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and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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Note: The official version of this document 

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Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

Kevin Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review—2010 

Election Administration and Voting 

Survey; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On September 8, 2009, the 

EAC published a notice in accordance 

with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. EAC 

announced an information collection 

and sought public comment on the 

provisions thereof. The EAC, pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(iii), intends to 

submit this proposed information 

collection (2010 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey) to 

the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The 2010 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey (Survey) asks election 

officials questions concerning voting 

and election administration. These 

questions request information 

concerning ballots cast; voter 

registration; overseas and military 

voting; Election Day activities; voting 

technology; and other important issues. 

The EAC issues the survey to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act to serve as national 

clearinghouse and resource for the 

compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill its data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal Elections. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on 

February 11, 2010. 

Comments: Public comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Additional Information: Please note 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove the information 

collection, but may respond after 30 

days. Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. Comments should be sent to 

the attention of the Alex Hunt, Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503. Comments sent to OMB 

should also be sent to EAC at 

electiondaysurvey@eac.gov. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To 

obtain a free copy of the survey: (1) 

Access the EAC Web site at http:// 

www.eac.gov; (2) write to the EAC 

(including your address and phone 

number) at U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Avenue, 

NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 

20005, ATTN: Election Administration 

and Voting Survey. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Lynn-Dyson or Ms. Shelly 

Anderson at (202) 566–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 2010 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey; 

OMB Number Pending. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The survey requests 

information on a state- and county-level 

(or township-, independent city-, 

borough-level, where applicable) 

concerning the following categories: 

Voter Registration Applications (From 

the Period of Federal General Election 

Day +1, 2008 Through Federal General 

Election Day, 2010) 

(a) Total number of registered voters; 

(b) Number of active and inactive 

registered voters; (c) Number of new 

registrations in jurisdictions with Same 

Day Registration or Election Day 

registration; (d) Number of voter 

registration applications received from 

all sources; (f) Number of voter 

registration applications that were 

duplicates, invalid or rejected, new, 

changes of name, address, party, and not 

categorized; (g) Number of new, 

duplicate, and invalid registration 

applications received from all sources; 

(h) Total number of removal/ 

confirmation notices mailed to voters 

and the reason for removal; (i) total 

number of voters removed from the 

registration list or moved to the inactive 

registration list. 

Uniformed & Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) 

(a) Total number of UOCAVA 

absentee ballots transmitted, returned 

and submitted for counting (cast), and 

counted; (b) Total number of UOCAVA 

absentee ballots not counted and the 

reason for rejection; (c) Total number of 

Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots 

returned and cast by UOCAVA voters. 

Election Administration 

(a) Total number of precincts in the 

state/jurisdiction; (b) Number of polling 

places available for voting in the 

November 2010 Federal general 

election; (c) Number of poll workers 

used for Election Day; (d) Extent to 

which jurisdictions had enough poll 

workers available for the general 

election. 

Election Day Activities 

(a) Total number of persons who 

voted in the 2010 Federal general 

election; (b) The source of the 

participation number—poll books, 

ballots counted, vote history; (c) Total 

number of first-time voters who 

registered by mail and were required to 

provide identification in order to vote; 

(d) Number of voters who appeared on 

the permanent absentee voter 

registration list; (e) Number of absentee 

ballots requested, received, counted, 

and not counted; (f) Reasons for 

absentee ballot rejection; (g) Number of 

provisional ballots cast, counted, and 

rejected; (h) Reasons for provisional 

ballot rejection; (i) Use of electronic and 

printed poll books during the 2010 

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Federal general election; (j) Type and 

number of voting equipment used for 

the 2010 Federal general election; (k) 

Type of process in which voting 

equipment was used—precinct, 

absentee, early vote site, accessible to 

disabled voters, provisional voting; (l) 

Location in which votes were tallied— 

central location, precinct/polling place, 

or early vote site; (m) General comments 

regarding the jurisdiction’s Election Day 

experiences. 

2010 Election Results 

Total number of votes cast—at polling 

places, via absentee ballot, at early vote 

centers, via provisional ballots. 

Statutory Overview (2010 Federal 

General Election) 

(a) Information on whether the state is 

exempt from the National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA); (b) State 

definition of terms—over-vote, undervote, blank ballot, void/spoiled ballot, 

provisional/challenged ballot; (c) State 

definition of inactive and active voter; 

(d) State provision for voter 

identification at registration, for inperson voting, and for mail-in or 

absentee voting; (e) information on legal 

citation for changes to election laws or 

procedures enacted or adopted since the 

previous Federal general election; (f) 

State definition of voter registration; (g) 

Process used for moving voters from 

active to inactive lists and from inactive 

to active; (h) State deadline for 

registration for the Federal general 

election; (i) Information of whether the 

state is an Election Day/Same Day 

Registration state; (j) Description of state 

voter registration database system— 

bottom-up or top-down; (k) State voter 

removal/confirmation notices processes; 

(l) Agency or department that is 

responsible for list maintenance; (m) 

Information on whether there are 

electronic links between the voter 

registrar’s office and other state 

agencies; (n) State’s use of National 

Change of Address (NCOA); (o) State’s 

voting eligibility requirements as they 

relate to convicted felons; (p) Tabulation 

of votes cast at a place other than the 

voter’s precinct; (q) Provision for voting 

absentee; (r) State tracking of the date of 

all ballots cast before election day; (s) 

Provision for mail-in voting in place of 

at-the-precinct voting; (t) Acceptance or 

rejection of provisional ballots of voters 

registered in a different precinct; (u) 

State process for capturing over-votes 

and under-votes; (v) Processes and 

procedures for implementing the MOVE 

Act and capturing data related to MOVE 

Act requirements. States and territories 

that submitted a Statutory Overview for 

2008 will be asked to provide updates 

to the information above, where 

applicable. 

Needs and Uses: The EAC issues the 

survey to meet its obligations under the 

Help America Vote Act to serve as 

national clearinghouse and resource for 

the compilation of information with 

respect to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill its data collection 

requirements under the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA); and meet its National Voter 

Registration Act (NVRA) mandate to 

collect information from states 

concerning the impact of that statute on 

the administration of Federal Elections. 

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 

(HAVA) (42 U.S.C. 15322) requires the 

EAC to serve as a national clearinghouse 

and resource for the compilation of 

information and review of procedures 

with respect to the administration of 

Federal Elections. This includes the 

obligation to study and report on 

election activities, practices, policies, 

and procedures, including methods of 

voter registration, methods of 

conducting provisional voting, poll 

worker recruitment and training, and 

such other matters as the Commission 

determines are appropriate. In addition, 

under the National Voter Registration 

Act (NVRA), the EAC is responsible for 

collecting information and reporting, 

biennially, to the United States Congress 

on the impact of that statute. The 

information the States are required to 

submit to the EAC for purposes of the 

NVRA report are found under Title 11 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

States that respond to questions in this 

survey concerning voter registration 

related matters will meet their NVRA 

reporting requirements under 42 U.S.C. 

1973gg–7 and EAC regulations. Finally, 

the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) 

mandates that EAC create a 

standardized format for state reporting 

of UOCAVA voting information (42 

U.S.C. 1973ff–1). Additionally, 

UOCAVA requires that ‘‘not later than 

90 days after the date of each regularly 

scheduled general election for Federal 

office, each State and unit of local 

government which administered the 

election shall (through the State, in the 

case of a unit of local government) 

submit a report to the Election 

Assistance Commission (established 

under the Help America Vote Act of 

2002) on the combined number of 

absentee ballots transmitted to absent 

uniformed services voters and overseas 

voters for the election and the combined 

number of such ballots which were 

returned by such voters and cast in the 

election, and shall make such a report 

available to the general public.’’ States 

that complete and timely submit the 

UOCAVA section of the survey to the 

EAC will fulfill their UOCAVA 

reporting requirement under 42 U.S.C. 

1973ff–1(c). In order to fulfill the above 

requirements, the EAC is seeking 

information relating to the period from 

the Federal general Election Day 2008 

+1 through the November 2010 Federal 

general election. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

governments, the District of Columbia, 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the United States 

Virgin Islands. 

Affected Public: State government 

Number of Respondents: 55 

Responses per Respondent: 1 

Estimated Burden per Response: 147 

hours 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,085 hours 

Frequency: Biennially 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Amended Record of Decision: Idaho 

High-Level Waste and Facilities 

Disposition Final Environmental 

Impact Statement; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Amended Record of Decision; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published a document in the 

Federal Register of January 4, 2010, 

announcing an amended Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Idaho High-Level 

Waste and Facilities Disposition Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. This 

document corrects an error in that 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information on 

this Amended ROD should be directed 

to Nolan R. Jensen, Federal Project 

Director, U.S. DOE Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, MS 1222, 

Idaho Falls, ID 83415, telephone (208) 

526–5793. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of January 4, 

2010, in FR Doc. E9–31151, please make 

the following correction: 

On page 137, third column, under the 

heading DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 

the heading is corrected to read: 

Amended Record of Decision: Idaho 

High-Level Waste and Facilities 

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