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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. ...
Pattern Matching Encryption, Strategic Equivalence of Range Voting and Approval Voting, and Statistical Robustness of Voting Rules
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-02)
We present new results in the areas of cryptography and voting systems.
1. Pattern matching encryption: We present new, general definitions for queryable encryption schemes – encryption schemes that allow evaluation of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Election Administration during Natural Disasters and Emergencies: Hurrican Sandy and the 2012 Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-09-04)
The conduct of elections is constrained by a myriad of factors that vary greatly across the 3,000+ jurisdictions authorized to administered elections in the United States. Among these factors are anticipated and unanticipated ...
Reducing Obstacles to Voting for People with Disabilities
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-22)
The Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s mission includes identifying best practices and making recommendations to promote voting accessibility and improve the experiences of voters with disabilities. This ...
Voting by Overseas Citizens and Deployed Military Personnel
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06)
The principal problem in serving overseas citizens and military voters is how best to return a marked ballot to local election officials. Prior to 2009, insufficient time was provided for an overseas voter’s ballot to be ...
Administration of Absentee Ballot Programs
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-07-15)
1. Americans cast their ballots in three main ways: at a traditional neighborhood polling place on election day; early, in person at a government office or voting center; and absentee, which is usually submitted early by ...
Report on Provisional Ballots and American Elections
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-06-21)
Both empirical and anecdotal data indicate that the use of provisional ballots in U.S. elections is a mixed bag. On the one hand, providing voters whose eligibility is unclear with an opportunity to cast a provisional ...
Voting: What Has Changed, What Hasn't, & Why: Research Bibliography
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-01-08)
Since the origins of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project in the fall of 2000, there has been an explosion of research and analysis on election administration and voting technology. As we worked throughout 2012 on ...