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Project Title:
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State Voter Registration Databases
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CSTB-L-05-07-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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Computer Science & Telecommuncations Board
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RSO:
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Lin, Herb
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4th Meeting of the Committee on State Voter Registration Databases
July 30, 2008 - July 31, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Kansas City Downtown
1301 Wyandotte St.
Salon C
Kansas City, MO 64105
Please note, the only session open to the public will take place on Wednesday July 30, 2008. All other sessions remain closed to the public.
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Morgan Motto
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mmotto@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2818
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Fax:
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Agenda:
State Voter Registration Databases
Workshop IV
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Kansas City Downtown
1301 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
Preliminary Agenda
This workshop (the fourth in a series of eight) is designed to provide state and local election officials with an opportunity for interactive dialogue, regarding current implementation and future directions for HAVA-mandated state-wide voter registration databases, with the National Academies’ Committee on State Voter Registration Databases. The sessions will focus on current and future policy issues and technical implementation decisions regarding interstate voter registration data sharing and data matching efforts.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
OPEN SESSION
Room: Salon C
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Overview
Olene Walker, Committee and Workshop Co-chair
9:10 – 9:40
Welcome and Overview of Interstate Matching Efforts
Hon. Ron Thornburgh, Secretary of State, Kansas
Hon. Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State, Minnesota
9:40 – 10:00
Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Interstate Data Sharing and Data Matching
Brad Bryant, Election Director, Kansas
10:00 – 11:45
Roundtable Session I -- Interstate Data Sharing and Data Matching: Initial Attempts and Areas for Improvement
Discussion Facilitator: Fran Ulmer
• What is your state’s experience with and status of any interstate matching efforts?
• What has been working well and what requires more attention?
11:45 – 12:45 p.m. Break (Salon B)
12:45 – 2:15
Roundtable Session II -- Interstate Data Sharing and Data Matching: Looking Toward the Future
Discussion Facilitator: Michael Alvarez
• Why conduct interstate data matching? What are the goals?
• Should any broader frameworks be created to facilitate interstate data sharing?
• Should the efforts remain regional, expand to affinity states, move toward a national approach?
• What broader improvements could be made across states, such as data field/format standardization?
• Should attempts at interstate data matching remain ad hoc and bottom up (e.g. grow slow and build to develop a standard over time) or would a more formalized, top-down approach be more effective?
• How can best practices be shared among the states that are engaging in interstate data sharing efforts?
• As more states take part in interstate data matching efforts, what privacy policies and/or public relation strategies may need to be formulated?
Roundtable participants:
Brad Bryant, Deputy Assistant for Elections, Kansas
Mike Stewart, CIO for the Kansas Secretary of State's Office
L. Neal Erickson, Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Nebraska
Josh Daws, CIO, Nebraska
Mark Ritchie, Secretary of State, Minnesota
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15
Other Perspectives on Interstate Data Matching
Robert Brandon, Co-founder and President, Fair Elections Legal Network
3:15 – 4:30
Third Party Voter Registrars
Discussion Facilitator: Wendy Noren
• Share your reactions to the committee’s recommendations for third-party voter registration groups in its interim report, State Voter Registration Databases: Immediate Actions and Future Improvement
• Describe your organization’s experience with voter registration, noting particular successes as well as challenges.
• What changes, if any, is your organization working on to improve your voter registration processes?
Mary Merritt, League of Women Voters
Mary Potter, Jackson County Republican Committee
Mike Slater, Project Vote, ACORN
TBD, ProVote
4:30 – 5:15
Jim Silrum, Deputy Secretary of State, North Dakota
5:15
Adjourn Public Workshop
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Frances Ulmer
co-chair
Olene Walker
co-chair
R. Michael Alvarez
Rakesh Agrawal
Gary Cox
Paula Hawthorn
Sarah Ball Johnson
Jeff Jonas
John W. Lindback
Bruce A. McPherson
Rebecca N. Wright
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
1. Discussion and reactions to workshop sessions
2. Committee planning for next meetings
3. Topics and issues to address in the final report
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
August 15, 2008
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