Subject: Re: source on selection of local election administrators
From: Rick Hasen
Date: 6/22/2005, 10:12 AM
To: rbm5@nyu.edu
CC: jtrounst@princeton.edu, election-law <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>

Becky,
I searched to see if anyone had compiled this information in preparing my article on election administration reform, and after checking with NASS, NSCL, electionline, and others I don't believe anyone has compiled the information.  I compiled this information on the *state* level---see Table 1 of my draft posted here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=698201 (the table is now a bit out of date and will be updated for publication).  The text and footnotes after table 1 give examples of selection procedures for local election administrators, but I did not have my research assistants try to track down the information for all 13,000 election jurisdictions in the U.S.
Rick

Rebecca B Morton wrote: 
Dear Colleagues

Does anyone know of a source on the types of selection procedures of local election administators across states 
and localities in the U.S.?  I.e. I am interested in whether local registrars are appointed by state or local officials 
(and if those officials are elected), whether they are civil service or non civil service employees, and the extent 
that partisanship is allowed or part of the process of administrator appointment.  Thanks, Becky

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