“Each of these innovations represents a promising step forward, and in the coming election cycle they deserve serious evaluation. But even if they succeed, they are only Band-Aids. It is time to take an entirely new look at the way we compile and maintain our voter registration rolls,” he wrote, suggesting a “hard look at whether universal portable registration...a system where states would have a comprehensive list of all their voters, registrations would seamlessly follow those who move, ineligible names could not be added to the list and information would be managed reliably.” Read more on Universal Voter Registration in this Fair Vote memo.
With voter confidence in election integrity fading and primaries approaching, it's imperative to consider true election reform ideas “that would transform rather than repair our elections.”
We've provided links to vote-by-mail, list maintenance reports by Project Vote as well as information on universal voter registration and other links below.
Quick Links
Reports:
“Your Ballot's In the Mail: Vote By Mail and Absentee Voting.” Project Vote. July 2007.“Maintaining Current and Accurate Voting Lists.” Project Vote. December 2006.
Websites:
Make Voting Work initiative. Pew Center on the StatesNews Stories:
Opinion: “Illegal, but not on purpose.” The Journal Times. Sept. 17, 2007.
“Georgia voter ID faces election test.” Associated Press, Miami Herald. Sept. 18, 2007.
Opinion: “A Voting Test for the High Court.” Washington Post. Sept. 19, 2007.
“House Paper-Trail Bill Stalled for Now.” Roll Call. Sept. 20, 2007.
Blog:
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