On December 7, 2004, The Century Foundation, Common Cause, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights cosponsored “Voting in 2004: A Report to the Nation on America’s Election Process.”

Download transcripts of the panel presentations and discussions by clicking on the links below:

Welcome and Opening Statements (PDF)

Panel 1: Election Protection - An Overview (PDF)
Panel 2: Voter Registration (PDF)
Panel 3: Provisional Ballots (PDF)
Panel 4: Voting Machines (PDF)
Panel 5: Voter Suppression and Intimidation (PDF)
Panel 6: Polling Place Operations and Poll Workers (PDF)
Panel 7: Absentee Ballots (PDF)

Participating individuals and organizations included: The Brennan Center for Justice, Rock the Vote, Demos, the George Washington School of Law, the National Association of Secretaries of State, election officials, Verified Voting, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Electionline.org, the American Civil Liberties Union, American Families United, The Advancement Project, and experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Johns Hopkins University.