Automatic Voter Registration
Here is the Center’s research on automating the voter registration process. Our country has used many different forms of automated voter registration (AVR) for decades, such as opt-in Motor Voter Registration. The most recent type of AVR is opt-out registration at government agencies as eligible citizens apply for drivers’ licenses, government services, and benefits. In Oregon for example, the Department of Motor Vehicles simply registers people without asking them, but then sends them a letter telling them they are being registered. If they don’t want to be registered, they are asked to return a postcard opting out.
Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D., and Chad Murphy, Ph.D.
September 20th, 2017
Automating the Process of Voter Registration: Review of Research and Analysis of Oregon 2016
Bryan E. Burke, Ph.D., and Chad Murphy, Ph.D.
September 20th, 2017