Susan

[Donna Hoch-MV]

Susan Rubino- Here is the article I was talking about that could be
summarized--see what you think. Donna
• Best Practices for Casting Ballots: Early Voting Briefing Paper. “
Prepared for the “Election Reform Agenda Conference Dept. of Political
Science, University of Iowa May 2009 can be viewed at
http://myweb.uiowa.edu/bhlai/reform/papers/gronke.pdf
(11 pages)

This is another article worth reading; however, I don't think we can
summarize it because it requires permission. You might want to read
the conclusions.
• Absentee and Early Voting, Trends, Promises, and Perils John C.
Fortier, American Enterprise Institute, 2006--This book is available
to view online- I went to the Conclusions and Recommendations Chapter
pg.63 –page 78 –good summary

[LWV]

The recommedation for best voting is that election day voting should
continue to be the central touchstone of elections. For better voting
on election day, have extended hours at polling places(6:00PM to
9:00PM) and voting centers which allow voters to cast their votes at
any of them. Also recommended is written communication by mail to
voters as to where their polling places are. For early voting there
should be a short period to vote, no more than ten days prior to
election day. Early voting should have the same protections as polling
places-restrictions on solicitations and have observers present.
Early voting would require early voter education. Early voting will
help people who can not vote on election day because of work or family
obligations.

On Aug 16, 10:25 pm, Donna Hoch-MV <theho...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Susan Rubino- Here is the article I was talking about that could be
> summarized--see what you think.   Donna
> •     Best Practices for Casting Ballots:  Early Voting Briefing Paper. “
> Prepared for the “Election Reform Agenda Conference Dept. of Political

> Science, University of Iowa May 2009 can be viewed athttp://myweb.uiowa.edu/bhlai/reform/papers/gronke.pdf