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

[John Tanner]

If it were an automatic entry, that would not be a problem

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Frank Askin <faskin at kinoy.rutgers.edu>wrote:

> The problem is to get motor vehicle and other state agencies to fully
> implement their obligation under the NVRA to do vote registration.
> FRANK
>
>
>
>
> Prof. Frank Askin
> Distinguished Professor of Law       and Director
> Constitutional Litigation Clinic
> Rutgers Law School/Newark
> (973) 353-5687>>> John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> 11/7/2011 4:03
> PM >>>
> 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.
> >
> > Bev Harris
> > Founder - Black Box Voting
> > http://www.blackboxvoting.org
> >
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> The
> > people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants
> the
> > right
> > to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good
> for
> > them to
> > know. We insist on remaining informed so that we may retain control
> over
> > the
> > instruments of government we have created.
> >
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