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**Facilitating UOCAVA Voting Conference - Agenda**

**Monday, September 24, 2007**

**First Floor Conference Room**

> **University of California, Washington Center**
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> **1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW**
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> **Washington, DC 20036**

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**8:00 -- 8:30: Continental Breakfast Buffet**

**Welcome, Introduction and Presentation of Research Findings**

-   **Time:** 8:30 -- 9:10

    **Speaker: Donetta Davidson, Chair, U.S. Election Assistance
    Commission**

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-   Opening Remarks and Welcome

    **Speakers: Karin Mac Donald and Bruce E. Cain, Q^2^ Data & Research
    LLC**

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-   **Topic:** Presentation of findings from the UOCAVA Voter Survey and
    Case Studies

**Speaker: Kimball W. Brace, President, Election Data Services Inc.**

-   **Topic:** Presentation of key findings of EAC UOCAVA Report

**Working Session 1 - State Laws and UOCAVA Voting**

-   **Time:** 9:10 - 10:45 AM

-   Facilitated discussion with primary involvement of state election
    officials

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-   **Facilitator:** Leslie Reynolds, Executive Director, National
    Association of Secretaries Of State

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-   **Session Objective:** Participants will determine what types of
    state laws are needed to move forward with better facilitation of
    UOCAVA voting, through technology and other means.

**Break 10:45-11:00**

**Working Session 2 - Local Implementation of UOCAVA: Successes and
Challenges**

-   **Time:** 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

-   Facilitated discussion with primary involvement of local election
    officials

-   **Facilitator:** Ann McGeehan, Director of Elections, Office of the
    Secretary of State, State of Texas

-   **Session Objective:** Participants will identify primarily
    non-technical implementation issues related to UOCAVA voting,
    practices that work, and resources needed.

**Break 12:30- 1:00 (opportunity for guests to obtain lunch off-site;
participants can begin served lunch)**

**Luncheon Session**

-   **Time:** 1:00 - 1:45 PM

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-   **Speaker:** TBA

**Working Session 3 - UOCAVA and Technology: the overall picture**

-   **Time:** 2:00 - 3:30 PM

-   Facilitation discussion with primary involvement of technologists
    and consultants

-   **Facilitator:** Mark Skall, Chief of the Software Diagnostics and
    Conformance Testing Division (SDCT), National Institute of Standards
    and Technology

-   **Session Objective:** Participants will discuss technology,
    security, and authentication issues and current viable solutions.

**Break: 3:30-3:45**

**Working Session 4 - Technology: implementation details at the state
and local level**

-   **Time** 3:45 - 5:15 PM

-   Facilitated technology discussion with staff from state and local
    jurisdictions

-   **Facilitator:** Doug Chapin, Director, electionline.org

-   **Session Objective:** Participants will discuss challenges and
    resource needs with respect to applying technology to UOCAVA voting
    processes, especially implementation of electronic transmission of
    voting materials (registrations, ballot requests, blank and voted
    ballots).

**Concluding Remarks**

-   **Time:** 5:15 - 5:45 PM

-   **Speakers:** Bruce E. Cain/Q^2^ and Donetta Davidson/EAC

**5:45 - 6:30 Informal wrap-up**