The extraordinarily lengthy and controversial resolution of the 2000 U.S. presidential election revealed that our electoral system is in serious need of reform. Since that time, Congress has responded by passing the Help America Vote Act of 2002, state and federal legislators have proposed additional laws and amendments, and scholars and advocates have produced a flurry of research, reports, and proposals.
The AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project aims to synthesize that research and bridge together the research and policy communities. Among the project's goals are to:
  • Establish links among voting research projects, synthesize findings, and make findings accessible to the broad policy community
  • Ensure that research and policy recommendations are fed into the policy process in a timely and productive fashion
  • Assemble a working group of experts to think through the substance and politics of a practical policy agenda
  • Develop a bipartisan, practical national policy agenda for election reform and monitor the implementation of HAVA and its proposed amendments.

Go to the Project's website (external link)