The implementation of the Voter’s Choice Act was aided by research preceding the passage of the act, as well as studies that examined and continue to examine results and accompanying challenges in its implementation. Below are selections of research and studies that provide a broad view of the VCA’s origin and development as a voter-centric approach to elections.
- Voter’s Choice Act Implementation: Building a VCA Coalition, Astrid M. Ochoa, Voter’s Choice California, Sept 2019
- California Voter’s Choice Act (Issue Three): Implementation Process – Election Administration Plan & Vote Center Siting, California Civic Engagement Project, Jul 2019
- California Voter’s Choice Act (Issue Two): The Impact of Collaboration on the Implementation Process, California Civic Engagement Project, Jun 2019
- California Voter’s Choice Act (Issue One): Key Considerations on Implementation by the California Civic Engagement Project and the Center for Social Innovation, Apr 2019
- New Electorate Study: How Did the Voter’s Choice Act Affect Turnout in 2018?, New Electorate Project, Apr 2019
- Strategies for Voter Education and Outreach Under the Voter’s Choice Act, Astrid Ochoa, Future of California Elections, Sept 2018
- California’s Voter’s Choice Act: A new way of voting, A new way of voter outreach, by James Woodson, California Calls and Astrid Ochoa, Future of California Elections, May 2018
- The California Voter Experience: Why African-American Voters Choose to Vote at the Polls or Vote-by-Mail, and How They Perceive Proposed Changes to California’s Voting System by Mindy Romero, Ph.D., California Civic Engagement Project, UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Sept 2016
- The California Voter Experience: Vote-by-Mail vs. the Polls by Mindy Romero, Ph.D., California Civic Engagement Project, UC Davis Center for Regional Change, Jul 2016
- Colorado Voting Reforms: Early Results, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Mar 2016
- “Voting at Non-Precinct Polling Places: A Review and Research Agenda” by Robert M. Stein and Greg Vonnahme, Election Law Journal, Oct 2011
- “Engaging the Unengaged Voter: Vote Centers and Voter Turnout” by Robert M. Stein and Greg Vonnahme, The Journal of Politics, Apr 2008