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	NCD - Inclusive Federal Election Reform
		reform will certainly be considered and likely enacted in time to affect the 2002 elections.
		Any comprehensive federal voting reform legislation must incorporate basic provisions for culturally sensitive, ongoing training and education of public officials, employees, and the general public about all aspects of voting.
		It is also imperative that public service providers, poll workers, election officials, and ordinary citizens are provided concrete opportunities to increase their awareness of applicable laws and effective practices.
	www.ncd.gov /newsroom/publications/2001/electionreform.htm (1177 words)

	An Agenda for Election Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Florida election debacle, and the dawning realization that serious problems casting and counting votes exist throughout the country, produced a clarion call to document the flaws and take decisive steps to ensure that future elections are administered consistent with the very highest standards Americans expect of their democracy.
		As eager as federal officials may be to improve the election system, state and local authorities are just as determined to retain the freedom to adopt and administer election systems that respond to local conditions and the preferences of their constituents.
		Since Congress has broad authority under the Constitution to regulate the manner of House and Senate elections, to protect the right of citizens to vote, and to initiate amendments to the Constitution altering the method by which presidents are elected, its agenda for election reform can be as ambitious as it desires.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/policybriefs/pb82.htm (3200 words)

	Summary
		Election Day should be made a national holiday, perhaps Veterans Day, to enable more states to solve logistical problems related to hiring poll workers and holding elections in accessible buildings.
		Election officials and poll monitors must ensure that some voters, minorities and new citizens in particular, are not required to show additional identification.
		State election officials must be given the responsibility for ensuring that all polling places are accessible to voters with disabilities prior to the 2002 election.
	www.usccr.gov /pubs/vote2000/elecref/summ.htm (2046 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Institutional Development > Direct Election ...
		In one case in the late 1860s, the election of Senator John Stockton of New Jersey was contested on the grounds that he had been elected by a plurality rather than a majority in the state legislature.
		As representatives of a direct election process, the new senators supported measures that argued for federal legislation, but in order to achieve reform, a constitutional amendment was required.
		The Senate approved the resolution largely because of the senators who had been elected by state-initiated reforms, many of whom were serving their first term, and therefore may have been more willing to support direct election.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Direct_Election_Senators.htm (1028 words)

	Publications
		While the result of the 2004 presidential election exceeded the margin of litigation, it fell far short of the margin of concern.
		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.
		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.
	www.electionline.org /Publications/tabid/86/Default.aspx (1058 words)

	The Electoral College - Reform Options
		Reform Options for the Electoral College and the Election of the US President (also, be sure to visit our page of frequently asked questions about reform):
		Direct elections are simple and popular, and eliminate the potential problem of “faithless electors” betraying their pledges to party and public, and unfairly negating any number of popular votes.
		In the 2000 election, for example, Gore had no reason to campaign in Texas because, with a winner take all allocation of electoral votes, Bush’s conservative home state was clearly going to bring in a Republican majority.
	www.fairvote.org /e_college/reform.htm (1750 words)

	Election Reform Isn’t a High Priority Now, But It Should Be
		You’d think that after the 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida —; and after narrowly avoiding post-election litigation in 2004 in Ohio — the states and the federal government would be using this time between elections to move ahead with serious election reform.
		DeForest Soaries, a member and former chairman of the federal Election Assistance Commission, has resigned in protest over what he termed the lack of a “commitment to real reform from the federal government.” The resignation was barely or not even mentioned in most of the nation’s major newspapers.
		To assure a truly nonpartisan chief elections officer, administrators should be chosen statewide through a nomination of each state’s governor, subject to a 75 percent approval of the state, to ensure that the person could garner wide support.
	electionlawblog.org /archives/may17oped.htm (1035 words)

	Election Law: My Thoughts on the Carter-Baker Election Reform Report
		Today the Commission on Federal Election Reform headed by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker issued its final report and recommendations on election reform.
		Nonpartisan election administration: the right call: First, what is right, and what is most important, is the section on election administration.
		The report strongly recommends nonpartisan election administration, and agrees with my idea for state chief election officers to be appointed by governors and confirmed by a supermajority vote of the state legislatures.
	electionlawblog.org /archives/004020.html (697 words)

	Reform Elections.org
		Advancement Project released a voter protection primer that explores the ramifications of the momentum of frontloading the 2008 elections as more states are moving their presidential preference primaries earlier in the election cycle.
		Some voters imagine that the flurry of election law reforms and proposals of recent years was meant for their protection.
		As election mishaps hindered voting on Tuesday from Cleveland to Denver, some people were already calling for giving up on the new electronic voting machines, which were themselves put in place to prevent another hanging-chad fiasco like that in Florida in 2000.
	www.reformelections.org (1856 words)

	AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
		Paper trails may be the hottest election reform topic thus far in the 110th Congress, but Senator Barack Obama recently introduced legislation aimed a tackling a different issue: election administration.
		Alvarez, Hall, and Llewellyn's survey examines public preferences for election administration-whether elections should be run by partisan or nonpartisan officials, whether the officials should be elected or appointed, and whether elections should be administered by a single individual or commission.
		As part of its broader research focus on elections, campaign ethics, campaign finance, and the legislative process, the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland is engaged in research projects on voting technology and ballot design specifically.
	www.electionreformproject.org /Topic/6/r1/Default.aspx (569 words)

	Election Reform Proposals
		Further, election officials emphasize that the people side of the equation is equally important and that poll worker recruitment and training and voter education likewise require increased resources.
		Considering the multitude of entities involved in running elections, including secretaries of state (in charge of administering election laws), and/or state election boards, county clerks, poll workers, and of course the voters, there is general agreement that a one-size-fits-all quick fix will not be possible.
		Voting equipment and election procedures vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction; a system that is appropriate for a sparsely populated rural county may be completely unsuited for use in a major city.
	www.gwu.edu /~action/electref.html (872 words)

	Election Reform
		In federal elections, Congress has an important responsibility to prevent fraud, improve vote counting accuracy, and ensure that American citizens’ votes are not illegally diluted by people who are not eligible to vote.
		This provision essentially requires states to have the same qualifications for voters in state and national elections (at least with regard to legislative elections), but it also is an explicit recognition that states have the authority to set those voting qualifications—even for Members of Congress.
		For example, some southern states have little or no felony disenfranchisement, and in the 2000 election, the people of Massachusetts enacted a new felon disenfranchisement law in response to a prisoner PAC that was formed in their state.
	www.heritage.org /Research/GovernmentReform/Test031401.cfm (6009 words)

	Election Reform Legislation
		Subject to federal law, each state writes its own laws for conducting elections, dealing with subjects that include the amount of time the polls are open, the geographic distribution of polling places, the type of voting equipment provided, voter ID requirements, and voter registration deadlines.
		When election fraud and voter intimidation do occur, three levels of law enforcement have the authority to investigate and prosecute the offenders.
		If the General Assembly is serious about election reform, bona fide and bipartisan efforts should be addressed to the real deficiencies in our current system, such as setting reasonable campaign contribution limits, adopting a system of judicial merit selection, mandating lobbyist disclosure, and establishing a system of nonpartisan redistricting to give voters competitive races.
	www.seventy.org /reform/election/1318/index.html (908 words)

	NAFEC Election Reform
		Our county committee system is predicated upon the principle that the election process is the only way to insure that county committees remain accountable and responsive to the producers they serve.
		Safeguards, including a requirement that county offices maintain ballots in sealed boxes until an advertised count that is open to the public, are already in place to promote the integrity of FSA elections.
		Committee elections are subject to audit and can be nullified if conducted improperly under existing procedures.
	webpages.charter.net /eaglescouter/nafec/electionreform.html (1545 words)

	The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Bob Fitrakis
		Amidst the chaos and confusion of Ohio’s 2004 presidential election, with so many irregularities, that for the first time in the United States history an entire electoral slate was challenged by the U.S. Congress, an Ohio election reform movement was born.
		In the 2004 election cycle, the average Ohio state senator won by 38% and the average house member by 32%, underscoring inherently noncompetitive electoral districts throughout the state.
		Reform backers argued it was a blatant attempt to undercut the constitutional initiatives in a classic case of “too little, too late.” Ohio Senate Democrat C.J. Prentiss said the bill was designed “to confuse voters in the voting booth next month.”
	www.freepress.org /columns/display/3/2005/1248 (1468 words)

	Franklin & Marshall - Election Reform
		The Harrisburg cognoscenti are reacting with a combination of cynicism and bemusement to the avalanche of election reform proposals made in the aftermath of Florida’s presidential election.
		Reform is not a word that glides off the tongue when describing Pennsylvania politics or government institutions.
		Election administration in Pennsylvania is mainly the job of county government and these entities are not exactly flush with cash.
	www.fandm.edu /x3775.xml (923 words)

	The Denver Post - Election reform needs careful deliberation
		The idea of rushing to a special election next month to change the structure of the Denver Election Commission is surely well-intended, but it's a risky notion that ought to be shelved.
		Reform concepts in the wake of last month's election debacle have focused on junking the three-person commission in favor of a single elections chief - perhaps an elected clerk and recorder, or an appointed elections czar.
		Putting reform on a fast track would give planners as much time as possible to prepare for the November 2008 presidential election.
	www.denverpost.com /opinion/ci_4826928 (519 words)

	Election Reform Proposals
		Election reform legislation could well lead to the first-ever federal funds to help states and localities run elections.
		Presently, expenses for running an election in a particular county are covered by the county and by proportionate assessments on the cities, school districts, special districts with candidates or initiatives on the ballot.
		Doug Lewis of the Election Center called it "a solution to the worst of the ills of election 2000." The National Association of Secretaries of State executive committee and representatives from the National Conference of State Legislators endorsed Ney-Hoyer as did the National Federation of the Blind.
	www.gwu.edu /~action/electreffed.html (3406 words)

	Voting And Election Reform
		The Election Calculator is based on the available software for counting votes and simultaneously calculates the results of an election based on a long and growing list of election methods and their variations.
		By collecting statistics on millions of simulated elections, I have tried to measure the relative merits of about a dozen different election methods.
		Election Reform is the radical notion that fundamentally changing the way we cast and count votes will change the types of people who get elected.
	bolson.org /voting (520 words)

	Election Reform Agenda - Common Cause
		We support easing barriers to voting, election administration designed for the voters, openness throughout the process, nonpartisan supervision of elections and making the way we vote a higher priority at all levels of government.
		Government officials in charge of running elections should not be engaged in partisan political campaigns if we are to have elections voters can trust.
		Elections officials must maintain avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest with the vendors who provide equipment and assistance in many areas of election administration.
	www.commoncause.org /site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=196480 (1472 words)

	CNN.com - Florida renews focus on election reform - September 13, 2002
		With the clock ticking down before Congress is expected to break for the November elections, it's unclear if lawmakers will be able to work out a compromise on an "election reform" bill.
		Election reform became an issue following the 2000 presidential election, when Democrat Al Gore said thousands of ballots in Florida had not been properly counted -- or were ignored completed -- and sought a recount in some counties.
		One Democratic aide said Congress would end up with a fl eye if it is unable to pass election reform legislation.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/13/election.reform/index.html (664 words)

	The Raw Story \| Questions surface regarding legitimacy of Baker-Carter election reform commission
		It is led by GOP operative and election attorney Mark F. ("Thor") Hearne who also managed to appear as the only voting rights group to Rep. Bob Ney's (R-OH) recent House Administrative Committee hearings on Ohio voting issues during the 2004 election.
		The Commission on Federal Election Reform will be hosted by American University’s Center for Democracy and Election Management and in association with Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, electionsonline.org, and the Carter Center.
		Many election reform activist groups find it difficult to believe that Congressman Conyers was not invited to sit on any of the panels, though he was invited to sit in the Kay Center along with the public to watch the commission via live feed.
	rawstory.com /exclusives/alexandrovna/carter_baker_electoral_reform_controversy_414.htm (1674 words)

	VoteTrustUSA - Election Reform Victory in Arizona
		A bill to require voter verified paper records, mandatory random audits, and other important election reform measures is headed to the desk of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano.
		The passage of this landmark legislation, described by Maricopa County Election director Karen Osborn as “one of the most significant election reforms bills in decades”, is the culmination of years of efforts from activists and concerned legislators.
		AZ Audit, Arizona Citizens for Fair Elections, and Arizona Citizens for Election Reform have all focused their efforts on establishing basic election safeguards in the state.
	www.votetrustusa.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1413&Itemid=113 (494 words)

	USATODAY.com - Election reform at mercy of elected officials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		WASHINGTON — The push to reform the way the nation runs elections, the hottest issue in politics a scant three months ago, has stalled on Capitol Hill.States waiting for money to buy new voting equipment are likely to wait a year or more for help, if they get it at all.
		Pressure to standardize voting equipment and practices is being fiercely resisted by local election officials, who jealously guard their control over the administration of elections.
		They include campaign-finance reform, the use of statistical sampling in official census calculations and the motor-voter law that allows citizens to register to vote when they get their driver's license.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2001-05-14-reform.htm (1358 words)

	Election Reform
		Between hanging chads and butterfly ballots, questionable absentee ballots, piecemeal county-by-county election standards, and Florida's now-infamous purging the voter roll of suspected felons with little or no notice, wide-sweeping election reform is more crucial than ever.
		Hillary Clinton promised election reform would be one of her highest priorities, as did many others, including Bush.
		Election laws must be simplified and clarified so that no questions like those in Florida interfere with the will of the public again.
	www.democracymeansyou.com /serious/election-reform.htm (288 words)

	Election Reform
		In the case of choosing between the Democrats and Republicans, it comes down to a matter for some as which party they believe is the safest of choices in the midst of smoke and mirros, while not really having any idea of what other parties can bring to the country.
		Election Reform can really mean something if, as an example Candidate, and Candidate Party promotion is under the domain of 'Equal Time Public Service Announcements' where advertising entities can receive tax credits for this that are equivalent to the profits they earn for paid advertising.
		Politics should not have to be dirty in order to win an election as this does a disservice to our country based on short term profits.
	unity2008.org /ElectionReform.html (697 words)

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