A total of 31 states plus the District of Columbia offer online registration, and another 4 states have passed legislation to create online voter registration systems, but have not yet implemented them.”
According to the 2010 report, Online Voter Registration: Case Studies in Arizona and Washington, Arizona experienced a reduction in per-registration costs from 83 cents per paper registration to 3 cents per online registration. Other states have also experienced significant cost savings in processing registrations.
Implementation costs have in some cases been absorbed within existing budgets, been paid for with Help America Vote Act funds or have required one-time appropriations, ranging from $250,000 to $750,000 for more elaborate systems.
NCSL – Online Voter Registration
Problem:
Bruce Elfant, Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector, said, “This year [2014] it took our staff 12 days to process all the voter registration forms that were received at the voter registration deadline. Electronic voter registration would end this archaic process.”
Solution:
Pass and implement online voter registration for Texas
Texas Constitution
Code – Election Code
Chapter – 31 Officers to Administer Elections
Section – 31.08 Collection of Information; Forum on Election Cost Savings
Pew – Online Voter Registration: Case Studies in Arizona and Washington
Texas Tribune – Harris Co. Officials Derail Online Voter Sign-Up
League of Women Voters – The Problem with Online Voter Registration
Pennsylvania to be 23rd state with online voter registration
New Mexico adds online voter registration
Alabama Latest State With Online Voter Registration
Wisconsin senate approves online voter registration
Online voter registration comes to Kentucky
Tennessee a step closer to online voter registration
Rep. Celia Israel Files Electronic Voter Registration Legislation print page
Tribtalk – How to fix Texas’ outdated voter registration system
Governing – Who Killed Online Voter Registration in Texas?
My San Antonio – Let Texans register to vote online
New website allows Mississippians to change voter registration information online
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