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SSSS John Lindback Executive Director. Today’s Agenda 1.What we do 2.Who we are 3.How we do it

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John LindbackExecutive Director

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Today’s Agenda

1. What we do2. Who we are3. How we do it

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What we do: Improve accuracy of VR lists

Help states identify voters who have moved, deceased voters, and duplicate registrations.

States use the data to reach out to movers and encourage them to update registrations.

States act on deceased and duplicate records in accordance with their state laws.

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What we do: Boost efficiency

Cleaner rolls result in a cleaner election – fewer problems on election day.

Fewer issues at the polls. Less returned mail.

Outreach helps reduced spike in registration activity at election time results in more efficient operations.

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What we do: Reduce costs of elections

Savings by joint purchases of Social Security Death Index and USPS NCOA services.

Significant drop in returned mail.

Reduced spike in registration activity at election time results in less overtime.

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Presidential Commission Report

“The Commission endorses state programs to share data and to collaborate in the synchronization of voter lists so that the states, on their own initiative, come as close as possible to creating an accurate database of the eligible electorate.”

www.supportthevoter.gov

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Fully operational, self-governing, self-supportingState-run, 11 states & DC

Incorporated May, 2012

Membership agreement

2 full-time employees

Routine uploads and reports

Recruiting new members

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VT

HI

NH

MA

RI

CT

NJ

DE

MD

DC

MEWA

MT ND

SD

MNOR

IDWY

COUT

NV

CA

AZ NM

NE

KS

OK

TX

AK

LA

AR

MO

IA

WIMI

IL INOH

PA

NY

WVVA

KY

TN

MS AL GA

SC

NC

FL

THE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)

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Bylaws

Membership

• Each state signs membership agreement, pays fee, dues• Each member has a seat on the ERIC Board of Directors• Chief elections official appoints state’s board member• Any member may resign at any time with 91 days notice

General

• Board approves budget and annual dues formula• Officers elected at annual meeting for 1 year terms• Board may appoint committees• Privacy and Technology Advisory Board

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Membership Agreement

Data

• Send VR and DMV data every 60 days• Each state must act on reports within 90 days of receipt• Must order list maintenance reports once every 365 days• Eligible but Unregistered report before each Federal General• Suggest moving list maintenance to monthly routine

Reporting

• Online versus paper registration statistics• Election day activity• Provisional ballot statistics• Unregistered outreach

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ERIC HostedsFTP Server

Access limited by

IP address

Voter DMV

Anonymizer

AnonymizedVoter

AnonymizedDMV

State

ERIC InfoSphere

Eligible but Unregistered

Report

Validation2nd Anonymization

Match Analysis

List Maint Reports:Cross-state MoversIn-state MoversIn-state DuplicatesDeceased

AnonymizedVoter

AnonymizedDMV

ERIC Data Flow

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ERIC Reports

•Eligible but UnregisteredOutreach

•In-state Movers•Cross-state Movers•Deceased•In-state Duplicates

List Maintenance

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List Maintenance

In-state Movers• DMV record with newer

address

Cross-state Movers• Newer Voter or DMV in

another state

Deceased• Match to Social Security

Death Master list

In-state Duplicates

• Every one or two months, at least annually

• Match only sent once

• Possible actions:

• Send postcard to old address and act on undeliverable

• Voluntary cancellation request to new address

• Notice and inactivation if no response

• Depends on state laws

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Eligible but Unregistered

DMV

Voters

• Minimum every two years

• Contact voters within 90 days of report

• ERIC only includes again if address changes

• DMV information excluded when matching Active or Inactive Voter

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Report Type 2014 Summary Total Records Sent

In-state movers 1,235,023 2,200,606Cross-state movers 186,791 428,026

Deceased 50,571 103,388In-state duplicates 19,996 39,877

TOTAL 1,492,381 2,771,897

May, 2015 report statistics

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May, 2015 report statistics

Report Type Records Sent

Eligible but unregisteredIn DMV but not registered to vote

11.6 million

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Cost Savings with ERIC

• Sharing costs• NCOA• Social Security Death List

• King County, Washington:• 33% reduction in undeliverable ballots

• Minnesota:• $7,500 savings for shared services• $0.75 - $1 per electronic record ($116K so far)• Fewer Election Day registrations

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Questions and follow-up

[email protected]

[email protected]

www.ericstates.org

My cell: 503-569-7575