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    • Mobilizing Pasadena Democrats: Measuring the Effects of Partisan Campaign Contacts 

      Alvarez, R. Michael; Hopkins, Asa; Sinclair, Betsy (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2008-06-28)
      This paper examines the effect of an entire campaign using a randomized field experiment here the treatment consists of campaign decisions made by a campaign manager. In contrast to the majority of the field experiments ...

    • Building Secure and Transparent Elections Through Standard Operating Procedures 

      Alvarez, R. Michael; Hall, Thad E. (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2008-05)
      Election reform has evolved since the 2000 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 ...

    • On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes 

      Rivest, Ronald L. (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-04-29)
      We address the problem of auditing an election when precincts may have different sizes, and suggest methods for picking a sample of precincts to audit that takes precinct size into account. one method yields optimal auditing ...