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GAO Releases Trio of Surveys on Election Issues

The following were released on June 8, 2006 (all in PDF):

  • Elections: 2005 Survey of Local Election Jurisdictions, full-text GAO-06-452SP, June 6, 2006. “The purpose of the survey was to collect nationwide information on a range of election topics that included voter registration, absentee voting, early voting, poll workers, polling places, voter education, voting methods and systems, Election Day activities, provisional voting, and vote counting.”
  • Elections: 2005 Survey of State Election Officials, full text GAO-06-451SP, June 6, 2006. “The purpose of the survey was to collect nationwide information on a range of election topics that included statewide voter registration lists and general voter registration issues, absentee and early voting, Election Day preparation and activities, voting methods and equipment, vote counting, and implementation of provisions in the Help America Vote Act of 2002.”
  • Elections: The Nation’s Evolving Election System as Reflected in the November 2004 General Election, full text GAO-06-450, June 6, 2006. “GAO sent a survey to the 50 states and the District of Columbia (all responded) and mailed a questionnaire to a nationwide sample of 788 local election jurisdictions about election administration activities (80 percent responded). To obtain more detailed information about experiences for the 2004 election, GAO also visited 28 local jurisdictions in 14 states, chosen to represent a range of election system characteristics.”
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