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Featured Article: Voting Rights

The right to vote in a democratic election is one of the cornerstones of civil rights. The subset of America's population with voting rights has gradually expanded beyond its originally narrow base. Voting legislation including:

• Constitutional voting rights amendments
• Federal voting legislation and
• state voting legislation

has addressed the questions of which segment of the population is allowed to vote, how those votes are counted, and how districts are drawn. Bills of rights for voters have been enumerated.

In recent years, particularly beginning with the 2000 presidential election, allegations of election irregularities and election fraud have become increasingly common. Aside from controversy over felon voting rights, the focus of attention has been expanded beyond overt disenfranchisement of specific segments of the population to covert threats against election integrity. Election litigation has become an integral part of the political landcape, including litigation revolving around voting accessibility. Various election system proposals have been made to address election system flaws through electronic and nonelectronic technology. Various means for holding officials accountable for election integrity have been proposed.

Election integrity articles

• Election expenses includes analysis of the costs involved in running an election.
• Election integrity defines the term.
• Election integrity timeline includes significant events, legislation, litigation, publication of articles and books, and debuts of movies relating to the defense of or threats to election integrity.
• Framed: Fair Elections
• Glossary includes definition of terms relating to electronic voting machines.
• Guide to establishing a pollwatching group
• Serving as an election official describes what is involved in serving as an election official.
• Voting systems includes a discussion of instant runoff voting, Condorcet, and other systems.

Election integrity lists

• Alternatives to DREs
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• Hotlines and addresses phone numbers and addresses (e-mail and other) for reporting election irregularities
• Lawsuits
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• Proposals for improving election systems
• Reports (mainly in PDF form)
• Standards drafted by various agencies
• Testing labs including so-called "Independent Testing Authorities"
• TV programs broadcast by networks
• Vendors that sell electronic voting machines
• Video released by individuals and organizations
• Whistleblowers who have risked their careers by reporting problems to public officials or the media

References

• Richard Valelly. 2005. The Voting Rights Act: Securing the Ballot. Congressional Quarterly Press. ISBN 1568029896.
• Douglas W. Jones' Voting and Elections page

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