11. Processing your registration
•
•
•
Is it complete and legible?
Did we receive it in time?
Maryland requires identity
verification at time of
registration
•
•
•
•
MVA or last four of SSN
Only exception is in-person
registrants who check “do not have”
Failure to provide prompts ID
requirement at the polls
Last-minute registrants – particularly if
they provide SSN and not MVA number may have to cast a provisional ballot
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12. Processing your registration:
Motor Vehicle Administration
•
•
•
•
Vast majority of all new
registrations and record updates
More or less automatic for voter
(opt in)
Manual process on back end
Lack of name standard leads to:
•
•
•
Match quality concerns
Transactions without material change
to voter record (i.e. middle initial)
Impact on petition verification
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13. Processing your registration:
Online registration
•
•
•
•
Launched just before
2012 general election
Requires match to current driver’s
license
Not integrated with voter record
lookup; voter retypes all data
Not yet seeing the efficiency
savings of other states
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14. Registration Method:
Mail
•
•
•
•
•
Handwriting
Smaller percentage than in the past
High volume at peak processing time
Voters submit duplicates
“just to be sure”
Voters tend to provide last four of SSN
rather than driver’s license number.
• Can lead to duplicate voters or
identity confusion – i.e., John Smith
and J. Henry Smith with same DOB
and last four of SSN
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19. Registration Method:
Federal Post Card
•
•
•
Can be used for both registration
and absentee ballot request
Default for absentee ballot request
is one federal election cycle
Means of applying for federal-only
ballot if do not intend to return
from overseas
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20. Other Registration Methods
•
•
•
•
•
Petition signature
Absentee ballot application
Provisional ballot
Jury service
USPS change of address
•
•
In-state changes only
Yellow stickers; one of few
counties that purchases NCOA
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22. State Board of Elections
Early voting
(E-12 to 5 days)
Close of registration
(E-21 days)
Election Day
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23. Montgomery County has 1,200 electronic pollbooks that must be individually
loaded with updated voter data for the correct precinct, tested and secured
with numbered seals. Chain of custody documentation must also be
completed for each pollbook between early voting and Election Day.
25. Provisional Ballots
•
•
•
Majority are out-of-precinct or change of address
Counted for all *eligible* contests (may not be same ballot style in that polling place)
Labor-intensive form of “convenience” voting
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26. 2012 General Election:
13,411 provisional ballots
Disposition:
Reasons for issuance (estimates):
Reasons for rejection:
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29. What does it mean to be an
“inactive voter”?
We have reason to believe you’re not there.
Laws, regulations dictate.
Usually, this means:
We try to contact you
Confirmation mailings sent; update if in-state address
You still appear in the pollbook
Our mail to you has been returned undeliverable or
You declared yourself ineligible for jury duty
Have to affirm residency to cast ballot
This is where it matters if you don’t vote –
Inactivity triggers cancellation after two federal cycles
with no vote, no response to our mailings, no petition
signature, no jury duty or MVA update
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37. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
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49. Absentee Voting
•
•
•
•
•
No excuse needed
Ballot must be postmarked by
Election Day
Can be received up to ten later
Special elections can be
conducted entirely by mail
New for 2014:
•
•
State assuming responsibility for
UOCAVA voter services
All voters can request ballot online,
print from home, send using own
envelope/paper
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61. 2012 Presidential Election:
Shortest Lines of Large Jurisdictions in State
Early Voting (% of Statewide)
20%
Wait Time in Minutes
(Responses to MIT Cooperative Congressional Election Study)
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
80
8%
70
6%
60
Prince George's County
50
Anne Arundel County
40
Baltimore City
30
Baltimore County
20
4%
Montgomery County
2%
0%
Prince
George's
County
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Co
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ty
G
Pr
in
ce
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
Election Day (% of Statewide)
10
0
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Prince
George's
County
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
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65. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
65
66. State Board of Elections
Early voting
(E-12 to 5 days)
Close of registration
(E-21 days)
Election Day
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67. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
67
68. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
68
72. 2012 Presidential Election:
Voting in Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Early
17%
Absentee
9%
Statewide
Early
16%
Absentee
6%
Election
Day
74%
Election
Day
78%
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73. 2012 Presidential Election:
Voting in Montgomery County
Montgomery County
Early
17%
Absentee
9%
Statewide
Early
16%
Absentee
6%
Election
Day
74%
Election
Day
78%
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74. By the Numbers
667,393
registered voters
71 ballot styles
9 early voting centers
250 precincts
3,000 Election Judges
2,000 Future Vote students
3,200 voting machines
1,200 electronic pollbooks
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81. Early Voting
Early Voting Turnout by Voting Center Location
5000
4500
4000
3500
BAUER
3000
EOB
2500
GMNTOWN
PRAISNER
2000
SIL SPRING
1500
1000
500
0
SAT
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
81
86. 2012 Presidential Election:
Our Decisions/Advantages in Minimizing Lines
Good facilities
Emphasis on pollworkers
30-35 DREs, 5-10 EPBs at each early voting site
24 workers plus 3+ staff/Board members at each site at all times
Staff, trainers available to focus on moving the process efficiently
Targeted limited Election Day resources
Multiple trainers in each class, hands-on training
Aggressive screening and evaluation
Dedicated resources to early voting
Large county recreation centers; some other counties needed to
use less well-equipped libraries in high turnout areas
Based on actual past use of individual pieces of equipment
Nuances of each precinct (facility issues, experience of workers,
demographic factors, language assistance and other needs)
Voter education
Sample ballot to all households, paid and unpaid advertising
FutureVote, metroDCvote.org, and other outreach initiatives
86
87. 2012 Presidential Election:
Shortest Lines of Large Jurisdictions in State
Early Voting (% of Statewide)
20%
Wait Time in Minutes
(Responses to MIT Cooperative Congressional Election Study)
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
80
8%
70
6%
60
Prince George's County
50
Anne Arundel County
40
Baltimore City
30
Baltimore County
20
4%
Montgomery County
2%
0%
Prince
George's
County
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Co
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Co
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ty
G
Pr
in
ce
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
Election Day (% of Statewide)
10
0
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Prince
George's
County
Anne Arundel Baltimore City
County
Baltimore
County
Montgomery
County
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