Common Cause and
The Century Foundation have released the
new version
of their joint biennial report on election administration in 10 swing
states and the findings are not very encouraging: while voters' desire
to participate is growing, states have only made fitful progress
improving the voting process, and in many instances things have moved
backward since the last federal election in 2006. Examining the most
recent election experiences of
Florida,
Georgia,
Michigan,
Missouri,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin,
Colorado,
New Mexico, and
Virginia
the report details serious problems in every major aspect of the voting
process, along with a handful of bright spots where individual states
are moving important reforms.
