Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
Introduction
The Voting Technology Project (VTP) was established in December 2000 by Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest in December 2000, with the goal of preventing a recurrence of the problems that threatened that year's U.S. Presidential Election. MEDSL continues to work closely with the VTP on tools and research that can improve voting in the United States.
Since establishment, members of the VTP have studied all aspects of the election process, both in the United States and abroad. VTP faculty, research affiliates, and students have written many working papers, published scores of academic articles and books, and worked on a great array of specific projects. All of this research and policymaking activity seeks to develop better voting technologies, to improve election administration, and to deepen scientific research in these areas.
About the VTP
Today, members of the VTP participate in research and policymaking around the U.S., including:
- Developing better voting systems standards and testing practices
- Studying and developing novel and improved post-election auditing procedures
- Assessing and evaluating the voting experience in federal elections
- Examining ways to make the process of voter registration more secure and more accessible
- Evaluating methods of voter authentication, and their effects on the election process
- Improving voting technologies
The VTP website houses reports and working papers, datasets relevant to the project's work, and the Election Updates Blog, which offers a space for a number of members to discuss new research, analysis and commentary on election reform, voting technology, and election administration.
In addition, the VTP is home to a suite of important tools for election administrators, designed to help them face the many challenges of planning for and running elections. This Election Management Toolkit is an open access resource where technologies can be shared, tested, and improved.
Visit the VTP
All of these resources, data, and research can be found on the VTP's website. To explore it, simply follow the link below.
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