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EVT/WOTE ’09 Opening Remarks
Lawrence Norden, Senior Counsel The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
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Goal of VRE Work
Barriers to Voting Eliminated
All Eligible Voters Have Opportunity to Vote
Votes Counted as Intended to be Cast
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Type of Work
Original Research/Summary of Research
Policy Recommendations
Implementation/Collaboration
Legislative Drafting
Litigation
Public Advocacy
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Machinery of Democracy
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Better Ballots
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Usability Testing
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Electronic Voting Machine Security
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VVPR
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act
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Post-Election Audits
2003/Present
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States that use DREs in at Least One County
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EAC Clearinghouse Function
“The [Election Assistance] Commission shall serve as a national clearinghouse and resource for the compilation of information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of Federal elections by–
carrying out the duties […] relating to the adoption of voluntary voting system guidelines, including the maintenance of a clearinghouse of information on the experiences of State and local governments in implementing the guidelines and in operating voting systems in general….”
Help America Vote Act of 2002; 42 U.S.C. 15322 (1)-(2)
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Reporting Voting System Problems
Who must report?
Who can report?
What is reported? “Malfunction”
“Vulnerability”
What is made public? When?
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Expansion of Early and Absentee Voting
2000 2004 2008
Early in person 3.70% 8.50% 18.00%
By mail 10.20% 12.20% 19.00%
Total 13.90% 20.70% 37.00%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau
2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections (Alvarez, et. al.)
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States with No-Excuse Absentee Voting
All vote by mail
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Number of Invalid Absentee Votes
Percent of absentee ballots rejected
(absentee ballots as a percentage of total cast)
Rejected absentees as a percentage of all
ballots
Washington 1.9% (of 87.8%) 1.6%
California 4.1% (of 35.3%) 1.4%
Indiana 14.5% (of 10.4%) 1.5%
Colorado 2.2% (of 39.6%) 0.9%
North Carolina 9.1% (of 1.6%) 0.1%
Source: Election Assistance Commission, 2006
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Usability
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Proposals for Internet Voting
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25-32%eligibleAmericansnotregistered(50-65million)
• 57%ofeligible18-24yearolds
• 51%ofeligibleAsianAmericans
• 46%ofeligibleHispanics
• 39%ofeligibleAfricanAmericans
• 38%ofcitizenswithahighschooldiploma
• 53%ofcitizenswithnohighschooldiploma
Thecurrentregistrationsystemdoesnotadequatelyservethepublic
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Our registration system is an outlier
Voter Registration as a Percentage of Voting-Age Population
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• #1problemreportedtovoterprotectionhotlines
• #1reasonprovisionalballotsnotcounted
• Reducesturnout
• Hardertomobilizenewvoters
• Biggestcauseofpre-electionlitigation
Registrationisthesinglegreatestbarriertovoting
Thecurrentregistrationsystemdoesnotadequatelyservethepublic
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The current registration system costs too much
• Enormousimpactoncountybudgets• Wastesresources• Dataentry• Duplicates• Purges• Movers
Machines, Poll Sites,
Pollworkers, Ballots,
Education, Other
Registration
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Theresult:
• Eligiblecitizensleftofftherolls• Inadequateallocationofresources• Longlines• Provisionalballots• Lostvotes• Lackofpublicconfidence
The current registration system hurts election administration
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We have to modernize our system
Other key elements:
Security, privacy, and purge protections
Adequate federal funding for transition
SafetyNet
VoterRegistrationModernization
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Automatic Registration
Startwithtoday’svoterrolls,andbuild
Existing state voter rolls
Eligible citizens to add
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• Leverageexistinggovernmentlists.
• Targetnewlyeligiblevoters
• Supplementaloutreachtofillgaps
DMVSocialservices
Schools
Voterrolls
Naturalization
Automatic Registration
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Permanent, Portable Registration
• Automaticaddressupdates
• Noticeandopportunitytocorrect
• Canalwaysvoteatthepollingplacewhereyoulive
Registrationfollowsyouwhenyoumove
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Permanent registration is already in use today
• 8stateswithpermanentregistration
• 8morestateswithEDR
• Severalstatesuseautomaticaddressupdates
• Allstateshavepermanentregistrationatlocallevel
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Security
Access
Audit Logs
Archives
Audits
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Safeguards
Notification to Voters
Time Restrictions for Removal
Matching Criteria
Fail Safes
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