[EL] Senate hearing on Elections

[John Tanner]

If agency registration were automatic even to the limited extent that
drivers license registration is automatic it would reach currently
under-registered populations, no?

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Doug Hess <douglasrhess at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's important to remember that "automated" and "modernized" are
> adjectives that everybody can applaud, like "accountability" in school
> reform, but the devil is in the details. If automated systems are designed
> such that unregistered populations disproportionately benefit, thus
> increasing the fairness of elections in one important respect, than that's
> great. If these changes end up having the unintended consequence of easing
> registration disproportionately for those already disproportionately
> registered, then it's a step backwards. :)
>
> Several agencies have shown that the NVRA's voter registration sections
> can be implemented effetively the old fashioned way, data monitoring is
> they key thing (among others). Of course, automating all of the
> NVRA-covered agencies at once and equally well would be great, especially
> as more and more people conduct business with agencies on-line (although
> the digital gap presumably remains noticable).
> Douglas R. Hess, PhD
> Washington, DC
> ph. 202-277-6400
> douglasrhess at gmail.com
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As long as NYRA registration is something extra for agency employees to
>> do, there will be serious problems.  If. On the other hand, NVRA. Agency
>> registration were completely automatic, it could largely replace the
>> current antiquated registration system (and save a lot of money)
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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