III. Research and Report Summaries

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From Registration to Recounts Revisited: Developments in the Election Ecosystems of Five Midwestern States - By Steven F. Huefner, Nathan A. Cemenska, Daniel P. Tokaji, & Edward B. Foley, A Project of Election law @ Moritz at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, July 2011: This book updates 2007 research focusing on how election administration has changed (or not) in five Midwestern states - Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin - since the publication of the original study.

Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy – Volume 10, Number 2, June 2011: Articles in the current issue, “Time Shifting the Vote: The Quiet Revolution in American Elections,” examine the rise of pre-election day voting in the US, including:

Changing Election Methods: How Does Mandated Vote-By-Mail Affect Individual Registrants? - Elizabeth Bergman, Philip A. Yates;

Voter Opinions about Election Reform: Do They Support Making Voting More Convenient? - R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall, Ines Levin, Charles Stewart III; and

Early Voting and Election Day Registration in the Trenches: Local Officials' Perceptions of Election Reform - Barry C. Burden, David T. Canon, Kenneth R. Mayer, Donald P. Moynihan

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June 13, 2013

First Person Singular: Larry Lomax
Is that a full-time job? A question I am repeatedly asked

By This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Clark County, Nev. Clerk (retiring)

1997: “All you have to do is put on two elections a year. How hard can that be?” As a 30-year retiring Air Force colonel, I am joking with some fellow instructors at the Air War College as I prepare to leave for my new “civilian” job as the assistant registrar in Clark County, Nevada. I am headed to Las Vegas, cocky, confident and totally unprepared.

Over the next 15 years, I’ll eat those words many times. Read More…

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June 19, 2013

Arizona lawmakers push changes in voter law
Arizona lawmakers at the state and federal level are working on separate efforts that would make it harder to vote in what Democrats are calling an attack on low-income and Latino voters. The Associated Press.

Hidalgo County delays vote centers proposal
Hidalgo County delayed a plan to test vote centers in November, putting the pilot program off for at least two more years. Jared Janes, The Monitor.

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