ELECTION REFORM AGENDA CONFERENCE

 

May 7-9, 2009

Department of Political Science, University of Iowa

3rd Floor Schaeffer Hall

Hosted by Caroline Tolbert

 

R. Michael Alvarez, Lonna Rae Atkeson, and Thad Hall. “Auditing the Election Ecosystem”

 

R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall “Resolving Voter Registration Problems: Making Registration Easier, Less Costly and More Accurate”

 

Dan Bowen “We Need More Politicians”

 

Heather Gerkin, “Getting from Here to There in Election Reform:  A Trio of Ideas”

 

Paul Gronke “Best Practices for Casting Ballots: Early Voting”

 

Kathleen Hale and Karen Mossberger “E-GOVERNMENT AS A TOOL FOR REFORM IN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION”

 

Thad E. Hall “Voting Technology and Innovation”

 

Paul Herrnson. “Improving Voting: Lessons learned from Studies of Voting Systems and Ballots”

 

David Magleby, “Encouraging Individual Contributions to Candidates and Political Parties”

 

Michael McDonald, “In Support of Redistricting Reform”

 

Tracy Osborn, “Barriers to Electing Women to Public Office: Attitudes, Structure and Context”

 

Rene Rocha. “Electoral Structure and Minority Representation in the US”

 

Daniel P. Tokaji “Partisan and Nonpartisan Election Administration”

 

Caroline Tolbert “Reforming Presidential Nominations: A National Primary, Rotating State Primaries or Both?”