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Fwd: Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Updates, Nov 2007





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From: Joe Callahan <Joe.Callahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Nov 12, 2007 3:33 PM
Subject: Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Updates, Nov 2007
To: margit Johansson <margitjo@xxxxxxxxx>

VTP Updates November 2007 *

  NEWS
  1. The VTP site has a  new webpage on the subject of the Indiana Voter Identification Supreme Court Case. VTP research as well as that of other researchers is included.
  2. Ron Rivest attended the Post Election Audit Conference in Minneapolis, MN, hosted by the Brennan Center. The Executive Summary of the conference can be downloaded on the  Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections webpage.
  3. VTP was quoted/mentioned in the following news articles over the past month
    1. 10/18: "Schiff Stands Firm," Whittier Daily News
    2. 10/23: "New Poll Shows Maryland Voters Favor Funding a Switch to Paper Ballots by More Than 2 to 1,"  Whitter Daily News
  REPORTS
  1. Working Paper #57:  "The Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout (v.2)"  by Michael Alvarez, Delia Bailey and Jonathan Katz
  2. Working Paper #58:  "Access Versus Integrity in Voter Identification"  by Stephen Ansolabehere
  EVENTS
  1. Claim Democracy, Nov 9-11, DC School of Law
  2. "First Tuesday Forum on American Democracy and Elections", hosted by University of Arizona and  Project Vote Smart
    • November 6, 2007: "Where's Walter (Cronkite) When You Need Him? Media Coverage of Presidential Campaigns," with Mark Kimble (Tucson Citizen associate editor), Jan Leighley (Political Science Professor)
    • December 4, 2007: "Don't Blink or You'll Miss 'Em," with Barbara Norrander (Political Science Professor)
  3. Election Day, Today, Tuesday Nov 6




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