[EL] Voter ID: Provisional ballots not counted

[Charles Stewart III]

The 2008 and 2010 Election Administration and Voting Survey, administered by the EAC, asked about the number of provisional ballots rejected because of the failure to provide proper identification.  As far as I can tell, no county in the country reported this information in 2008 --- we'll soon see what the story was for 2010.  It would seem, at the very least, that the DOJ would insist that Texas counties report this information as a condition for preclearance...

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rausch, Dave
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 3:09 PM
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Subject: [EL] Voter ID: Provisional ballots not counted

If/when the US Department of Justice clears the Texas voter ID law, voters who fail to bring appropriate identification to the polling place will have six days to prove their identity to the county clerk. It might be interesting to know how many provisional ballots in each county weren't finalized with an ID. Do other states with voter ID provide this information at the county-level?

Basically, I'm interested in knowing how many voters in each county cast a provisional ballot but failed to provide an appropriate identification document in the six-day window. I checked with the Texas Secretary of State and the staffer may not have understood my question. She indicated that this data will not be provided to the Secretary's office, but that I could contact each county and file a Open Records request if necessary.

Dave Rausch

Dave Rausch, Ph.D.
Teel Bivins Professor of Political Science
Faculty Athletics Representative
Dept. of Political Science and Criminal Justice
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX 79016-0001
(806) 651-2423    Fax: (806) 651-3610

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