Errata Note: 2020 EAVS Comprehensive Report and Accompanying Dataset 

December 18, 2023

The state of Washington requested to make corrections to their data submissions for the 2020 EAVS 

following the initial publication of the comprehensive report and dataset on August 16, 2021. These 

corrections are documented below.

2020 Election Administration and Voting Survey Dataset

The corrections listed below are reflected in Version 1.2 of the 2020 EAVS dataset released in

December 2023.

• Washington provided updated total number of confirmation notices sent to registered voters 

(A8a), total confirmation notices received back from voters confirming registration (A8b), 

total confirmation notices received back confirming registration should be invalidated (A8c), 

total confirmation notices returned back as undeliverable (A8d), total confirmation notices 

that were status unknown (neither received confirmation nor returned undeliverable) (A8e). 

Statewide and nationwide A8a-e totals did change.

• Washington added the following comment in A8_Comment for all of its jurisdictions: “VR 

SYSTEM CHANGE IN JUNE 2019. BETWEEN 6/1/2019-10/26/2020 ARE TOTAL NOTICES. 

BETWEEN 10/29/2018-6/1/2019 ARE TOTALS FROM CONVERTED DATA.”; the comment 

section was left blank in the last version of the dataset.

Election Administration and Voting Survey: 2020 Comprehensive Report

Section of Report Page Currently Reads Should Read

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 134

“Figure 5. Almost TwoThirds of Confirmation 

Notices That Were Sent 

Had an Unknown Status”

“Figure 5. Over TwoThirds of Confirmation 

Notices That Were Sent 

Had an Unknown Status”

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 134

Figure 5 Data:

Status Unknown 

Percentage: 65.8%

Returned Valid 

Percentage: 12.1%

Undeliverable 

Percentage: 11.9%

Returned Invalid 

Percentage: 8.1%

Figure 5 Data:

Status Unknown 

Percentage: 67.1%

Returned Valid 

Percentage: 11.8%

Undeliverable 

Percentage: 12.2%

Returned Invalid 

Percentage: 8.2%
Not Categorized 

Percentage: 7.4%

Not Categorized 

Percentage: 7.3%

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 134

“Nationally, 28,010,094

confirmation notices 

were sent between the 

2018 general election and 

the month before the 

2020 general election, 

accounting for 14.3% of 

the active voters reported 

by states in 2020... Figure 

5 shows that 

confirmation notices with 

an unknown status 

accounted for 65.8% of 

the total... States 

reported 12.1% of 

confirmation notices 

were returned confirming 

the voter’s continued 

eligibility, and 8.1% were 

returned confirming the 

voter was no longer 

eligible to vote in the 

jurisdiction or no longer 

wanted to be registered 

to vote.”

“Nationally, 28,242,652

confirmation notices 

were sent between the 

2018 general election and 

the month before the 

2020 general election, 

accounting for 13.3% of 

the active voters reported 

by states in 2020... Figure 

5 shows that 

confirmation notices with 

an unknown status 

accounted for 67.1% of 

the total... States 

reported 11.8% of 

confirmation notices 

were returned confirming 

the voter’s continued 

eligibility, and 8.2% were 

returned confirming the 

voter was no longer 

eligible to vote in the 

jurisdiction or no longer 

wanted to be registered 

to vote.”

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

Washington: 

481,684 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent; 

9.8% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent as Pct. Active Voters; 

Washington: 

714,242 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent; 

14.6% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent as Pct. Active Voters;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

Washington: 

150,796 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid; 

31.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

Washington: 0 for Total Confirmation 

Notices Received, Valid; 

0.0% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

Washington: 

44,754 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid; 

Washington: 0 for Total Confirmation 

Notices Received, Invalid; 
9.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

0.0% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

Washington: 

6,407 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable; 

1.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable 

as Pct. Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

Washington: 0 for Total Confirmation 

Notices Returned 

Undeliverable; 

0.0% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable 

as Pct. Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

Washington: 

279,727 for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown; 

58.1% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

Washington: 

714,242 for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown; 

100.0% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

U.S. Total: 

28,010,094 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent; 

14.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent as Pct. Active Voters; 

U.S. Total: 

28,242,652 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent; 

13.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Sent as Pct. Active Voters;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

U.S. Total: 

3,008,470 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid; 

12.1% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

U.S. Total: 

2,857,674 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid; 

11.8% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Valid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;
Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

U.S. Total: 

1,972,295 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid; 

8.1% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

U.S. Total: 

1,927,541 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid; 

8.2% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Received, Invalid as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 160

U.S. Total: 

2,803,920 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable; 

11.9% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable 

as Pct. Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

U.S. Total: 

2,797,513 for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable; 

12.2% for Total 

Confirmation Notices 

Returned Undeliverable 

as Pct. Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 162

U.S. Total: 

16,909,911 for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown; 

65.8% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

U.S. Total: 

17,344,426 for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown; 

67.1% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Status Unknown as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Voter Registration: The 

NVRA and Beyond 162

U.S. Total: 

7.4% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Not Categorized as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent; 

U.S. Total: 

7.3% for Total 

Confirmation Notices, 

Not Categorized as Pct. 

Total Confirmation 

Notices Sent;

Note: Printed versions of the report will not be adjusted to reflect updates listed in the table.