[EL] Voter ID: Provisional ballots not counted

[Maceda, Cliff]

While response rates to many parts of the survey were spotty (to put it
mildly) in 2008, it would be erroneous to say that no county responded
to the question about how many provisionals were rejected for lack of
ID.  See responses to question E3d in the county level Excel report for
section E:  about 1500 reporting units (or one-third of respondents) did
provide a response in 2008.

 

Cliff Maceda

 

By the way, this is not to imply that we can extrapolate out those 1500
responses to the rest of the country.  There are myriad problems with
the data set from the survey and, even if that were not the case,
provisional balloting patterns vary widely both within and across
states.

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of
Charles Stewart III
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:58 PM
To: Rausch, Dave; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] Voter ID: Provisional ballots not counted

 

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
To: law-election at uci.edu
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

 

My webpage:

                http://www.wtamu.edu/~jrausch

 



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