[EL] 15, 199 voters left off list due to late submission of forms

[John Tanner]

The problems in processing late registration applications can be eased, if
not eliminated, by a system of automatic registration of eligible customers
at the NVRA agencies (motor vehicle, public assistance, disability
services).  Such a system would place virtually all eligible persons on the
rolls with accurate name and addresses during the course of the year, with
only the odd last-minute address or name changes to be added on the eve of
election.  The current system involves endless opportunties for error and
wasted time, energy and money.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Bev Harris <bev at blackboxvoting.org> wrote:

> Submitted timely but not processed, or were not submitted by the 21-day
>  deadline?
>
> Short of same-day registration, exactly how, logistically, would you
> expect the
>  names to get entered into the database? I've managed large-scale data
> entry
>  projects, and they can be a nightmare when it is critical to get
> information
>  correctly entered.
>
> Same-day registration needs the proper controls to work properly, and I've
> not
>  seen any interest in getting those to accompany same-day registration
> when it's
>  been proposed. In New Hampshire, the public can never check the
> registration
>  forms to see that they even exist -- they made that against the law. We
> found
>  one jurisdiction where the election official just listed a bunch of first
> and
>  last names, without even including addresses. "John Smith." "Sally
> Evans." etc.
>  It was ridiculous.
>
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