Also check the [Your State] Voter Registration Information link below to read a detailed profile of your state's voter registration database and state-specific voter registration policies. The report is part of the 50-state national survey titled Making the List, researched by the Brennan Center for Justice. Additionally, we recommend getting and sharing a copy of the book Count My Vote!, a voters' self-defense guide to voter registration, election regulations, and voter ID laws in all 50 states.Looking for Voter Registration Information for Your State?
Project Vote Smart has prepared an excellent guide to voter registration rules, deadlines, and procedures in all 50 states. Click the link below, then select your state from the dropdown list:
http://www.votesmart.org/voter_registration_resources.php [1]
By arrangement with publisher AlterNet, EDA is offering these handbooks at a 40% discount, just $6.00 plus postage.
Available here: Count My Vote [2]
Please inform voter registration and GOTV organizations about this important guide.
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Millheim, Pa 16854
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Below are some details of our exit polling plans.
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We are in Congressional District 5.
We will be working with Penn State's Statistics dept.
Their consulting fee is $400.
We plan to conduct exit polling outside of at least three precincts.
We have student volunteers signed up to to do much of the actual
polling and data entry, many are statistics students.
We are currently conducting training sessions for poll workers and
poll watchers to watch problems with machines on Nov. 7.
Our group has been active for about a year. We have been presenting
informational meetings to the public, inviting speakers and showing
movies about problems with DREs since last December.
This past year, we attended many commissioners meetings, got press
coverage, and worked very hard to try to stop the purchase of DREs
but...
http://www.votepa.us/newsarchive/6-26-06CentreiVotronic.html [15]
I was a pollworker during the primaries and witnessed many problems with
our touchscreen systems. We filed a complaint with the county, but
nothing was done. I am a plaintiff in PA's statewide case to have
paperless DREs decertified.
http://www.voteraction.org/States/Pennsylvania/PA.html [13]
The state has filed objections, the case is moving along slowly.
Mary Vollero
maryvollero(at)gmail.com
Pennsylvania Voter Registration Database Report:
State Regulations and Procedures Implementing HAVA Voter Registration Requirements
Attached in the file attachment box at the foot of this article is the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Information as set forth in Making the List, Database Matching and Verification Processes for Voter Registration, a report published by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University on March 24, 2006. This document contains available information about voter regtistration current as of Nov. 2005 unless otherwise stated in the state summary.
Federal law now requires, as of January 1, 2006, that states create and maintain statewide databases to serve as the central source of voter registration information. Citizens’ ability to get on the rolls (and thus their ability to vote and have their votes counted) will now depend on the policies and procedures governing the use of these databases in the voter registration process. Evidence demonstrates that poor policy and procedure choices could result in the unwarranted disenfranchisement of millions of eligible citizens attempting to register to vote. The new statewide databases, and their role in the voter registration process, are poorly understood, but extremely consequential.
This report, issued just as the state databases begin to come online, presents the first comprehensive catalog of the widely varying state database practices governing how (and in some cases, whether) individuals seeking to register will be placed on the voter rolls. The report covers the state’s voter registration process, from the application form up through Election Day - including the intake of registration forms, the manner in which information from the forms may be matched to other government lists, the consequences of the match process, and any opportunity to correct errors. Each variation at each step of the process has tangible consequences for voters seeking to register and vote in 2006 and beyond.
IMPORTANT: Because of the possibility that voter information may differ from database to database (abbreviations, street designations, etc.) or because of data entry errors, valid voter registration data may be rejected. Individual voters are urged to contact their county clerk or local election board to determine that they are properly registered. Many such election authorities maintain online services for this purpose, other will require a telephone call or perhaps a written inquiry to determine the voter's eligibility. As an addendum to this state report, a fill-in form for voter registration is presented which can be completed, printed and sent to the appropriate registratrar of voters (generally the county Clerk or local election board). The proper form of submission and location is included on the registration form.
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Election Defense Alliance is a program of International Humanities Center, a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code.
Links:
[1] http://www.votesmart.org/voter_registration_resources.php
[2] http://electiondefensealliance.org/store/?page_id=4&product_id=34
[3] http://concernedvoters.org/index.html
[4] http://concernedvoters.org/VVPB.html
[5] http://concernedvoters.org/actions.html
[6] http://concernedvoters.org/links.html
[7] http://concernedvoters.org/info.html
[8] http://concernedvoters.org/CDT VOTING PETITION AD.pdf
[9] http://concernedvoters.org/cvcc checklist.pdf
[10] mailto:[email protected]
[11] http://concernedvoters.org/Voting Process ReportV3.pdf
[12] http://votepa.us/
[13] http://www.voteraction.org/States/Pennsylvania/PA.html
[14] http://www.voteraction.org/donate.html
[15] http://www.votepa.us/newsarchive/6-26-06CentreiVotronic.html
[16] http://electiondefensealliance.org/files/PA_VoterReg.pdf