Monday, April 13, 2009

National Journal Online - Voting Reform Gets New Life

National Journal Online - Voting Reform Gets New Life:

In the wake of a landmark survey showing that registration problems blocked as many as 3 million eligible voters from casting ballots last November, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hunting once again for ways to fix the broken election system.

The most likely targets for legislative action this year are voter registration and the obstacles that snarl the absentee ballot process for millions of military and overseas voters. There's also growing interest in collecting better data to measure how well states run their elections, using yardsticks and performance rankings.

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