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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Proposed Information Collection— 

Evaluation of EAC Educational 

Products; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces 

an information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(iii), intends to submit this 

proposed information collection 

(Evaluation of EAC Educational 

Products) to the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The Evaluation of EAC Educational 

Products (Evaluation) asks election 

officials questions concerning the 

effectiveness, use, and overall 

satisfaction with the educational 

products by State and local election 

officials. The results of the evaluation 

will be used internally as a decisionmaking tool to guide the EAC’s 

determination about future updates and 

reprints of these work products. Section 

202 of HAVA requires EAC to serve as 

a national clearinghouse and resource 

for the compilation of information 

related to the administration of Federal 

elections. Section 202(3) authorizes EAC 

to conduct studies and to carry out other 

duties and activities to promote the 

effective administration of Federal 

elections. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 4 p.m. EDT on 

November 9, 2009. 

Comments: 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. The 

information collection tool is available 

on the EAC Web site (http:// 

www.eac.gov). 

Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted electronically to 

producteval@eac.gov. Written 

comments on the proposed information 

collection can also be sent to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1225 

New York Avenue, NW., Suite 1100, 

Washington, DC 20005, Attn: 

Educational Products Evaluation. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Surveys and 

Focus Group Protocol: To obtain a free 

copy of the surveys and focus group 

protocol: (1) Access the EAC Website 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: Educational Products 

Evaluation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Lynn-Dyson or Ms. Shelly 

Anderson at (202) 566–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Evaluation of 

EAC Educational Products; OMB 

Number Pending. 

Needs and Uses: This proposed 

information collection activity is 

necessary to meet requirements of the 

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 

(42 U.S.C. 15301). This data collection 

effort is authorized under the Help 

America Vote Act (HAVA). Section 202 

of HAVA requires 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. 

Section 202(3) authorizes EAC to 

conduct studies and to carry out other 

duties and activities to promote the 

effective administration of Federal 

elections. Since 2004, the EAC has 

issued guidance on various topics to 

assist State and local election officials in 

managing and administering elections. 

This guidance includes a number of 

management guidelines, best practices, 

and other related reports. The specific 

products to be evaluated include: 

Effective Designs for the Administration 

of Federal Elections (Ballot Designs); 

Successful Practices—Poll Worker 

Recruitment, Training, and Retention; A 

Guidebook to Recruiting College Poll 

Workers; State Poll Worker 

Requirements Compendium; Election 

Management Guidelines; Quick Start 

Guides; Election Terminology Glossaries 

in Six Languages; and A Voter’s Guide 

to Federal Elections. The Evaluation 

Contractor will conduct an evaluation of 

the effectiveness, use, and overall 

satisfaction with the aforementioned 

products by State and local election 

officials. The results of the evaluation 

will be used internally as a decisionmaking tool to guide the EAC’s 

determination about future updates and 

reprints of these work products. The 

evaluation will include the use of 

surveys and focus groups. 

There is one online survey for local 

election officials and one online survey 

for State election officials. Each survey 

is estimated to take 40 minutes to 

complete. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

governments, the District of Columbia, 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the United States 

Virgin Islands, and local entities. 

Affected Public: State and local 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 40 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,000 hours. 

Frequency: One-time data collection. 

There will be three focus groups held 

with approximately 10 participants per 

group. Each focus group meeting is 

expected to last one and one-half hours. 

Affected Public: Local government. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 45 hours. 

Frequency: One-time data collection. 

The following categories of 

information will be requested of local 

and State election officials via the 

surveys and focus groups: 

• Familiarity with the EAC 

educational products; 

• Use of EAC educational products; 

• The impact of having used EAC 

educational products on administrative 

and/or election processes; and, 

• Recommendations for improving 

existing products and/or creation of 

additional products. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

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Proposed Information Collection— 

2010 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces 

an information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(iii), intends to submit this 

proposed information collection (2010 


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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 

November 9, 2009. 

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. 

Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted electronically to 

electiondaysurvey@eac.gov. Written 

comments on the proposed information 

collection can also be sent to the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, 1225 

New York Avenue, NW., Suite 1100, 

Washington, DC 20005, Attn: Election 

Administration and Voting Survey. 

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 persons 

who registered to vote on Election 

Day—only applicable to States with 

Election Day registration; (d) Number of 

voters who registered using online 

registration—only applicable to States 

that allow online registration: (e) 

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 duplicate 

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, 

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; (d) Number of UOCAVA ballots 

transmitted as part of the two-election 

cycle of automatic requests; (e) Number 

of UOCAVA ballots transmitted as part 

of the two-election cycle of automatic 

requests that were returned 

undeliverable and submitted for 

counting. 

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 

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 


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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. 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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Publication of State Plan Pursuant to 

the Help America Vote Act 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Help America 

Vote Act (HAVA), the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby 

causes to be published in the Federal 

Register changes to the HAVA State 

plans previously submitted by 

Maryland, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 

DATES: This notice is effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone 202–566– 

3100 or 1–866–747–1471 (toll-free). 

Submit Comments: Any comments 

regarding the plans published herewith 

should be made in writing to the chief 

election official of the individual State 

at the address listed below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On March 24, 2004, the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission published in 

the Federal Register the original HAVA 

State plans filed by the fifty States, the 

District of Columbia and the Territories 

of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 69 FR 

14002. HAVA anticipated that States, 

Territories and the District of Columbia 

would change or update their plans 

from time to time pursuant to HAVA 

section 254(a)(11) through (13). HAVA 

sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255 require 

EAC to publish such updates. This is 

the first revision to the State plan for 

New Mexico, and the second revision to 

the State plans for Maryland and 

Nebraska. 

The revised State plans from 

Maryland, Nebraska, and New Mexico 

provide information on program 

accomplishments and address changes 

in the respective budgets to account for 

the use of Fiscal Year 2008 and 2009 

requirements payments. In accordance 

with HAVA section 254(a)(12), all the 

State plans submitted for publication 

provide information on how the 

respective State succeeded in carrying 

out its previous State plan. The States 

all confirm that these changes to their 

respective State plans were developed 

and submitted to public comment in 

accordance with HAVA sections 

254(a)(11), 255, and 256. 

Upon the expiration of thirty days 

from September 8, 2009, the State is 

eligible to implement the changes 

addressed in the plan that is published 

herein, in accordance with HAVA 

section 254(a)(11)(C). 

EAC wishes to acknowledge the effort 

that went into revising this State plan 

and encourages further public comment, 

in writing, to the State election official 

listed below. 

Chief State Election Officials 

Ms. Linda Lamone, Administrator, 

Maryland State Board of Elections, 

151 West Street, Suite 200, Annapolis, 

Maryland 21401–0486, Phone: (410) 

269–2840. 

The Honorable John Gale, Nebraska 

Secretary of State, P.O. Box 94608; 

State Capitol, Suite 2300; Lincoln, 

Nebraska 68509–4608, Phone: (402) 

471–2554, Fax: (402) 471–3237. 

The Honorable Mary Herrera, New 

Mexico Secretary of State, 3285 Don 

Gaspar, Suite 300, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico 87503, Phone: (505) 827– 

3600, Fax: (505) 827–8081. 

Thank you for your interest in 

improving the voting process in 

America. 


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