COMMISSION ON FEDERAL ELECTION REFORM
The Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired
by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former U.S.
Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, issued its report
with 87 recommendations on September 19, 2005. The Commission
was organized by American University's Center
for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM) and
remains an ongoing project of CDEM to make sure that
future elections are an improvement on the past ones.
The project will focus on evaluating the impact of the
Help America Vote Act and will bring the Commission's
recommendations to the attention of the executive and
legislative branches of federal and state governments
and to the public.
Court TV Interviews
Former President Jimmy Carter and former
Secretary of State James A. Baker III were interviewed
by Court TV on the proposals of the Commission on Federal
Election Reform, which CDEM organized.
Carter interview: Dial-up
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Final Commission Report: Building Confidence in
U.S. Elections
 The
full text of the Final Report of the Federal Commission
on Election Reform can be downloaded below in PDF format.
(
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Full Report PDF
(7.6MB) or Text Only
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The individual sections of the report can be downloaded
below:
Introduction
(130KB)
(Table of Contents, Letter from
the Co-Chairs, Preface by Executive Director, Executive
Summary)
Section 1 -- Goals
and Challenges of Election Reform (1.1MB)
Section 2 -- Voter
Registration and Identification (950KB)
Section 3 -- Voting
Technology (690KB)
Section 4 -- Expanding
Access to Elections (1.1 MB)
Section 5 -- Improving
Ballot Integrity (660KB)
Section 6 -- Election
Administration (1.0MB)
Section 7 -- Responsible
Media Coverage (490KB)
Section 8 -- Election
Observation (520KB)
Section 9 -- Presidential
Primary and Post-Election Schedules (430KB)
Conclusion
(135KB)
(Conclusion, Appendix, Endnotes)
Summary of Recommendations
(83KB)
Additional Statements
(60KB)
About the Commission
(980KB)
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