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Managing Polling Place Resources Charles Stewart III Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project i ii Managing Polling Place Resources Charles Stewart III Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project Published November 2015, Revised December 2015 This page intentionally left blank Managing Polling Place Resources About the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project The VTP was established by Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles Vest in December 2000 to prevent a recurrence of the problems that threatened the 2000 U.S. Presi- dential Election. Since establishment, members of the VTP have studied all aspects of the elec- tion 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 Polling Place of the Future Project The Polling Place of the Future Project seeks to improve the performance of America’s polling places through research and the development of practical tools for use by election administrators to better allocate resources that are dedicated to voting. The Project is in direct response to Presi- dent Obama’s declaration that when it comes to long lines at the polls, “We have to fix that,” and to the benchmark suggested by the Presidential Commission on Election Administration that no voter wait longer than 30 minutes to check in to cast a ballot. Acknowledgments The Voting Technology Project gratefully acknowledges the Democracy Fund for supporting the research reflected in this report and for underwriting the beginning phases of the