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5 Actions Possible in a Relatively Short Time Frame
Pages 33-39

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From page 33...
... For example, illegible information impairs the ability of election officials to check registrations as required by HAVA 1 National Research Council, interim report on State Voter Registration Databases: Immediate Actions and Future Improements, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2008.
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From page 34...
... For this reason, the committee has made a recommendation regarding the use of automated name root ing (Recommendation L-8) , although implementing such functionality is difficult to do in a short time frame.
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From page 35...
... , the incorrect record can be deleted. To determine which record is correct, election officials could check available data sources (for example, tax records, real estate records, online search engines optimized for finding people such as www.zabasearch.com, and the telephone book)
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From page 36...
... This log could be used to identify the records in the copy that are supposed to be changed -- changes in the copy that do not match this list would indicate a problem that election officials could and should investigate further. Auditing Changes in Voter Registrations Records (2)
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From page 37...
... Although the form must still be printed, signed, and then mailed or delivered to the election officials, the information on the form will be much more legible. (Note that although the deployment of a new encoding of an old form -- such as the National Mail Voter Registra tion Form -- should be possible in a relatively short time frame (the EAC is a logical focal point for any such effort)
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From page 38...
... Recommendation S-8: Allow selected individuals to suppress address information on public disclo sures of voter registration status. Although voter registration information is nominally public in most states, certain individuals (e.g., domestic violence victims, undercover police officers, witness protection program participants, and so on)
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From page 39...
... Election offices can be overwhelmed by the mechanics of data entry if large numbers of voter reg istration applications must be processed in a very short time. Such a volume reduces the time for error checking or multiple attempts to verify voter information, and often forces election officials to hire inexperienced temporary workers for data entry.
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  • registration list
  • registration database
  • registration applications
  • mail voter

  • registration form
  • election official
  • removal decisions
  • auditing changes
  • suppress address

  • randomly selected
  • sample audits
  • registrations records
  • administrative processes
  • national mail

  • voter information
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  • completing voter
  • registration status


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