AAAS Debuts New Voting Research Database to Aid Study and Improvement of Elections

Paper trails and exit polls, vote suppression and hanging chads—problems in the U.S. system of choosing political leaders have become high-profile concerns in recent years, casting election results in doubt and eroding public confidence. Now AAAS is launching an extensive database of voting-related research to aid researchers, election administrators, journalists, and others interested in the workings of voting process.

The ambitious project—the first of its kind in the United States—will permit fast, free access to research focused on a broad range of issues, from absentee voting to polling places and voting technology. The database currently has about 500 entries, most of them published since 2000, and the collection will grow considerably as more research is added.

+ Research Database on the U.S. Voting System and Voting Technology

Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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