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American Elections: A Critical Moment for Research and Reform
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2004-12-03)
The 2004 election provided important lessons regarding the performance of voting technology, about continuing problems with voter registration and provisional balloting, issues with procedures and poll site voting practices, ...
Assessing the impact of voting technologies on multi-party electoral outcomes: the case of Buenos Aires’ 2005 Congressional Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2008-04)
This paper presents the first study on the impact of different voting technologies on election outcomes in multi-party elections, analyzing data from a large-scale voting experiment conducted in the 2005 congressional ...
Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the U.S. and Abroad
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-09-01)
Since the 2000 election, there has been a debate over the role of voting technology in the election process. In 2000 and 2001, this debate focused on the deficiencies associated with paper ballots—especially the punch ...
Measuring the Impact of Voting Technology on Residual Vote Rates
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-08)
In the wake of the 2000 election, the importance of knowing the impact of voting equipment on the number of uncounted ballots became evident. Using data from the 1988-2004 presidential elections, this paper estimates the ...