SSSS John Lindback Executive Director

Today’s Agenda 1.What we do 2.Who we are 3.How we do it

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.

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.

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.

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.”

Fully operational, self-governing, self-supporting State-run, 11 states & DCIncorporated May, 2012Membership agreement2 full-time employeesRoutine uploads and reportsRecruiting new members

VT HI NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC ME WA MT ND SD MN OR ID WY CO UT NV CA AZ NM NE KS OK TX AK LA AR MO IA WI MI IL IN OH PA NY WV VA KY TN MS AL GA SC NC FL THE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)

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

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

ERIC Reports Eligible but Unregistered Outreach In-state Movers Cross-state Movers Deceased In-state Duplicates 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

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

Report Type2014 SummaryTotal Records Sent In-state movers 1,235,0232,200,606 Cross-state movers 186,791428,026 Deceased 50,571103,388 In-state duplicates 19,99639,877 TOTAL1,492,3812,771,897 May, 2015 report statistics

Report TypeRecords Sent Eligible but unregistered In DMV but not registered to vote 11.6 million

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 $ $1 per electronic record ($116K so far) Fewer Election Day registrations

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