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Waiting in Line to Vote
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-07-28)
Waiting in line to vote is the most visible sign of the administrative friction of managing elections.
The visibility of long lines makes them a convenient symbol for those who seek to improve election administration. ...
Reflections on the VTP's contributions to science, policymaking and education
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2010-09)
In the immediate wake of the 2000 presidential election, the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project was initiated. The initial and primary concern of the VTP at that moment was to understand the problems that arose in the ...
Research Note on Footnote 24 of the 6th Circuit Hunter Decision
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2011-02-03)
The decision issued by the three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of Hunter v. Hamilton County Board of Elections contains a very interesting analysis of problems with Ohio’s law about counting ...
What Hath HAVA Wrought? Consequences, Intended and Not, of the Post-Bush v. Gore Reforms
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2011-04-07)
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA)1 is the most important direct federal response to the 2000 electoral fiasco in Florida. HAVA had many provisions, some directly inspired by the controversy, others that came along for the ...
Voting Technology, Vote-by-Mail, and Residual Votes in California, 1990-2010
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2011-05-05)
This paper examines how the growth in vote-by-mail and changes in voting technologies led to changes in the residual vote rate in California from 1990 to 2010. We find that in California’s presidential elections, counties ...
Report on Registration Systems in American Elections
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-26)
Voter registration systems are the backbone of election administration in the United States today. These lists facilitate the operation of elections at the precinct level, communications by election officials and candidates ...
Election Technology and the Voting Experience in 2008
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-03-25)
The 2000 election brought the issue of voting machine performance to national attention. According to the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project (2001), up to 2 million votes were lost in 2000 owing to problems associated ...
A Data-Centered Look at the Election of 2008
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-09-16)
My expertise is in trying to use data to identify where election problems lie in America, especially at a broad level --- such as comparing states with each other or comparing counties with each other. I know that the ...
Voter Opinions about Election Reform: Do They Support Making Voting More Convenient?
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2010-07-14)
We study public opinions about convenience voting reforms, using a unique state-by-state survey conducted in the 2008 presidential election. Our analysis of the American voting public’s support for potential convenience ...
Waiting to Vote in 2012
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-04-01)
Waiting in line to vote is one of the clichés of Election Day, whether the venue is Kenya or the United States. The length of time waiting to vote has regularly been an issue in the voting wars of the past decade. Long ...