Elections Reports

Secretary of State Reports and Correspondence

• Request for a MOVE Act Undue Hardship Waiver for the 2010 General Election
• Letter to the Department of Justice on MOVE Act Implementation - May 2010
• Letter to Congressional Delegation on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
• Letter to Congressman Zoe Lofgren on the Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2009
• Letter to Congressman Holt on the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009
• Letter to Postmaster General John Potter on vote by mail – March 2009
• Letter to RNC Chairman Michael Steele on the rotating regional presidential primary – March 2009
• Testimony in support of Senate Joint Resolution 7 – March 2009
• Letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs regarding voter registration - August 20, 2008
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding the Department of Veteran's Affairs Policy on Voter Registration - July 2, 2008
• Elections Division Annual Report for 2007/2008
• Washington State’s Vote-by-Mail Experience – October 2007
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 – August 2007
• Elections Division Annual Biennium Report - July 2007 
• Letter to Pierce County Council regarding Vote by Mail – July 10, 2007
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding Ballot Integrity Act of 2007 – June 2007
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 – May 2007
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 – April 2007
• Letter to congressional delegation regarding Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 - March 2007
• Ballot Tracking Systems Report - January 2007
• Report to the Legislature on the 2006 Elections - January 2007
• Letter to the Department of Justice on HAVA implementation - January 2006
• Report to the Legislature on Offices that may be opposed in the Primary and Unopposed in the General Election - January 2006
• Letter to Legislators on Voting Systems Compliance - January 2006
• Elections Division Annual Biennium Report - September 2005
• Letter to PI Editorial Board Members - December 2005
• Letter to the Legislature on Election Reform - September 2005
• 2004 Annual Report and Historical Overview - August 2005
• Report to the Legislature on a Status Update - July 2005
• Report to the Legislature on the SERVE Project - March 2005
• Letter to the Legislature on Provisional Certification of Voting Equipment - October 2004
• Report to the Legislature on the New Primary - July 2004
• Report to the Legislature on the Voter Registration Database - January 2003

Election Reports by Other Organizations

• The Cost of Statewide Recounts: a Case Study of Minnesota and Washington
• Pew Report on Online Voter Registration in Arizona & Washington 4-1-10
• UOCAVA Report
• 2007 HAVA Report
• Letter About UOCAVA Voters
• UOCAVA Background and Issues

Reports and Correspondence in Response to the 2004 Governor's Race

• King County Citizens' Election Oversight Committee Report - March 2006
• King County Independent Task Force on Elections Report - February 2006
• Waldron and Company Election Observation Report - January 2006
• Waldron and Company Recommendation Matrix - January 2006
• The Election Center Report to King County - December 2005
• The Election Center Report to King County - October 2005
• Letter from Secretary Reed to King County Council - August 2005
• King County Independent Task Force on Elections - Letter to Executive Ron Sims - July 2005
• King County Independent Task Force on Elections - Report and Recommendations - July 2005
• King County Independent Task Force on Elections - Technical Report and Recommendations - July 2005
• Governor's Election Reform Task Force - Final Report - March 2005
• King County Records, Elections and Licensing - 2004 Elections Report to the King County Executive - February 2005

Reports in Response to the 2000 Presidential Election
The views expressed the these reports do not necessary reflect the views of the Secretary of State.

• The Commission on Federal Election Reform - Building Confidence in U.S. Elections - September 2005  
• GAO Report on Voter Registration - September 2005
• GAO Report on Electronic Voting - September 2005
• The Century Foundation - Balancing Access and Integrity - July 2005
• Congressional Research Service - What Do Local Election Officials Think about Election Reform - June 2005
• The Election Center - National Taskforce on Election Reform - May 2005
• University of California, Berkeley - Counting All the Votes - September 2001
• The National Cmsn on Federal Election Reform - To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process - August 2001
• Democratic Staff of the U S House of Representatives - How to Make Over One Million Votes Disappear - August 2001
• The Constitution Project - Building Consensus on Election Reform - August 2001
• The Constitution Project - Recommendations for Congressional Action - August 2001
• The Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project - Voting- What Is, What Could Be - July 2001
• The Brookings Institution - An Agenda for Election Reform - June 2001
• General Accounting Office - Issues Affecting Military and Overseas Absentee Voters - May 2001
• The National Commission on Election Standards & Reform - Report and Recommendations to Improve America’s Election System - May 2001