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E-Voting: Perspectives and Experiences

Submitted by gbain on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 13:07.
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Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Edited by S Jaya Krishna and Naveen Kumar
Chapter 14, Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the US and Abroad by R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall

Election Technology and the Voting Experience in 2008

Submitted by gbain on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 10:25.
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Working Paper No.: 
71
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Charles Stewart III, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Draft of March 25, 2009

Voting Online Around The World

Submitted by gbain on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 11:29.
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Author(s): 
Thad E. Hall, University of Utah
R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Journal: 
Voting in America Volume 3
pp: 
137-143
Date Published: 
01/01/2009

In 2000 there were a number of notable efforts in the United States to use Internet voting. In that year, two presidential primary elections-the Alaska Republican "straw poll" and the Arizona Democratic primary-included remote Internet access as one channel for voting (along with traditional by-mail and in­precinct voting).

Flooding The Vote: Hurricane Katrina and Voter Participation in New Orleans

Submitted by gbain on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 09:44.
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Working Paper No.: 
70
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago
Thad E. Hall, University of Utah
R, Michael Alvarez, Caltech

The flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina resulted in a massive and rapid exodus of individuals from New Orleans to locations around the United States. In the midst of the hurricane recovery, the City of New Orleans reelected Mayor Ray Nagin to a second term in office. Arguments regarding when this election would be held were

MIT IST News

Submitted by gbain on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 09:37.
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An Accurate Count? Voting Technology in the 2008 Elections
Newspaper: 
MIT IST News
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Robyn Fizz
Op-Ed

The 2000 presidential election is remembered for Florida’s hanging chads and highly controversial recount. The 2004 presidential election was similarly contentious, with concerns about improper voting procedures in several states, including the swing state of Ohio. Aspects of the entire voting process were called into question, from voter registration, to the unequal distribution of voting machines, to the accuracy of the count.

Will the voting process be fairer and the final tally more accurate in 2008? And how will voting technology come into play?

Electronic voting is a touchy issue

Submitted by gbain on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:38.
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Electronic voting is a touchy issue
Newspaper: 
Mineralwellsindex.com
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
By Libby Cluett
Article

Even before early voting began, Homer Simpson foreshadowed problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines.

“Voting Machines Are Flipping Votes Just Like The Simpsons Predicted,” an article posted on www.collegeotr.com, citing a clip of a “The Simpsons” episode, leaked online earlier in the month, that shows Homer Simpson trying to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Building Secure and Transparent Elections through Standard

Submitted by gbain on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 07:45.
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Author(s): 
R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Thad Hall, University of Utah
Journal: 
Public Administration Review
pp: 
828-838
Date Published: 
01/01/2009

Election reform has evolved since the 2000 presidential election. One issue that has remained at the forefront of public debate is how to build confidence in the election process. The foundation for confidence is based on procedures for electoral security and transparency. In this article, the authors use legal theories of evidence and public administration theories related to standard operating procedures to consider how election fraud - and claims of fraud - can be prevented by having effective and rigorous chain of custody procedures.

An Empirical Bayes Approach to Estimating Ordinal Treatment Effects

Submitted by gbain on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:00.
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Working Paper No.: 
67
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Delia Bailey, Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan N. Katz, Caltech

Ordinal variables — categorical variables with a defined order to the categories,
but without equal spacing between them — are frequently used in social science
applications. Although a good deal of research exists on the proper modeling
of ordinal response variables, there is not a clear directive as to how to model
ordinal treatment variables. The usual approaches found in the literature for
using ordinal treatment variables are either to use fully unconstrained, though
additive, ordinal group indicators or to use a numeric predictor constrained to be

Internet Voting in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Estonia.

Submitted by gbain on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 08:58.
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Author(s): 
Thad E. Hall, University of Utah
Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Alexander Treshsel, European University Institute in Florence, Italy
Journal: 
PS: Political Science & Politices
Date Published: 
01/01/2009

Forthcoming

Internet Voting in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Estonia

Submitted by gbain on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 08:58.
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Author(s): 
Thad E. Hall, University of Utah
Michael Alvarez, Caltech
Alexander Treshsel, European University Institute in Florence, Italy
Journal: 
PS: Political Science & Politics
pp: 
497-505
Download Journal Article Here
Date Published: 
07/01/2009

Several countries have conducted Internet voting trials in binding public elections over the past decade, including Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These trials have been conducted at the local and regional levels of government, targeting specific populations of voters. However, Estonia—a former Soviet republic and now a full member of the European Union—has advanced the farthest in deploying Internet voting. Since 2000, Estonia has conducted two national elections in which all voters could use Internet voting.

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