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Election Center Sets Lobby Days for Jan 3-6, 2007
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 4:23pm.
From the Election Center Website "Events"
We have booked rooms for the nights of January 3- 6, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St,
N.W., Washington, DC, for the next meeting of those elections and registration administrators who wish to be
involved on a national level for Congressional liaison and activity with the Federal agencies affecting voter registration
and elections at the local level. January 3 (Wednesday) is a travel day with the meeting beginning at 9
a.m.. Thursday, January 4 and continuing through 5 p.m. Friday, January 5. As we have done in the past, if
necessary, we will continue the meetings on Saturday, January 6.
Preliminary Agenda
JEOLC Meeting
January 4 & 5, 2007
Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C.
Potential Amendments to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and additional legislation
Meetings begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 5 pm both on Thursday and Friday.
Congressional Staff of both the Senate Rules Committee and House Administration are invited
I. Voter Registration Issues
Implementation Issues with VR mandates
ID requirements of VR by Mail
Materials and translators for language minorities
Problems with VR & statewide VR databases
Discovered Problems
Driver’s License or last four digits of Social Security Number
Use of Provisional Voting and application for VR
Statewide Voter Registration Database
Continuing Issues and Interpretations
Matching other state databases including DMV and social services
Registration of Military and Overseas voters
Longer registration: issues and concerns
Changes on dates allowed to register
Disability requirements for VR and voter information
Making VR sites accessible
Election Day Registration – The push for change
II. Election Administration Issues
VR and elections administration – state and local issues and concerns
Voter ID – When is it appropriate? When does it discourage the voter? Administrative Issues.
Voting Accessibility
Voting for blind and disabled, what was successful and what was lacking
Making polling places accessible
Voting Equipment: Did elections serve the disabled?
Telephone Voting
Military and Overseas Issues
Acceptance of Applications including electronic formats
Distribution of ballots; continuing issues
Provisional Voting
Continuing Issues: Overuse? Time for checking to verify – states with too little time to qualify
the ballots
How and when to count Provisional Votes: old precinct, new precinct, count countywide?
Election Day Registration – How it affects election administration
Voting Systems
New Election Assistance Commission Standards
Management Practices Guidelines – Development and Implementation
Voter Verified Paper – Is national law required or eminent?
Language Minority Issues and Problems – Translators and Instructions
Voter Education Issues – Reading and literacy problems
III. Other issues
http://www.electioncenter.org/events/JEOLC%20Meeting%201-%202007.pdf
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