General
John McCain's official site - Register to Vote
Barack Obama's official site - Vote for Change
Registration Info on your Mobile Phone - Google
Election Problem Log - 2004 to Date - VotersUnite.org
Statewide voter registration database status - Pew Center's electiononline.org, updated 1/23/08
State Election Laws and Issues for certain states - Advancement Project
Audit
Audit the Election - Black Box Voting
Post-election audit - Pew Center's electiononline.org
Eligibility re: felony convictions - The Sentencing Project
Can vote with a felony conviction - Maine and Vermont
Can re-register and vote after time served - California and many other states; Nevada if release date is on or before July 1, 2003
Can re-register and vote depending on type of felony - Nevada if release date is on or after July 2, 2003
Can re-register and vote with "executive pardon" - Kentucky and many other states
Reports
Election Assistance Commission Issues Four Quick Start Management Guides (October 2008) – Topics include: Serving Voters in Long Term Care Facilities, Provisional Ballots, Recounts and Canvassing, and Certifying an Election.
Poll Worker Training: Is Your State Complying with the Law? – Prepared by the Advancement Project, October 2008.
Election Protection 2008 Primary Report: Looking Ahead to November – Details how a weak election infrastructure - malfunctioning machines, undertrained poll workers, outdated registration rolls - led to problems at the polls across the country.
Map – Click on your state for information on where and how to vote and other related news.
Key Questions For Key States: Executive Summary – For states critical to the result of the presidential election, Election Law @ Moritz researched dozens of election law issues and divided them into ten groups: institutional arrangements, voter registration/statewide database, challenges to voter eligibility, provisional voting, early and absentee voting, voting technology, polling place operations, ballot security, emergency preparedness, and post-election processes (counting, recounting and post-election lawsuits).
Daily updates
Daily collection of voting-related articles from local and national media - VotersUnite.org
Click on electiononline Today - Pew Center's electiononline.org
Weekly Summaries - Pew Center's electiononline.org
10/09/08 - A report released by The New York Times this week finds that tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data. The six swing states seem to be in violation of federal law in two ways. Michigan and Colorado are removing voters from the rolls within 90 days of a federal election, which is not allowed except when voters die, notify the authorities that they have moved out of state, or have been declared unfit to vote. Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio seem to be improperly using Social Security data to verify registration applications for new voters. In addition to the six swing states, three more states appear to be violating federal law. Alabama and Georgia seem to be improperly using Social Security information to screen registration applications from new voters. And Louisiana appears to have removed thousands of voters after the federal deadline for taking such action.
10/02/2008 - Election officials are staring in their own version of “What Not to Wear” this season as they reiterate the rules of what types of political clothing and paraphernalia are permitted inside the polling place. It seems that much of the media coverage of this issue has been generated by an email circulating nationwide. In Kansas, voters have been reminded that they can't wear political clothing within 250 feet of a polling place. Things are bit less restrictive in Virginia — at least distance wise where the rule is 40 feet. Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale (R) released a statement explaining what's appropriate and what's not. In Pennsylvania, where the dress code seems to have generated the most press coverage (and a lawsuit), York County and Berks County commissioners recently voted to allow voters to wear campaign attire into the polling place; although Cumberland County will prohibit campaign attire. In Florida, election officials will be able to focus their attention on the matters at hand instead of what people are wearing and in D.C. the Board of Elections and Ethics took time out of preparing for a Council hearing to remind voters that they can't wear political clothing inside the polling place..the Stacey Londons and Clinton Kellys of the election world will be watching.
8/28/08 - The Myth of Widespread Non-Citizen Voting: A Response to the Heritage Foundation - Prepared by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), August 20, 2008 - MALDEF criticizes a July 2008 report by the Heritage Foundation stating that non-citizen voting is an enduring problem. They state the author of the report, Hans Von Spakovsy, incorrectly interpreted other studies, used unsubstantiated examples of illegitimate election results and that many of the allegations can be explained due to administrative error. According to the authors strong deterrents to non-citizen voting are in place and there are other more serious threats to the voting process including voter caging and voter intimidation. Proof of citizenship laws are also cited as overly burdensome to voters.
6/19/08 - Research Summary: Building Secure and Transparent Elections through Standard Operating Procedures - By R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Working Paper #65, May 2008. [The researchers examine numerous items that need to be kept secure during the election process. The authors find that standard operating procedures (SOP) have not been uniformly adopted across the states and that effective chain of custody procedures that promote transparency can help prevent fraud and the perception of fraud. Alvarez and Hall suggest ways in which election administrators can develop and implement appropriate chain of custody procedures.]
6/19/08 - Research Summary: Report from the Ohio Secretary of State: 2008 Primary Election - Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State, Spring 2008, (reports that the state "weathered the storms" of a challenging, high-turnout March presidential primary election and showed great improvement since the 2004 presidential primary. Citing problems that cropped up in some jurisdictions, though, a number of recommendations are made to improve elections including: continuing to clarify voter ID requirements; continuing to improve accuracy of registered voter database at boards of elections; continuing to improve poll worker training; continuing to improve polling place accessibility; continuing to clarify voter registration requirements; requiring security and risk mitigation plans for each board of elections; requiring post official canvass audits for all counties and; continuing to clarify provisional voter requirements.)
Alert (National)
Foreclosed-on voters using old addresses could snag elections - More people losing their homes means more registered to vote from addresses where they no longer live. 6/6/08
Alert (State Specific)
Report: Voting problems in several swing states - "And a new study by Common Cause and the Century Foundation finds that 10 very vital swing states have significant voting problems that have not been addressed since the last election…Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin." 9/18/08
Wis. election policies commended in study - "Despite Wisconsin's high rating from Common Cause, Kristen Kukowski, communications director for the Republican party of Wisconsin, said there are problems of voter credibility in the state," Meyer [the outreach director of the watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign] said confusion, not voter fraud, was what caused problems during the 2000 presidential election." 9/18/08
Vote early, nervous election officials urge Georgians - "Common Cause and the Century Foundation looked at voter registration and identification, provisional ballots, voting machine allocation and poll worker recruitment and training in 10 'swing states.'" 9/16/08
Study shows Colorado vulnerable to some election-day problems - "[Jenny]Flanagan [Flanagan, executive director of Colorado Common Cause] is concerned about possible malfunctions of the new statewide voter registration database and poorly trained poll workers who could wrongly turn voters away on election day. She said state law does not specify adequate numbers of voting machines needed at polling places, which makes planning for elections 'guess work.'" 9/16/08
Report: Election officials throughout [Florida] ill prepared for voters in Nov. - "They also said there aren't adequate protections in place to clamp down on people who are attempting intimidate voters or suppress turnout on Election Day. Additionally, the group says that the state elections Web site could be redesigned to better help voters find their polling place. They also said more state efforts are needed to train poll workers and voters. Further, they said there should be better efforts made to ensure there are enough poll workers and voting machines at every precinct to keep voter waiting lines short." 9/16/08
Secretary Brunner Helps Boards, Voters with Absentee Voting Guidance - "Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner issued Friday two directives and one advisory to prepare for absentee voting in Ohio." 8/15/08
GOP Training Poll Challengers in Michigan via seven online training videos which will cover the information poll challengers need to know before they arrive at the polls. The videos will cover a wide range of topics from the voting process itself to the role of Election Day Lawyers. 7/22/08
Films
Free for All
Hacking Democracy
Stealing America: Vote By Vote (including action resources)
Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections - Starz has scheduled showings on several of their cable channels beginning Aug. 25th through early October.
Books
Cassandra Chanting by an Anonymous Voting-World Insider, Shows How Our 2008 Presidential Election Can be Stolen
Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting by Steven Rosenfeld
Loser Take All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 2000 - 2008 edited by Mark Crispin Miller
Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election by Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D (based upon 30,000 photographs of actual evidence -- ballots, poll books, voter signature books, and other election records -- from Ohio's 2004 presidential election)
Radio Archives
Special election coverage hosted by Brad Friedman KPFK/Pacifica's "Special Election Year Coverage" hour on 8/13/08 (starts about 3:40 minutes into broadcast) with guests...Phil Lindsey, discussing the latest in the case of his arrest while trying to vote during the prior week during Missouri's state primary and Dean Logan, L.A. County's Registrar of Voters, discussing concerns about the polls in November, as well as what happened to cause Brad's votes to be 'flipped' during last June's state primary election. BradBlog
Laura Ingraham tells listeners to jam [Dem] voter protection hotline (11/07)