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VOTER IDENTIFICATION / REGISTRATION CONFERENCE :: AGENDA


THURSDAY OCT 5
::DAY ONE TOPIC - VOTER REGISTRATION::
  • 9.00-11.45 am :: SESSION ONE - WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
    Moderator: Michael Alvarez
    • 9-9.30 am :: Welcome/Intro
      Ted Selker, Charles Vest & Ron Rivest
    • 9.30-10.30 am :: Voter Registration: Past & Present
      Alexander Keyssar (Harvard): History of voter registration in US
      Tova Wang (Century Foundation): New Barriers to Voter Registration
    • 10.45-11.45 am :: What Social Scientists Know About Voter Registration
      Jonathan Nagler (NYU)
      Stephen Ansolabehere (MIT)

  • 12.00-1.15 pm :: LUNCH
    Moderator, Ron Rivest
    • Keynote Speaker: Paul DeGregorio, Chairman, Election Assistance Commission

  • 1.30-4.00pm :: SESSION TWO: CURRENT AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS
    Moderator: Ted Selker
    • 1.30-2.30 pm :: Current environment
      Doug Chapin (electionline.org): Current status of HAVA implementation
      Dean Logan (Los Angeles County Recorder's Office): State/local perspectives of current voter registration environment
      Richard Smolka (Election Administration Reports): Effects of voter registration systems on election administration
    • 2.50-4pm :: The Future: Doing it Better
      Ann McGeehan (Dir. of Elections, TX): Statewide voter registration system
      Kim Brace (Election Data Services): Matching and Cleaning Voter Registration Files
      Thad Hall (Univ of Utah, VTP): Using VR data across jurisdictions and states

  • 4.00-6.00 pm :: Hors d'oevres, meet & greet at Marriott
  • 6:30 PM :: DINNER, AT MARRIOTT
    • Keynote speaker: Al Ater, Secretary of State, Louisiana

FRIDAY OCT 6
::DAY TWO TOPIC - VOTER IDENTIFICATION::
  • 8.30-9.30 AM :: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
    Moderator: Michael Alvarez
    • Spencer Overton, George Washington University

  • 9.30-11.30 AM :: SESSION ONE - WHERE WE ARE NOW
    Moderator: Jonathan Katz
    • 9.30-10.30 am :: Current Environment I
      Renee Free (LA Secretary of State's office): Electronic Pollbooks
      Doug Chapin      : Current situation
      Jonathan Katz: Impact of voter identification on turnout
    • 10.40-11.30am :: Current Environment II
      Michael McDonald (George Mason Univ): effects of authentication on outcome variables, research/data collection
      Eric Fischer (Library of Congress): US voter authentication procedures re: HAVA
      Dan Tokaji (Ohio State Univ): legal issues (IN, GA, MO)

  • 1.00-3.00 PM :: SESSION TWO - LOOKING AHEAD
    Moderator: Ron Rivest

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