[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Census Bureau, the Department of Commerce.
    Title: Current Population Survey--November Voting and Registration 
Supplement.
    Form Number(s): None (automated survey instrument).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0466.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden: 1,200 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 48,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval to continue the biennial collection of data 
concerning voting and registration. We will collect the data as part of 
the November Current Population Survey (CPS), through a series of 
supplemental items. The supplement questions will be identical to those 
asked in the November 1998 supplement. Voting and registration data 
have been collected since 1964 on the CPS, yielding statistics on voter 
(and nonvoter) characteristics, and current voter trends in each 
Presidential or Congressional election.
    Federal, state, and local election officials; college institutions; 
political party committees; research groups; and other private 
organizations use the voting and registration data collected in the 
November supplement. These data enable policymakers to keep issues up-
to-date such as changes in participation in the election process by 
demographic characteristics, age, sex, race, ethnicity, and educational 
attainment. Election officials use these data to formulate policies 
relating to the voting and registration process. Data obtained on 
duration of residence will allow policymakers and researchers to better 
determine the relationships between other demographic characteristics 
and voting behavior.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-20060 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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