Bernie Grofman & Michael Alvarez
Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine
Cal Tech/MIT Voting Technology Project
April 16-17, 2011

Laguna Room, Hotel Laguna
425 South Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949-494-1151
800-524-2927
www.hotellaguna.com

with support from the University of  California, Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy and the Jack W. Peltason Endowed Chair
Saturday, April 16

09:30    Welcome

10:00    Panel I - Voting Technology

Chair: Bernard Grofman (UCI)  
Charles Stewart (MIT) – What Hath HAVA Wrought?  Consequences, Intended and Not, of the Post-Bush v. Gore Reforms
Martha Kropf (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) – The Evolution (or not) of Ballot Design Ten Years After Bush v. Gore
Discussant:    Peter Miller (Political Science, UCI)

12:00     Lunch

1:30      Panel II - Non Polling Place Voting
Chair: Mike Alvarez (Cal Tech) 
Jonathan Nagler (NYU) – Absentee Ballot Regimes: Easing Costs or Adding A Step? Electoral Laws and Turnout, 1972-2008
Paul Gronke (Reed College) – Bush v. Gore: A critical juncture for early voting?
Thad Hall (University of Utah) – Poll Workers and Polling Places
Discussant:  Matthew Jarvis (Political Science, California State University, Fullerton

Sunday, April 17

10:00    Panel III - In the Footsteps of Bush v. Gore
Chair:  Rick Hasen (Law School, UCI)
Mark Braden (Of Counsel, Baker Hostetler)  - Disputed Elections Post Bush v. Gore:  Are Federal Courts Entering the Political Contest Thicket?
Tony Smith (Political Science, UCI) – The Cites That Counted: A Decade of Bush v. Gore Jurisprudence                                                                                                                
Nate Persily (Columbia Law School) - Bush v. Gore in the American Mind: Reflections and Survey Results on the Tenth Anniversary of the Decision Ending the 2000 Election Controversy
Discussant:  Rick Hasen (Law School, UCI)

12:00    Lunch

2:00     Panel IV - Eligibility to Vote
Chair:    Matthew Jarvis (Political Science, CSU, Fullerton)
Michael Alvarez (Cal Tech), Thad Hall (University of Utah) - Resolving Voter Registration Problems: Making Registration Easier, Less Costly and More Accurate           
Lonna Atkeson (University of New Mexico) – Voter Confidence In 2010:  Voter Identification, perceptions of Fraud, Winning and Losing and the Voting Experience
Discussants:  Tova Wang (DEMOS)                                                              
Justin Levitt (Loyola Law School/Los Angeles) 

Please rsvp to csd@uci.edu or 949/824-2904 which dates/panels and lunch you plan on attending as soon as possible as seating is limited.