Report

• Election Administration by the Numbers

  Feb 09, 2012 - This is the first-ever report to analyze the completeness, strengths, weaknesses, and usefulness of data from sources such as state election divisions, the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and its Election Administration and Voting Survey, public opinion surveys, and expert assessments.

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• Democracy from Afar: States Show Progress on Military and Overseas Voting

  Jan 27, 2012 - A new report from Pew demonstrates the advancements states have made since the 2009 passage of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. 

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• Q&A

  Nov 04, 2011 - Pew’s Election Initiatives has spent three years developing the Voting Information Project, which leverages technology to increase voter access to critical election information and improve the efficiency of state election administration. The project works with election offices, Google, Microsoft, AT&T, Facebook, civic groups, and numerous outlets around the country to deliver important answers to voters’ most commonly asked questions.

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• The Voting Information Project: The 21st Century Transmission Line From Election Administrators to Voters

  Oct 24, 2011 - The Voting Information Project (VIP) is an innovative and proven service that uses the latest technology to provide voters with the information they need to cast a ballot—whenthey need it and where they are most likely to look for it.

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• Q&A

  Oct 20, 2011 - Retired Rear Admiral James J. Carey talks about some of the changes in state and federal laws that improve voting for miltary and overseas U.S. citizens.

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• Upgrading Voter Registration Design

  Sep 09, 2011 - Inefficiencies in America’s voter registration systems lead to an inaccurate and costly registration process. Pew has been working with state and local election officials, as well as technology experts, to upgrade voter registration systems by improving the technology used to keep registration records up to date. To ensure the highest degrees of security protocols are achieved, Pew commissioned the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), to analyze the ERIC system design and make recommendations.

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• Upgrading Democracy: Improving States’ Voter Registration Systems

  May 09, 2011 - Our current voter registration systems have not kept pace with technological advances or with America’s rapidly changing—and increasingly mobile—society. Upgrading Democracy, a report from Pew, examines how technology can be used to improve voter registration.

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• The Cost of Delivering Voter Information: A Case Study of California

  Mar 09, 2011 - Election officials can reduce the expense of providing voter information by using 21st century technology and reducing paper mailings, according to a case study commissioned by the Pew Center on the States.

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• Moving Toward a Better Election System for Military and Overseas Voters

  Dec 07, 2010 - Congress and the states are taking steps to ensure that members of the military and Americans overseas can vote. | Election Initiatives 

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• The Cost of Statewide Recounts: a Case Study of Minnesota and Washington

  Nov 19, 2010 - As states brace for more recounts, this case study provides helpful examples and guidance on the real costs of recounts. | Election Initiatives 

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• Voter Registration Data Accuracy: A Study of Two Major Jurisdictions

  Jul 01, 2010 - This study reveals a voter registration system that is not serving America's increasingly mobile voters. | Election Initiatives 

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• Assessing Electoral Performance in New Mexico Using an Ecosystem Approach

  Apr 26, 2010 - These legislative recommendations for New Mexico will inform any state looking to improve the efficiency of its entire election process. | Election Initiatives

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• Non-Precinct Place Voting

  Apr 01, 2010 - These seven reports reveal the unseen effects of non-precinct place voting methods. | Election Initiatives

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• The Real Cost of Voter Registration

  Mar 18, 2010 - Voter registration in Oregon cost more than $8.8 million during the 2008 election, a cost of $4.11 per active registered voter. | Election Initiatives

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• Washington State 'Making Voting Work' for 18 Year-Olds

  Oct 28, 2009 - Voters who received a voter registration mailing right before they turned 18 were 10 percent more likely to register than those who did not. | Election Initiatives 

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• Voter Registration Modernization

  Aug 31, 2009 - The voter registration system relies on a paper-based, voter-initiated process that fails to keep pace with increasingly mobile populations. This brief highlights the underperformance of the current system and proposes recommendations for a more accurate, cost-effective and efficient system that could result in more legitimate votes being counted and ensure the integrity of our elections.

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• No Time to Vote

  Jan 06, 2009 - One-third of all U.S. states do not provide enough time to vote for military personnel stationed overseas and as many as half of all states need to improve their absentee voting process to ensure that the votes of servicemen and women abroad will be counted, according to a report from the Pew Center on the States. 

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• Election 2008 in Review

  Dec 09, 2008 - Election 2008 in Review offers a first-blush look at what went right – and wrong – in the 2008 vote.

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• Data for Democracy

  Dec 03, 2008 - Data for Democracy – Improving Elections through Metrics and Measurement, a compendium of research that grew out of a Pew Center on the States and JEHT Foundation-sponsored conference, begins to look at how data is collected in the field.

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• Election Preview 2008

  Oct 20, 2008 - This preview of the 2008 election provides a comprehensive look at the rules, technology, registration figures and issues to watch in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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• Being Online Is Not Enough

  Oct 16, 2008 - The 50-state analysis produced by the Pew Center on the States examines election Web sites' usability and finds that when voters cannot easily locate information online, limited resources are diverted to operate costly help lines.

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• New Mexico 2006 Post Election Audit Report

  Oct 07, 2008 - The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Make Voting Work Initiative, partnered with the JEHT Foundation, funded a coordinated effort between election officials in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and several leading academics in the field to evaluate, assess and experiment with election audit procedures in order to provide recommendations on post-election performance audits.

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• MVW Bipartisan Poll Results in Support for Military and Overseas Voting

  Sep 15, 2008 - The need to help military and overseas voters is supported by a new bipartisan Tarrance/Lake poll commissioned by the Pew Center on the States.  It found 96% of Americans believe it’s important that these voters get the chance to participate and vote in U.S. elections.  The poll results also show that 81% of Americans favor creating a uniform national set of rules for military and overseas voters. 

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• 2008 Primary in Review

  Jul 24, 2008 - A review of the 2008 primary season has found that the dramatically increased number of voters taxed the election system more than any administrative problem.

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• Dispatches from the Polls: A Case Study

  May 15, 2008 - A new report, "Dispatches from the Polls," examines  ways that individual observers of the nation’s elections can be a collective asset, including a recent effort by graduate students at the University of California-Berkeley to study waiting times.

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• Lines at Polling Places: Data Collection in the 2008 California Primary

  May 15, 2008 - This study outlines the experience of two University of California-Berkeley graduate students in designing a data collection project examining factors that contribute to lines at the polls.

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• Voting Information Project: Partnering With Election Officials To Inform American Voters

  Apr 01, 2008 - Pew is working with election officials to provide cutting edge technology tools to make voting information online to all Americans. | Election Initiatives

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• Election Reform Q&A

  Mar 11, 2008 - Michael Caudell-Feagan and Doug Chapin of PCS' Election Initiatives answer questions about election reform.

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• Back to Paper: A Case Study

  Feb 21, 2008 - A new report, "Back to Paper," details how five states that implemented electronic voting have chosen or are considering statewide paper-based optical scan systems.

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• electionline Weekly-- January 31, 2008

  Jan 31, 2008 - electionline Weekly-- January 31, 2008

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• 2008 Election Administration Preview: Florida

  Jan 24, 2008 - electionline’s Election Administration Previews provide basic election administration information for upcoming primary and general elections. They are generally available up to five days before the vote. 

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• Covering 2008

  Dec 04, 2007 - electionline.org presents a journalists’ guide for covering the 2008 election cycle.

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• Overseas Voting: Challenges and Innovation

  Oct 01, 2007 - Research by Pew’s electionline.org finds that states have adopted inconsistent processes and requirements for overseas voters, making it difficult for them to participate in the electoral process.

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• Report: Helping Americans Vote: Poll Workers

  Oct 01, 2007 - A new  study by electionline.org finds uneven training, low pay and increasingly complex job requirements for America's poll workers. Helping Americans Vote Poll Workers

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• Election Partnerships: A Case Study

  Jun 01, 2007 - A new case study by electionline.org offers an in depth look at the purpose and practice of election partnerships between universities and state and local election offices as well as the prospects for more pacts around

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• Auditing the Vote: A Case Study

  Apr 02, 2007 - A comprehensive new case study of post election audits by electionline.org finds that while manual audit use is on the rise nationwide, the methods, sample size and remedies for disparities are markedly different across state lines.

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• Request for Election Improvement Proposals

  Apr 02, 2007 - This request for proposals from the Pew Center on the States's Make Voting Work initiative and the JEHT Foundation announces $2 million in funding available to improve elections.  Proposals were accepted through June 4, 2007.

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• Election-Day Registration: A Case Study

  Feb 01, 2007 - A study by electionline.org, Election-Day Registration: A Case Study, the 16th in a series of policy briefings, examines Montana's experiences with EDR in 2006, as well as that in Minnesota, where it has been in place for more than 30 years. It also compares EDR rules in other states allowing the process, as well as the legislative history and prospects in the rest of the country.

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• The 2006 Election

  Nov 30, 2006 - The 2006 Election, the 15th in a series of policy briefings by electionline.org, found widespread reports of voting system troubles, sporadic incidents of voter intimidation and/or poll worker confusion over voter identification requirements and some breakdowns at polling places because of newly-mandated voter registration systems.

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• Election Preview 2006: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why

  Oct 04, 2006 - Electionline.org's Election Preview 2006 portends problems around the country as recently-implemented machines, databases and procedures combine with numerous high-stakes races to create the possibility of confusion on or after Election Day.

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• Translating the Vote: The Impact of The Minority Language Provision of the Voting Rights Act

  Oct 03, 2006 - As the November election approaches, electionline.org’s latest Election Reform Briefing finds that non-English speaking voters continue to face barriers at the polls despite federal protections.

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• Holding Form: Voter Registration 2006

  Jul 04, 2006 -  Elections have undergone an array of changes in the past few years. But as millions return to the polls for mid-term elections this fall, electionline.org’s latest Election Reform Briefing “Holding Form: Voter Registration 2006,” finds that the user end of the voter registration process remains largely unchanged over the past decade.

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• Report: What's Changed, What Hasn't and Why 2000-2006

  Feb 01, 2006 - electionline.org’s 2006 Annual Report reveals that efforts to upgrade voting equipment and registration databases have been delayed in nearly half of the states, throwing into doubt whether the goals of the Help America Vote Act can be achieved in time for the 2006 vote.

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• Recounts: From Punch Cards to Paper Trails

  Oct 04, 2005 - electionline.org's 12th Election Reform Briefing reveals that 25 states will require the use of paper trails in time for the 2008 presidential election, and of these 15 states currently plan to use them as the official record in a recount of votes. How or if they would be used in recounts- and how difficult that process might be- are questions many states still need to answer.

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• Assorted Rolls: Statewide Voter Registration Databases Under HAVA

  Jun 01, 2005 - electionline.org's 11th Election Reform Briefing reveals that no two statewide databases will be alike. The language of federal reform, while seemingly specific on its face, nonetheless left states considerable room for interpretation.

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• Report: Solution or Problem? Provisional Ballots in 2004

  Mar 02, 2005 - electionline.org's newest Election Reform Briefing finds that differing practices around the country in issuing and counting provisional ballots led to wide variations in the number of fail-safe ballots distributed and counted.

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• Report: The 2004 Election

  Dec 01, 2004 - While the result of the 2004 presidential election exceeded the margin of litigation, it fell far short of the margin of concern. Problems around the country, including malfunctioning machines, inconsistent procedures for counting provisional ballots and long lines in some states indicated election reform is not finished, but rather at a midpoint. This post-election analysis looks at what went wrong, what went right and what changes could be likely in the future to address the old and new concerns raised on November 2.

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• Report: Election Preview 2004: What's Changed, What Hasn't, and Why

  Oct 05, 2004 - Just two weeks before Election Day, this report details the "state of play" of election reform around the country. It describes how election reform, enacted by the federal government after the 2000 debacle in Florida, could help to avert some problems - but perhaps cause others - when Americans return to the polls for the most closely watched Presidential contest in history.

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• Report: The Business of Elections

  Aug 04, 2004 - electionline.org's eighth election reform briefing provides the first nonpartisan and non-advocacy look at the political activities of election machine companies.

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• Securing the Vote

  Apr 07, 2004 - electionline.org's seventh election reform briefing provides the first nonpartisan and non-advocacy look at the efforts to secure electronic voting.

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• Report: Primary Education: Election Reform and the 2004 Presidential Race

  Jan 07, 2004 - electionline.org's third annual report examines the state of reform in 2004 and finds that while many voters across the country will experience changes in 2004, many others will find the voting process unchanged.

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• Roads to Reform-- Planning for the Help America Vote Act

  Sep 03, 2003 - electionline.org's sixth election reform briefing examines the state reform plans prepared by the 50 states and the District of Columbia in response to the Help America Vote Act.

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• Ready for Reform

  Mar 05, 2003 - Immediately following passage of the federal Help America Vote Act, electionline.org assessed the readiness of the states to meet the mandates contained in the Act.

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• electionline.org 2002 Annual Report

  Oct 02, 2002 - electionline.org's 2nd annual report discusses the state of play of election reform in Washington, state capitals, county seats and city halls across America.

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• Working Together: State and Local Election Coordination

  Apr 03, 2002 - Each state strikes a unique balance in allocating responsibility for elections between state and local governments. A survey reveals a wide range of power-sharing arrangements.

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• Report: Voter Identification

  Apr 03, 2002 - In this Briefing, electionline.org and The Constitution Project reviewed state practices for verifying voters' eligibility and identity.

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• Report: Statewide Voter Regisration Databases

  Mar 06, 2002 - In this briefing, electionline.org and The Constitution Project reviewed what statewide systems are in place, what role the state plays in managing voter records, and how states comply with the requirements of "motor voter."

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• Ready for 2002, Forgetting 2000 (Report)

  Jan 02, 2002 - The 2000 election has had only minor impact on the nation's election operations, according to a new survey of chief election officials in 36 states and 208 local jurisdictions.

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• Report: Provisional Voting

  Dec 19, 2001 - electionline.org and The Constitution Project surveyed election administrators in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to reveal what standards and systems of provisional voting exist throughout the nation.

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• electionline.org 2001 Annual Report

  Oct 03, 2001 - electionline.org's 2001 Annual Report sets up the state of play following the 2000 election in Florida.

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