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States Given More Flexibility, Control in Implementing Health Exchanges

Julia Crowley on December 22, 2011 - 11:56am

In a surprising move, the Obama administration this week ensured that even more of the debate around health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will take place in state capitols instead of Washington D.C. in the coming years. The role of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in determining the shape of state health insurance exchanges changed on December 16th with the release of a bulletin announcing proposed policies that would give states rather than the federal government the authority in choosing a template for the essential health benefits package offered by the exchanges.

Demos' model EDR bill

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 6:19pm

Demos' model EDR bill

PSN review of mail voting literature

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 3:50pm

In May 2011, PSN put together a summary of mail voting studies to date, synthesizing information on turnout, impact on various demographics, security and fraud.  Information pertains to no-excuse absentee voting, permanent absentee voting, and all-mail elections.

FairVote - "Voter Pre-Registration at Age Sixteen and Seventeen"

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 3:00pm

This FairVote fact sheet makes the case for a uniform voter pre-registration age at 16 or 17.

Pew Center on the States - "The Real Cost of Voter Registration"

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 2:47pm

This report from Pew Center on the states examines the unnecessary costs of voter registration due to an antiquated, paper-based system and suggests voter registration modernization as a way to cut costs and increase accuracy of the voter rolls.

Demos talking points and fact sheet on voter ID

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 1:10pm

This fact sheet from Demos offers talking points that demonstrate the prohibitive cost of voter ID laws to cash-strapped states, the unnecessary burden to election administration, the rarity of in-person impersonation voter fraud, and the disproportionate effects on historically disenfranchised populations.

Project Vote's Model Online Registration Bill

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 28, 2011 - 11:43am

This model bill from Project Vote allows all citizens, regardless of whether they have a government ID, to access an online registration portal in order to register to vote or update their information.

Enfranchising American Youth

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 15, 2011 - 12:50pm

In this paper, Project Vote reviews the voter registration and voting rates of 18- to 29-year-old citizens in recent elections and examines existing laws that hinder or facilitate participaiton by young, non-college attending voters.