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The Election Center
The Election Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, and improving democracy. Its members are government employees whose profession is to serve in voter registration and elections administration. |
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent, bipartisan commission created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. EAC is operating the federal government's first voting system certification program. It issues guidance about HAVA, adopts voluntary voting system guidelines, audits the use of HAVA funds, and provides best practices and resources to election officials throughout the nation. EAC also administers a national clearinghouse of information about election administration and maintains the national mail voter registration form.
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Prime III Voting System
In 2005, the Human Centered Computing Lab at Auburn University created the first version of Prime III. Prime III is an electronic voting system that offers a secure, open-source, multimodal electronic voting system that delivers the necessary system security, integrity, and user satisfaction safeguards in a user-friendly interface that accommodates all people regardless of ability.
Prime III will be used at the National Council on Independent Living in Washington, DC, on July 24.
www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20122/
www.HumanCenteredComputing.org/
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Electionline.org
Electionline.org, a project of the Pew Center on the States, is the nation’s only nonpartisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform. Established by Pew after the November 2000 vote, electionline has become the leading source for journalists, policymakers, election officials, academics, and concerned citizens to learn about, discuss, and debate election administration issues. |
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Reform Elections.org
ReformElections.org is The Century Foundation's informational website on election reform. It includes
the Foundation's research on election reform, commentary on election reform policy issues, complete materials from the 2001 National Commission on Federal Election Reform, questions and answers on a range of policy issues, and a directory of links to other relevant organizations.
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Clean Elections
Public Campaign is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping campaign reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics. Public Campaign is laying the foundation for reform by working with a broad range of organizations, including local community groups, around the country that are fighting for change and national organizations whose members are not fairly represented under the current campaign finance system. Together we are building a network of national and state-based efforts to create a powerful national force for federal and state campaign reform.
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Center for Election Systems
The State of Georgia has committed to an initiative to acquire, install, and maintain a uniform, state wide voting system. To support this effort, the Center for Election Systems has been established to provide services for Georgia Election Officials and poll managers to assist with the operation of the new system. The core functions of the Center include outreach, education, training, consultation, technical support, and ballot building.
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Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. A singular institution—part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group—the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector.
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American University Center for Democracy and Election Management
Democracy is expanding around the world, but it is nowhere perfect. It is a system of government that needs to be improved by constant engagement by the public. The central element is free and fair elections, effectively managed. American University has established a Center for Democracy and Election Management to provide education, research, and public engagement on the full range of democracy issues in the United States and the world. |
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AIGA Design for Democracy
In July 2007, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) accepted the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ (AIGA) Design for Democracy’s research and best practice recommendations for ballot and polling place information design. Guidelines and editable samples were distributed to 6,000 election officials across the country in January 2008. As a result, local jurisdictions now have the tools to apply communication design principles and make voting easier and more comprehensible for all citizens.
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The Washington Center
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is an independent, nonprofit organization serving hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries by providing selected students challenging opportunities to work and learn in Washington , D.C. for academic credit. The largest such program, with more than 60 full-time staff, The Washington Center has over 36,000 alumni, leaders in numerous professions and nations around the world.
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Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Established by Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest in December 2000 to prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, the Voting Technology Project evaluates the current state of reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems, establishes uniform attributes and quantitative guidelines for performance and reliability of voting systems, and proposes specific uniform guidelines and requirements for reliable voting systems.
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Iowa Secretary of State
The Iowa Secretary of State invited Auburn faculty to attend the state's presidential caucuses in January 2008. See "News" on this website for more information about the trip. |
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Project Vote Smart: The Voter’s Self-Defense System
Here at Project Vote Smart, Americans young and old volunteer their time, take no money from special interest groups, and have committed themselves to an extraordinary effort that, if successful, will provide their fellow citizens with the tools for a reemergence of political power not known for half a century. Their idea is one you may have thought of yourself. It is a deceptively simple concept but enormously difficult to achieve and would not be possible without the collaboration of citizens willing to lay their partisan differences aside for this one crucial task. |
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Project Vote
Project Vote is the leading technical assistance and direct service provider to the civic participation community. Since its founding in 1982, Project Vote has provided professional training, management, evaluation and technical services on a broad continuum of key issues related to voter engagement and participation in low-income and minority communities. |
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Seminole County Supervisor of Elections
The Seminole County Supervisor of Elections is committed to providing Seminole County residents with important
election information so that they can express their voices in governmental
affairs by exercising the inherent right to vote.
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International Associations of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers
IACREOT holds national conferences and trade shows every year. This year's theme is "Experience the Elements." The next meeting will be held in Spokane, Washington, on January 15-20, 2009.
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Overseas Vote Foundation
OVF's mission is to facilitate and increase participation of American overseas voters and military voters and their dependents in federal elections by providing public access to innovative voter registration tools and services. OVF has options for all overseas voters, young voters, and military voters.
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