[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1614-1615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-367]
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Submission for OMB Review--2010 Election Administration and
Voting Survey; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On September 8, 2009, the EAC published a notice in accordance
with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. EAC
announced an information collection and sought public comment on the
provisions thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(iii), intends
to submit this proposed information collection (2010 Election
Administration and Voting Survey) to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget for approval. The 2010 Election Administration
and Voting Survey (Survey) asks election officials questions concerning
voting and election administration. These questions request information
concerning ballots cast; voter registration; overseas and military
voting; Election Day activities; voting technology; and other important
issues. The EAC issues the survey to meet its obligations under the
Help America Vote Act to serve as national clearinghouse and resource
for the compilation of information with respect to the administration
of Federal elections; to fulfill its data collection requirements under
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); and
meet its National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to collect
information from states concerning the impact of that statute on the
administration of Federal Elections.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on
February 11, 2010.
Comments: Public comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Additional Information: Please note that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the
information collection, but may respond after 30 days. Comments on the
proposed information collection should be submitted to OMB within 30
days of this notice. Comments should be sent to the attention of the
Alex Hunt, Desk Officer for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments sent to OMB should also be sent
to EAC at [email protected].
Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To obtain a free copy of the
survey: (1) Access the EAC Web site at http://www.eac.gov; (2) write to
the EAC (including your address and phone number) at U.S. Election
Assistance Commission, 1225 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 1100,
Washington, DC 20005, ATTN: Election Administration and Voting Survey.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Lynn-Dyson or Ms. Shelly
Anderson at (202) 566-3100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and OMB Number: 2010 Election Administration and Voting
Survey; OMB Number Pending.
Summary of the Collection of Information: The survey requests
information on a state- and county-level (or township-, independent
city-, borough-level, where applicable) concerning the following
categories:
Voter Registration Applications (From the Period of Federal General
Election Day +1, 2008 Through Federal General Election Day, 2010)
(a) Total number of registered voters; (b) Number of active and
inactive registered voters; (c) Number of new registrations in
jurisdictions with Same Day Registration or Election Day registration;
(d) Number of voter registration applications received from all
sources; (f) Number of voter registration applications that were
duplicates, invalid or rejected, new, changes of name, address, party,
and not categorized; (g) Number of new, duplicate, and invalid
registration applications received from all sources; (h) Total number
of removal/confirmation notices mailed to voters and the reason for
removal; (i) total number of voters removed from the registration list
or moved to the inactive registration list.
Uniformed & Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)
(a) Total number of UOCAVA absentee ballots transmitted, returned
and submitted for counting (cast), and counted; (b) Total number of
UOCAVA absentee ballots not counted and the reason for rejection; (c)
Total number of Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots returned and cast by
UOCAVA voters.
Election Administration
(a) Total number of precincts in the state/jurisdiction; (b) Number
of polling places available for voting in the November 2010 Federal
general election; (c) Number of poll workers used for Election Day; (d)
Extent to which jurisdictions had enough poll workers available for the
general election.
Election Day Activities
(a) Total number of persons who voted in the 2010 Federal general
election; (b) The source of the participation number--poll books,
ballots counted, vote history; (c) Total number of first-time voters
who registered by mail and were required to provide identification in
order to vote; (d) Number of voters who appeared on the permanent
absentee voter registration list; (e) Number of absentee ballots
requested, received, counted, and not counted; (f) Reasons for absentee
ballot rejection; (g) Number of provisional ballots cast, counted, and
rejected; (h) Reasons for provisional ballot rejection; (i) Use of
electronic and printed poll books during the 2010
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Federal general election; (j) Type and number of voting equipment used
for the 2010 Federal general election; (k) Type of process in which
voting equipment was used--precinct, absentee, early vote site,
accessible to disabled voters, provisional voting; (l) Location in
which votes were tallied--central location, precinct/polling place, or
early vote site; (m) General comments regarding the jurisdiction's
Election Day experiences.
2010 Election Results
Total number of votes cast--at polling places, via absentee ballot,
at early vote centers, via provisional ballots.
Statutory Overview (2010 Federal General Election)
(a) Information on whether the state is exempt from the National
Voter Registration Act (NVRA); (b) State definition of terms--over-
vote, under-vote, blank ballot, void/spoiled ballot, provisional/
challenged ballot; (c) State definition of inactive and active voter;
(d) State provision for voter identification at registration, for in-
person voting, and for mail-in or absentee voting; (e) information on
legal citation for changes to election laws or procedures enacted or
adopted since the previous Federal general election; (f) State
definition of voter registration; (g) Process used for moving voters
from active to inactive lists and from inactive to active; (h) State
deadline for registration for the Federal general election; (i)
Information of whether the state is an Election Day/Same Day
Registration state; (j) Description of state voter registration
database system--bottom-up or top-down; (k) State voter removal/
confirmation notices processes; (l) Agency or department that is
responsible for list maintenance; (m) Information on whether there are
electronic links between the voter registrar's office and other state
agencies; (n) State's use of National Change of Address (NCOA); (o)
State's voting eligibility requirements as they relate to convicted
felons; (p) Tabulation of votes cast at a place other than the voter's
precinct; (q) Provision for voting absentee; (r) State tracking of the
date of all ballots cast before election day; (s) Provision for mail-in
voting in place of at-the-precinct voting; (t) Acceptance or rejection
of provisional ballots of voters registered in a different precinct;
(u) State process for capturing over-votes and under-votes; (v)
Processes and procedures for implementing the MOVE Act and capturing
data related to MOVE Act requirements. States and territories that
submitted a Statutory Overview for 2008 will be asked to provide
updates to the information above, where applicable.
Needs and Uses: The EAC issues the survey to meet its obligations
under the Help America Vote Act to serve as national clearinghouse and
resource for the compilation of information with respect to the
administration of Federal elections; to fulfill its data collection
requirements under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)
mandate to collect information from states concerning the impact of
that statute on the administration of Federal Elections. The Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) (42 U.S.C. 15322) requires the EAC to
serve as a national clearinghouse and resource for the compilation of
information and review of procedures with respect to the administration
of Federal Elections. This includes the obligation to study and report
on election activities, practices, policies, and procedures, including
methods of voter registration, methods of conducting provisional
voting, poll worker recruitment and training, and such other matters as
the Commission determines are appropriate. In addition, under the
National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the EAC is responsible for
collecting information and reporting, biennially, to the United States
Congress on the impact of that statute. The information the States are
required to submit to the EAC for purposes of the NVRA report are found
under Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations. States that respond
to questions in this survey concerning voter registration related
matters will meet their NVRA reporting requirements under 42 U.S.C.
1973gg-7 and EAC regulations. Finally, the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) mandates that EAC create a
standardized format for state reporting of UOCAVA voting information
(42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1). Additionally, UOCAVA requires that ``not later
than 90 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office, each State and unit of local government
which administered the election shall (through the State, in the case
of a unit of local government) submit a report to the Election
Assistance Commission (established under the Help America Vote Act of
2002) on the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to absent
uniformed services voters and overseas voters for the election and the
combined number of such ballots which were returned by such voters and
cast in the election, and shall make such a report available to the
general public.'' States that complete and timely submit the UOCAVA
section of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA reporting
requirement under 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1(c). In order to fulfill the above
requirements, the EAC is seeking information relating to the period
from the Federal general Election Day 2008 +1 through the November 2010
Federal general election.
Affected Public (Respondents): State governments, the District of
Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the
United States Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: State government
Number of Respondents: 55
Responses per Respondent: 1
Estimated Burden per Response: 147 hours
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,085 hours
Frequency: Biennially
Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-367 Filed 1-11-10; 8:45 am]
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