on Federal Election Reform, August 2001. (324.1/N211) Final report of the commission's task forces. www.reformelections.org/data/reports/99_full_report.php

Voting and Election Administration. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Brief 02-1), April 2002. (324.32/W7b) www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/wb/02wb1.pdf

Voting In America: Final Report of the NCSL Elections Reform Task Force. National Conference of State Legislatures, August 2001. www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2001/electref0801.htm

2000 Presidential Election Studies

Election 2000: Review and Recommendations by the Nation's Elections Administrators. Election Center National Task Force on Election Reform, July 2001. (324.1/EL21) www.electioncenter.org/electionreformreport/COMPLETE%20Final%20Report.htm

Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-3), October 15, 2001. (324.1/X2) www.gao.gov/new.items/d023.pdf

Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-122), October 2001. (324.38/X1) www.gao.gov/new.items/d02122.pdf

The Florida Election Report: Dissenting Opinion. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, published by Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, July 19, 2001. www.manhattan-institute.org/final_dissent.pdf

Review of the Voting Irregularities of the 2000 Presidential Election. Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections, March 2001. www.leg.state.fl.us/data/publications/2001/senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2001-201eelong.pdf

Revitalizing Democracy in Florida. Florida Governor's Select Task Force on Election Procedures, Standards, and Technology, March 1, 2001. (324.1/F6) www.collinscenter.org/usr%5Fdoc/Election%20Report.pdf

Voter Choice 2000: A 50-State Report Card on the Presidential Elections. E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Brennan Center for Justice, 2000. (324.38/R72).

Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 8, 2001. www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/main.htm

What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why: Election Reform Since November 2000. Election Reform Information Project, October 22, 2001. www.electionline.org/site/docs/pdf/electionline.report.10.22.2001.pdf

Voting Technologies

Counting All the Votes: The Performance of Voting Technology in the United States. Henry E. Brady et al., University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Governmental Studies, September 2001. (324.31/C1) http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/new_web/countingallthevotes.pdf

"Election Reform: Are Antiquated Voting Machines the Problem?" Kathy Koch, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., CQ Researcher, November 2, 2001. (324.1/C761)

Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting Equipment Standards. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-52), October 15, 2001. (324.31/X1) www.gao.gov/new.items/d0252.pdf

Voting on the Web. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Brief 00-6), July 2000. (324.32/W7a) www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/wb/00wb6.pdf

Voting Technologies in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress. U.S. Congressional Research Service, March 21, 2001. (324.31/X2) www.cnie.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16686

Voting - What Is, What Could Be. Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project, July 2001. (324.1/C11) www.vote.caltech.edu/Reports/index.html

Voting Rights

Elections: Voting Assistance to Military and Overseas Citizens Should be Improved. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-01-1026), September 28, 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d011026.pdf

Internet Voting: Issues and Legislation. U.S. Congressional Research Service, updated August 1, 2000. (324.32/X5) Includes discussion of the "digital divide" as it relates to voter access. www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/government/gov-41.cfm

Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States. Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project, 1998. www.hrw.org/reports98/vote/index.html

Report on Impediments to Voting Faced by Elderly and Disabled Individuals. Wisconsin State Elections Board, June 2001. (324.2/W7) http://elections.state.wi.us/pdf/Impediments_2001_report.pdf

Voters with Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods. U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO-02-107), October 2001. www.gao.gov/new.items/d02107.pdf

Related Internet Sites

www.ss.ca.gov/executive/ivote - California Internet Voting Task Force (January 18, 2000).

www.constitutionproject.org/eri - Election Reform Initiative, The Constitution Project. The Constitution Project is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that seeks consensus on controversial legal and constitutional issues through a combination of scholarship and activism. The site includes publications on topics such as voter registration, voter identification, election reform recommendations, and also tracks federal legislation.

www.electionline.org - Electionline.org. The site, produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is a nonpartisan clearinghouse for news articles and policy research on election administration and reforms. It is supported by a grant by the Pew Charitable Trusts, via the University of Richmond.

http://www.nass.org/electioninfo/electioninfo.html - National Association of Secretaries of State - election information.

www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/elect.htm - National Conference of State Legislatures.

http://fecweb1.fec.gov/elections.html - U.S. Federal Election Commission.

http://elections.state.wi.us - Wisconsin State Elections Board.

Clippings

(Noncirculating; available for use in the library; clippings prior to 1981 are on microfiche)

Elections: 324/W7z (WI); 324/Z (U.S.)
Elections - Ballots: 324.32/Z
Elections - Contested elections: 324.4/Z
Elections - Corrupt practices: 325.3/Z
Elections - Presidential: 324.38/Z
Elections - Registration: 324.3/W7z (WI); 324.3/Z (U.S.)
Elections - Regulation: 324.1/Z
Voting machines: 324.31/Z
Voting rights: 324.2/Z

BadgerLink: www.badgerlink.net

Search the ProQuest Newspapers and EBSCOhost magazines databases for full text articles. Suggested search terms: absentee ballot, ballot, chad, disenfranchisement, election reform, punchcard, recount, undercount, voter registration, and voting machine.


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