EARC Links

California

Directory of California County Election Offices and Officials - up-to-date 2013
California Secretary of State Elections and Voter Information
California Association of Clerks and Election Officials
County Election Observer Panel Plans
Smart Voter - Nonpartisan Election Information
League of Women Voters of California
The California Voter Foundation
California Forward
The James Irvine Foundation - California Democracy Program - Roadmap for the Future of California Elections
Inside Elections - San Mateo County Elections Blog
The Humboldt Election Transparency Project and EARC page on Humboldt County ETP including ballot images from November 2008
Statewide Database - Provides voting, registration and geographic datasets for the State of California for statewide elections beginning in 1992
Citizens Redistricting Commission - Read below about implementation of the Voters First Act (Proposition 11 passed in November 2008) which handed the job of drawing California's legislative district borders to a Citizens Redistricting Commission. Two years later, the passage of Proposition 20, the Voters First Act for Congress, added drawing California's Congressional districts to the Commission's tasks. The Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) completed four statewide maps (of Assembly, Senate, Board of Equalization, and Congressional districts) and certified them to the California Secretary of State on August 15, 2011. The maps were approved (precleared) by the US Department of Justice on January 17, 2012, in other words the US DOJ ruled that the maps do not dilute minority voting power in four counties (Kings, Merced, Monterey and Yuba) under federal oversight. Despite various challenges, these maps will be used for California's 2012 Elections: the Primary Election on June 5, 2012 and General Election on November 6, 2012.
Commission Formation Process: The Bureau of State Audits was responsible for creating California's first Citizens Redistricting Commission. For a full description of the year-long application and selection process click here. Information about the 14 member group can be found here.
Commission Deliberations: The Commission began meeting on January 12, 2011 and on August 15, 2011 they approved the four statewide maps and certified them the California Secretary of State. A list of all the meetings and video or audio of those meetings are available here; the transcripts of business meetings are available here. Throughout April, May and June of 2011, the CRC held public input hearings around the state, at which any member of the public could speak for 2-3 minutes to the Commission about their views on where the lines should be drawn. Individuals could also submit written comments by postal mail, fax, website comment page, or email at any time starting in early 2011. Over 2,700 members of the public spoke at 34 Commission hearings around the state and close to 20,000 comments were received in writing.
The Redistricting Group at Berkeley Law - This website aims to educate the public about the principles of redistricting, including laws, criteria, process, terminology, data sources, variables, software, and mapping, especially as they applied to the 2011 redistricting cycle in California.

Other States

Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota (CEIMN)
From CEIMN in 2010: 'Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota and Common Cause Minnesota... released a report that refutes erroneous claims about the 2008 US Senate recount and Minnesota’s election law and practice, made by the Center of the American Experiment (CAE) - "No Longer a National Model." Read our report here. CAE proposes significant changes in Minnesota‘s election systems. However, the CAE report provides no documentation to back up its claims and, upon close scrutiny, its claims are found to be highly inaccurate and misleading. For example, they state that the rejection rate for military absentee voters was 16 times greater than regular absentee voters, when in fact it was double. In our response we argue that the orderly resolution of the 2008 Senate recount stands in sharp relief to the more chaotic results of contests in Florida (2000) and Ohio (2004). We also state that the preponderance of evidence supports our conclusion that Minnesota's elections are indeed a national model.'
VotePA Voting Rights & Election Integrity in Pennsylvania
CTVotersCount CTVotersCount.org is dedicated to fairness and confidence in elections, that election results must accurately reflect the intentions of the voters
SAVEourVotes a statewide nonpartisan grassroots nonprofit organization working for Secure, Accessible, Verifiable Elections in Maryland
Florida Voters Foundation Securing Fair and Accurate Elections

Nationwide

US Election Assistance Commission
League of Women Voters - National
electionline.org
Program for Excellence in Election Administration, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and Director Doug Chapin's Blog about the Program
AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project (archive of project which operated 2005-2010)
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - Voting Rights Project
Election Protection (EP) Coalition
National Conference of State Legislatures - Elections Information and Database of Election Reform Legislation
New Organizing Institute - Election Center and Organizer's Guide to Election Administration, a state-by-state guide to election law in the US
The Brennan Center for Justice - Voting Rights and Elections Section
The Pew Center on the States - Election Initiatives
Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog and Election Law Listserv and Listserv Archives
Election Updates Blog
Election Verification Network - The Election Verification Network (EVN) is a national network of experts, election officials, and advocates improving U.S. elections by making sure each ballot is counted accurately for fair results the public can verify.

Overseas and Military Voting by US Citizens

EAC Research on Military and Overseas Voting

UOCAVA Voters and the Electronic Transmission of Voting Materials in Four States
Section 245 of HAVA requires EAC to conduct a study of issues and challenges, specifically including the potential for election fraud, that are presented by the incorporation of communications and internet technologies in the Federal, state and local electoral process.
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To begin to better understand the issues, challenges and potential for electronic voting, EAC undertook a series of case studies regarding four states’ experiences with developing programs for transmitting absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters. These case studies describe the unique experiences of state’s experiences with transmitting ballots electronically, sending and accepting ballots electronically, and using internet voting.

Voting from Abroad: A Survey of UOCAVA Voters
The research study also surveyed UOCAVA voters regarding their reactions to, attitudes toward, and experiences with electronic voting.
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Facilitating UOCAVA Voting Conference
The final portion of the study involved conducting a national conference in September 2007 with state officials and interested parties. The conference served as a forum for the exchange of information regarding experiences with the electronic transmission of absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters.
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Federal Voting Assistance Program
Overseas Vote Foundation
American Citizens Abroad
Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, Inc.
Association of Americans Resident Overseas

Elections Across the Globe

Voting Machines and Technology