Download or read book Improving State Voter Registration Databases written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving State Voter Registration Databases outlines several actions that are needed to help make voter registration databases capable of sharing information within state agencies and across state lines. These include short-term changes to improve education, dissemination of information, and administrative processes, and long-term changes to make improvements in data collection and entry, matching procedures, and ensure privacy and security.
Download or read book State Voter Registration Databases written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires the states to develop a single, computerized voter registration data base (VRD) that is defined, maintained, and administered at the state level. To help the states with this task, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission asked the NRC to organize a series of workshops and prepare an interim report addressing the challenges in implementing and maintaining state VRDs. The EAC also asked the NRC to advise the states on how to evolve and maintain the databases so that they can share information with each other. This report provides an examination of various challenges to the deployment of state VRDs and describes potential solutions to these challenges. This interim report's primary focus is on shorter-term recommendations although a number of long-range recommendations are presented. The final report will elaborate on the long-range questions and address considerations about interstate interoperability of the VRDs.
Download or read book Developing a Statewide Voter Registration Database written by William C. Kimberling and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1997 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how State election offices can assist and support local election offices by developing an integrated statewide voter registration database.
Download or read book Statewide Voter Registration Databases written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this briefing, electionline.org and The Constitution Project reviewed what statewide systems are in place, what role the state plays in managing voter records, and how states comply with the requirements of "motor voter."
Download or read book Making the List written by Justin Levitt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was the first comprehensive summary of important new voter registration procedures effective in most states at the beginning of 2006. Federal law requires that states create and maintain statewide databases to serve as the central source of voter registration information. Citizens' ability to get on the rolls - and thus their ability to vote and have their votes counted - now depend on the policies and procedures governing the use of these databases in the voter registration process. The new statewide databases, and their role in the voter registration process, are poorly understood, but extremely consequential. This report, issued just as the state databases begin to come online, presented the first comprehensive catalog of the widely varying state database practices governing how (and in some cases, whether) individuals seeking to register will be placed on the voter rolls. The report covers each state's extant and anticipated voter registration process as of early 2006, from the application form up through Election Day - including the intake of registration forms, the manner in which information from the forms may be matched to other government lists, the consequences of the match process, and any opportunity to correct errors. In addition to state-by-state summaries, the report includes policy recommendations regarding the registration process, based on state practice and comparative research from other fields.
Download or read book Elections written by William D. Jenking, Jr. and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote raised concerns about state processes for verifying voter reg. lists. Although states run elections, Congress has authority to affect the admin. of elections. The Help Amer. Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) sets a deadline for states to have a statewide voter reg. list & list verification procedures. This report selected 7 states (AZ, CA, MI, NY, TX, VA, & WI) to represent a range of characteristics relevant to voter reg., such as whether a statewide voter list existed prior to HAVA. Discusses how these states verify voter reg. eligibility; the challenges they face in maintaining accurate voter lists; & progress toward implementing HAVA reg. require. Identifies fed. data sources to help verify voter reg. eligibility. Ill.
Download or read book Making the List written by Justin Levitt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voter Registration and List Maintenance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Elections and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing the National Voter Registration Act written by United States. Office of Election Administration and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using Databases to Keep Eligible Voters Off the Rolls written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ill-conceived state policies concerning new statewide voter registration databases are keeping eligible voters off of the rolls, through no fault of their own. Database matching can be unreliable. States can ensure that voter registration lists are as complete and accurate as possible while still safeguarding votersÃ,â€TM rights. States should adopt flexible matching standards for new registrants. Most states have protective procedures in the event no match can be found. Protecting legitimate voters also requires common-sense technological safeguards.
Download or read book Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-04-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and administer elections. At the same time, many information technologists and activists have raised important concerns regarding the security of such systems. Policy makers are caught in the midst of a controversy with both political and technological overtones. The public debate about electronic voting is characterized by a great deal of emotion and rhetoric. Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting describes the important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and informed citizens should ask about the use of computers and information technology in the electoral processâ€"focusing the debate on technical and policy issues that need resolving. The report finds that while electronic voting systems have improved, federal and state governments have not made the commitment necessary for e-voting to be widely used in future elections. More funding, research, and public education are required if e-voting is to become viable.
Download or read book Securing the Vote written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.
Download or read book State Voter Registration Databases written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-05-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires the states to develop a single, computerized voter registration data base (VRD) that is defined, maintained, and administered at the state level. To help the states with this task, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission asked the NRC to organize a series of workshops and prepare an interim report addressing the challenges in implementing and maintaining state VRDs. The EAC also asked the NRC to advise the states on how to evolve and maintain the databases so that they can share information with each other. This report provides an examination of various challenges to the deployment of state VRDs and describes potential solutions to these challenges. This interim report's primary focus is on shorter-term recommendations although a number of long-range recommendations are presented. The final report will elaborate on the long-range questions and address considerations about interstate interoperability of the VRDs.
Download or read book Voter Registration written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Voter Verification and Database Matching written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ill-conceived state policies concerning HAVAâ€TMs statewide voter registration databases could keep hundreds of thousands of eligible voters off of the rolls, through no fault of their own. Database matching is unreliable. Inadequate matching standards are also responsible for improper purges. States can ensure that voter registration lists are as complete and accurate as possible while still safeguarding votersâ€TM rights. Some states have adopted flexible matching standards for new registrants. Some states also have protective procedures in the event no match can be found. Flexible standards are good for new registrants --but not for purges of existing voters. Protecting legitimate voters also requires common-sense technological safeguards.
Download or read book Database of State Voting Laws written by Jennifer Kavanagh and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election. To conduct an election during the COVID-19 pandemic, states need registration and voting options that minimize direct personal contact and that reduce crowds and common access to high-touch surfaces. Another way to think about preparedness for conducting elections during a pandemic is to consider the flexibility that state election processes afford in terms of where, when, and how voters can get registered and cast votes. Particularly valuable to flexibility in the pandemic context are options that allow for the registration and voting processes to happen remotely or in ways that reduce person-to-person contact. This tool supplements a companion report and provides state-by-state granular details about voter registration, remote voting, and early voting, including references to relevant state laws. This report is part of RAND's Countering Truth Decay initiative, which is focused on restoring the role of facts, data, and analysis in U.S. political and civil discourse and the policymaking process.
Download or read book Voter Registration and the States written by Farley Peters and published by Center for Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 1986 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
