[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 51968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21096]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Current Population Survey, November Voting and Registration 
Supplement.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0466.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden Hours: 1,300.
    Number of Respondents: 52,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 and a half minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct the November 2012 
and 2014 Voting and Registration supplement to the Current Population 
Survey (CPS). The Voting and Registration supplement continues the 
biennial collection of data concerning voting and registration that has 
been asked periodically since 1964. The data yield statistics on voter 
(and nonvoter) characteristics and current voter trends. The data also 
will enable policymakers to keep issues up to date, such as changes in 
participation in the election process by demographic characteristics 
such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, and educational attainment. This 
submission includes the unchanged Voting and Registration Supplement 
with the deletion of the Civic Engagement Supplement.
    The primary purpose of collecting the voting data from the November 
CPS supplement is to relate demographic characteristics (age, sex, 
race, education, occupation, and income) to voting and nonvoting 
behavior. Federal, state, and local election officials; college 
institutions; political party committees; research groups; and other 
private organizations will use the voting and registration data 
collected in the November CPS supplement. 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. Previous studies have 
shown that the voting and registration characteristics of recent movers 
differ greatly from those of nonmovers. By collecting and presenting 
data at the state level, we will also obtain information on the 
effectiveness of increased voter registration drives in different 
regions.
    Discontinuance of the Voting and Registration Supplement would 
disrupt a data series that has been in existence for the past 46 years. 
Since 1964, these data have provided statistical information for 
tracking historical trends of voter and nonvoter characteristics in 
each presidential and congressional election.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or email ([email protected]).

    Dated: August 22, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-21096 Filed 8-27-12; 8:45 am]
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