Proposals Past and Present
The Election Reform Project The Election Reform Project aims to synthesize election-related research, shape the policy agenda, and monitor the implementation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and amendments to it considered by Congress.
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ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
Proposals Past and Present
Back in February 2006, now-President Obama highlighted the importance of a range of election reform issues when he spoke at the launch event for the Election Reform Project. Among the issues he stressed was the importance of effective voter registration procedures—a problem that, according to a new article by Daniel Tokaji, still looms large over the nation’s election administration system.
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EVENT
Making Elections Work: The Law and Process After November
On December 4, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, along with the Election Law Journal and University of California Washington Center, co-sponsored an event looking at a range of campaign finance, election administration, and other election law issues and how they played out during the 2008 election. An archived webcast of the event is now available here.
VOTER REGISTRATION
Reaching Potential Registrants
Record numbers of new voters registered before this year’s elections, and the issue of fraudulent registrations appeared frequently in the media and even made it into one of the presidential debates. An analysis from the Election Reform Project examines the unique issues confronting the homeless and ex-felons, while a report from Dēmos looks at successful efforts to register low-income voters at public assistance agencies.
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