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Convenient Election Day voting centers can improve voter turnout: study

The convenience of Election Day voting centers can increase voter turnout, according to a new paper by political scientists Robert Stein of Rice University and Greg Vonnahme of the University of Alabama.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Voting-machine-allocation method could reduce voters' wait time by 36 percent

With a lifelong interest in politics, University of Cincinnati researcher Muer Yang spent the last two years developing a quantitative method for allocating voting machines that could significantly reduce ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Data Support Use Of Instant Run-Off Voting

(PhysOrg.com) -- New data collected as part of a North Carolina State University study during the 2009 municipal election in Hendersonville, N.C., show that voters prefer instant run-off voting (IRV) to traditional voting ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not

(PhysOrg.com) -- The lights may matter. So may the signs, the knowledge of poll workers and whether the location has been used as a polling place in the past.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elections study: Voters like fresh faces at polling places

A new study shows counties can boost voters' trust in elections by making an investment in the human side of elections by recruiting new poll workers.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 28, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ohio 'paper' vote system debuting with flaws, researchers say

The new voting system that Cleveland and its suburbs will use in tomorrow's primary election has serious flaws that risk greater voter error, say members of a research team from the Universities of Maryland, Rochester and ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Probing Question: Is the Electoral College an outdated system?

In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore beat George Bush by more than 500,000 votes, yet the lasting image of that campaign is poll workers in Florida examining voter cards for hanging chads. At stake were ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 5


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