Analysis & Commentary
Voting Technology
Voter Suppression Incidents 2008
A list of recent voter suppression incidents—this will be updated regularly until Election Day.
Authored by: Wendy Weiser & Margaret Chen
– 11/03/08
State Making Progress on Voting Systems
Editorial points out that the many counties have made great strides in switching over to voter-verified voting machines.
Authored by: Larry Norden, Pam Smith and Richard Beliles
– 10/30/08
Challenges to the Vote 2008
In advance of the 2008 general election, Executive Director Michael Waldman puts together the various processes by which voters are still being blocked from the polls, and what we can do about it.
– 10/20/08
Larry Norden on Lou Dobbs—Voting Software Flaw
Voting technology expert Larry Norden appears on Lou Dobbs to discuss voting machine software flaws in Ohio.
– 08/21/08
Know Your Voting Rights Issues
Learn about all the issues facing the voting rights and elections community
– 08/19/08
Ballot Library
From the “Ballot Design Study,” core findings, recommendations as well as ballots from four counties illustrating past design flaws that may have affected elections.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Hamilton County
Election officials presented voters with the following ballot in Illinois’ Hamilton county in November 2002 for the midterm election, an optical scan ballot that displayed three columns of candidates and offices on a single page.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Kewaunee County
In Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, voters were presented with a ballot that divided the Governor’s race into two columns.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—LA County
LA County voters received a ballot with title and formatting issues in 1976 for the general election.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Sarasota County
In 2006, election officials presented the following screen to voters in Sarasota County, Florida. Screen two contained two contests.
– 07/20/08