United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-09-27 monographic deposited born digital 120 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-997 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997 P0b002ee18038feea f:d05997 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997 GAO-05-997 Data integrity Elections Voting records Identity verification Policy evaluation Surveys Voting systems Other Written Product A38337 GAO's past work and the work of others has shown that challenges processing voter registration applications and maintaining voter registration lists can result in individuals arriving at polls on Election Day to find they were not listed as registered. GAO surveyed local election officials in 14 jurisdictions in 7 states (AZ, CA, MI, NY, TX, VA, and WI) to obtain their views on managing voter registration for the 2004 election. GAO selected the 7 states considering characteristics relevant to voter registration, such as whether a statewide voter registration list existed prior to the enactment of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. Locations were selected within each state to represent one small and one large election jurisdiction. This report discusses election officials' characterization of (1) challenges receiving voter registration applications, including checking them for completeness; (2) removing voters' names from voter registration lists and ensuring that names were not inadvertently removed; and (3) implementing HAVA's provisional voting and identification requirements. HAVA, in part, requires that states offer provisional ballots to voters not listed as registered who declare eligibility and first-time voters who registered by mail after January 1, 2003, and could not provide identification. GAO offered election officials the opportunity to verify the accuracy of their responses used to prepare this report. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997.pdf GAO-05-997 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-997 Other Written Product GAO-05-997; Elections: Views of Selected Local Election Officials on Managing Voter Registration and Ensuring Eligible Citizens Can Vote; Data integrity Elections Voting records Identity verification Policy evaluation Surveys Voting systems Volume 101 Page 77 101 Stat. 77 Volume 107 Page 77 107 Stat. 77 Volume 116 Page 1666 116 Stat. 1666 Public Law 107-252