Publications
Voting Rights & Elections
The Machinery of Democracy
First ever comprehensive, empirical analysis of electronic voting systems. This full, four-chapter report includes sections on Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability, and Cost.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden (project director)
– 10/10/06
More Choices, More Voices: A Primer on Fusion
Fusion is not a panacea, but it does improve elections. In New York, it continues to improve elections. Other states should learn from the positive example and legalize fusion. Read this, learn more.
Authored by: Adam Morse & J.J. Gass
The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Usability
The performance of various voting systems and their ability to allow voters to cast valid ballots that reflect their intended choices without undue delay or burdens discussed here. The report also makes a number of recommendations to increase the accuracy and ease of use of electronic voting machines, no matter what system a jurisdiction has chosen.
– 08/28/06
The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World
2006 Brennan Center report on voting system security
Authored by: Lawrence Norden et al.
– 06/27/06
Executive Summary of Brennan Center & Demos Report on the NY Board of Elections
A survey of 63 local election boards found that more than one-third of local boards, including four in New York City, are disenfranchising former prisoners and probationers who are eligible to register and vote under state law. These results repeat the widespread errors exposed in a 2003 Brennan Center and Legal Action Center survey.
– 03/15/06
Brennan Center and Demos Report on State Board of Elections Illegal Disenfranchisement of NY Voters
A recent survey of county election officials found that more than one-third of New Yorks 63 local election boards, including those in three New York City boroughs, continue to unlawfully disfranchise eligible voters with felony convictions. Despite previous advocacy efforts, election officials persist in misapplying the law, resulting in the illegal disfranchisement of potentially thousands of eligible voters.
– 03/15/06
Making the List: Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration
This report is the first comprehensive summary of critically important new voter registration procedures effective in most states at the beginning of 2006.
Authored by: Wendy Weiser, Justin Levitt, and Ana Munoz
– 03/01/06
Response to the Report of the 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform
Response by the Brennan Center and Spencer Overton to the 2005 Carter-Baker commission on federal election reform
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser, Justin Levitt, Catherine Weiss & Spencer Overton
– 09/19/05
Purged!
ACLU, Demos and Right to Vote coalition publication focuses on felony disenfranchisement and purges.
Authored by: Right to Vote, Demos, and the ACLU
– 10/01/04