Publications and Working Papers: Recent submissions

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    • Measuring the Improvement (Or Lack of Improvement) in Voting Since 2000 in the U.S. 

      Stewart III, Charles H. (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-09-04)
      This paper summarizes what systematic evidence exists about the performance of the American voting process in 2004 and proposes a comprehensive system of performance measures that would allow citizens and officials to ...

    • Preliminary Voting -- Prevoting 

      Rivest, Ronald L. (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-08-06)
      We introduce the notion of preliminary voting, or pre-voting, wherein a voter deposits—perhaps over the Internet—a preliminary vote or prevote with election authorities at some time before the close of elections. Prevotes ...

    • Whose Absentee Votes Are Counted: The Variety and Use of Absentee Ballots in California 

      Alvarez, R. Michael; Hall, Thad E.; Sinclair, Betsy (Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2005-07-19)
      Absentee voting is becoming more prevalent throughout the United States. While there has been some research focused on who votes by absentee ballot, little research has considered another important question about absentee ...