Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh December 1999 CANVASSING KANSAS AN UPDATE ON ELECTION NEWS IN KANSAS SOS is in planning stages of the SOSon the move presidential preference primary he Secretary of State’s Office principal factors is the number of he Secretary of State’s is currently in the planning votes received by the candidates in Office will be moving to T T phase of the 2000 presidential the PPP. Memorial Hall, 120 SW 10th preference primary (PPP). State In 1998, the Secretary of State Ave., in mid-. All offices laws call for a primary to be held in requested budget estimates from will close at noon on Friday, Jan. Kansas on April 4, 2000. This will county election officers on the cost 14. The new offices should be be the first PPP in Kansas since of conducting the 2000 primary. open Tuesday, Jan. 18. 1992. In 1996, the primary was Those estimates totaled A grand opening celebration is cancelled by the Legislature. approximately $1.56 million. The planned for Friday, Jan. 28, The Kansas PPP is a closed Secretary of State also has an 2000, as part of the weekend’s primary—open to only Democratic estimated $15,000 cost for Kansas Day activities. and Republican candidates. The publication of the notice of the In addition to housing the PPP is similar to the state primary election. These combined costs Secretary of State’ office, conducted on the first Tuesday in became the PPP budget. The Memorial Hall will also be home August for other partisan elected Secretary of State requested to the Attorney General’s Office. offices. Candidates file to appear $1.575 million from the Legislature The Secretary of State will on the statewide ballot by a $100 in 1999. Though the funds were occupy part of the second floor, filing fee or a petition with 1,000 not appropriated in 1999, an all of the first floor, and most of signatures of Kansas registered attempt will be made to secure the garden level. The election voters. division will occupy the See PPP, page 7 Although the results of the PPP northwest corner of the first floor. are not binding on the two major Secretary Thornburgh’s office parties, they are used to choose CANVASSING KANSAS will be on the second floor. party delegates to the national IN THIS ISSUE This move has been in the conventions in late summer. Each 2 FEC releases third report to works for a number of years. Congress on the NVRA state’s party is allotted a specific Recently, Memorial Hall has 3 A note from the Secretary number of convention delegates by 4 Census activities in full swing been undergoing renovation to the national party organization. The 5 Kansas Election News modernize the building while 6 County Election Officer News state parties’ delegate selection Attorney General opinion on school maintaining its historic features. plans, which are filed with the ballot issue Previously, Memorial Hall 8 SOS staff presents training session at Secretary of State in early January housed the Kansas State Sanborn Academy of the election year, incorporate a 9 Two new voting systems certified for Historical Society, now located use in Kansas number of factors in selecting the at 6425 SW 6th Ave. 10 Recap of State Fair highlights various delegates. One of the FEC releases third report to CANVASSING KANSAS Congress on the NVRA Published by the office of n October 1999, the Federal declined by more than 2 percent SECRETARY OF STATE RON THORNBURGH IElection Commission (FEC) since 1994. State Capitol, 2nd Floor released its third report to In 1998, Kansas reached its 300 SW 10th Avenue Congress on the National Voter highest number of registered voters Topeka, KS 66612-1594 (785) 296-4564 Registration Act (NVRA). The with 1,513,685, or 78 percent of report is a detailed summary of the voting age population. EDITOR voter registration activity More than 35 million voting Kirsten Funk nationwide, based on reports applications were processed LAYOUT AND DESIGN collected from the state election nationwide. Nearly half Kristi A. Pankratz offices. It is titled “The Impact of (17,613,211) were new COPY EDITORS the National Voter Registration Act registrations (including registrants Barb Nemec of 1993 on the Administration of who moved from another Nancy Reddy Elections for Federal Office 1997- jurisdiction), 6.46 percent were CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 1998.” duplicates and nearly 44 percent of Brad Bryant In Kansas, the Secretary of the transactions were changes of Mike Brassel State’s office makes the biennial See FEC, page 11 Bryan Caskey Kevin Gaskin report to the FEC using data collected The FEC reported the following figures If you have any suggestions or comments about this or future issues, from county election for the sources of the registrations: please call (785) 296-1864. officers in their quarterly NVRA United States Kansas Copyright © 1999 Kansas Secretary of State reports. The NVRA requires the FEC to This publication may be duplicated for Total applications processed (1997-98) informational purposes only. No written report to Congress 35,372,213 381,754 permission is required with the every odd-numbered exception of articles or information Motor vehicle offices attributed to a source other than the year. office of the Kansas Secretary of State. According to the 15,175,653 198,121 report, in 1998 there Public assistance offices were 140,946,508 1,546,671 12,500 Staff News registered voters in Disability offices the United States, 247,764 366 irsten Funk recently joined representing 70 Military recruitment offices Kthe Secretary of State’s percent of the voting Office as Director of 22,608 391 age (18 and over) Communications. She will oversee population. That is Mail the Communications Division as the highest 8,792,200 76,507 well as the customer service center. percentage of voter State designated sites (in Kansas, 1st registration in a If you have any questions or and 2nd class city offices) congressional election suggestions regarding the material year since 1970. 1,092,526 5,584 and design of this newsletter, you However, the number Other sources may contact Kirsten at (785) 296- of votes cast in the 8,765,163 88,285 1864 or via e-mail, KirstenF@ 1998 election ssmail.wpo.state.ks.us.

2 CANVASSING KANSAS RON THORNBURGH Kansas Secretary of State

Dear Friends:

Many things have happened since the last issue of Canvassing Kansas. On a personal note, our family has a new addition. Tanner Davis Thornburgh was born Wednesday, Oct. 27. He’s doing very well, and between him and our older son, Grey, Annette and I are constantly on our toes. Now, on to election news. I am pleased to report that progress has been made in virtually every aspect of our current census projects—ranging from the Complete Count Committee (CCC) to the preparation for the 2000 Federal Census. As reported in the September issue of Canvassing Kansas, the CCC held its first two meetings in July and August. Since then, our office has continued to work with them. We have established a weekly e-mail network with the committee members to inform them on updates, as well as to pass along articles they can use in their own organizations. Another CCC meeting will be held during the first of the year to assess progress and discuss what remains to be done. Also, various communities in Kansas are forming complete count committees. The Federal Census Office has set up four Kansas district offices in Topeka, Hays, Wichita and Kansas City. Our office took part in the grand opening of the Topeka office, and I had the privilege to attend the Wichita opening. Our office is continually working on promoting the Census and encouraging people to actively participate in through speaking engagements and the distribution of promotional material. As mentioned in this issue, questionnaires regarding residence are already being distributed to college students and military personnel for purposes of the census adjustment. We will continue to keep you informed on the progress of these projects.

Sincerely,

RON THORNBURGH Secretary of State

DECEMBER 1999 3 CENSUS ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING

he 2000 Census Adjustment state senatorial and state Tproject is advancing rapidly. representative districts. Census Adjustment The Secretary of State’s Office Adjusted figures are arrived at Calendar of Events has established contacts and forged by: 1) excluding nonresident working relationships with Kansas’ military personnel and nonresident 50 colleges and universities, as well students and 2) including military 8/4/99: Convene Census as the four military installations. The personnel and college students in Adjustment Advisory Group SOS has attended three statewide the district of their permanent conferences of higher educational residence. In effect, the Secretary 8/15/99: Develop student and officers — Kansas Association of of State must conduct a “mini- military questionnaires; Incorporate Advisory Group Collegiate Registrars and census” of all military personnel suggestions into procedures; Admissions Officers, Council of stationed in Kansas, and all Develop and amend Institutional students enrolled regulations as needed Research at Kansas’ Officers, and The Secretary of colleges and 9/99: Establish contact person Kansas Student State’s Office has universities in at every Kansas college, Affairs. There, order to university and military base the SOS established contacts determine their provided training and forged working permanent 10/99: Train contacts on to many contacts relationships with residences. A duties on their Kansas’ 50 colleges brief outline of responsibilities the plan and 11/99: Begin questionnaire relating to this and universities, as timetable distribution to schools and project. well as the four established to military With the help accomplish this military 4/1/00: Schools and military of the Census task adjoins this installations. questionnaire distribution and Adjustment article. collection Advisory Group, In the coming a questionnaire months, the 5/1/00: Deadline for schools was developed that is highly Secretary of State’s Office looks and military to return functional for data entry, yet forward to working with Kansas’ questionnaires to Secretary of readable and easy to complete. To colleges and military institutions as State date, more than 50,000 they distribute, collect and return questionnaires have been questionnaires. 6/00: Begin adjustment of distributed to 13 institutions. If you would like more students and military personnel Kansas law requires the information on any aspect of this Secretary of State to adjust federal project, please contact Mike 7/31/01: Deadline to report population figures and then report Brassel in the Elections Division at adjusted population figures to State Legislature these adjusted figures to the State (785) 296-0080. Legislature for reapportionment of

4 CANVASSING KANSAS KANSAS ELECTION NEWS Voter registration and party affiliation totals

ecretary of State Ron by the county election officers. As of August 1, 1999 the SThornburgh recently released While these numbers have a official statewide voter the official 1999 voter registration multitude of applications, the most registration and party and party affiliation totals. This important is they are used by the affiliation totals are: year’s total number of registered Secretary of State’s Office to voters is the highest ever recorded compute candidate petition Democrats 429,437 (28.3%) in Kansas with 1,516,212. requirements. Libertarians 9,532 (0.6%) These totals are generated by The Secretary of State’s Office Reform 1,433 (0.1%) the Secretary of State’s Office provides this information in many Republicans 682,130 (45.0%) once in odd numbered years different formats including (August 1), and twice in even breakdowns by county, State Taxpayers 1,161 (0.1%) numbered years (15 days before House and Senate districts, U.S. Unaffiliated 392,519 (25.9%) the primary and general elections). Congressional districts and Judicial Total 1,516,212 They are derived from figures districts. certified to the Secretary of State Political party contact information ith the election season coming upon us, our office receives many inquiries on the platforms and beliefs Wof the various political parties in Kansas. In response to those inquiries and those from county election officers, our office has compiled a list of basic contact information for each recognized political party in Kansas. There are currently five recognized political parties in Kansas. The contact information for each party is listed below:

Democratic Party Libertarian Party Reform Party Tom Sawyer, Chairman David Gleue, Chairman Darrell King, Chairman P.O. Box 1914 P. O. Box 456 609 S.E. 33rd Street Topeka, KS 66601 Topeka, KS 66601 Topeka, KS 66605 Phone: (785) 234-0425 Phone: (800) 335-1776 Phone: (785) 267-4417 Fax: (785) 234-8420 Phone: (785) 267-4006 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: Web site: ksdp.org www.kansas.reformparty.org

Republican Party Taxpayers Party Mark Parkinson, Chairman Cedric Boehr, Chairman 2025 S.W. Gage Blvd. P.O. Box 483 Topeka, KS 66604 Wichita, KS 67201 Phone: (785) 234-3456 Phone: (316) 264-9881 Fax: (785) 228-0353 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ksgop.org

DECEMBER 1999 5 Attorney General issues opinion on COUNTY ELECTION school election ballot OFFICER NEWS ttorney General Carla Stovall election ballot for national, state, Arecently issued Attorney county or township offices. K.S.A. Obituaries General Opinion No. 99-13. This 25-613 states that the name of each arah Fuller, the Lane opinion concludes that the name of candidate shall be printed on the a person may be printed on a school ballot only once in the general SCounty Clerk, passed away election ballot as a candidate for election for those offices. September 15. both an at-large member position The provisions of K.S.A. 25-213 Sarah served as Lane County and a district member position. are very specific in limiting multiple Deputy County Clerk for 24 School district elections are candidacies of particular persons. covered in K.S.A. 25-2001 et seq. With the absence of a specific years. She became the Lane This section does not expressly reference to school elections, the County Clerk December 27, address whether a candidate’s prohibition of K.S.A. 25-213 does 1990. name may be printed more than not apply. For over 33 years, Fuller was once on a school election ballot. Therefore, in the opinion of the a very dedicated and hard- There are two statutes that prohibit Attorney General, a person’s name the name of a candidate from may be printed on a school election working employee of the County appearing more than once on a ballot as a candidate for both an at- Clerk’s Office. The SOS staff ballot. K.S.A. 25-213 prohibits a large member position and a district extends their condolences to her person’s name from appearing more member position. family and friends. than once on the official primary Crysta S. Torson was selected Legislative Services provides timely as Fuller’s replacement on October 25. information on web site he 2000 Legislative Session is calendars and journals of each Births Trapidly approaching. With the chamber and current happenings in start of another session, every each chamber as well. ongratulations to person interested in the legislative For those who subscribe to INK, CSecretary of State Ron process wants quick and reliable all of the above services are Thornburgh and his family on access to information. Kansas available. In addition to those Legislative Services has responded services, these members have the birth of Tanner Davis. He to this interest with accurate, timely access to multiple bill tracking, bill was born October 27, weighing information on its Internet site. The packets, and Lobbyist-In-A-Box. 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was Internet address is: www.ink.org/ Lobbyist-In-A-Box allows a person 20 3/4 inches in length. public/legislative/main.html to track multiple bills throughout the Also, congratulations to There are two categories of legislative process, receive updated information available on this web changes in the language of bills, Anderson County Clerk Phyllis site. One category is available to search for bills by subject matter Gettler and her family on the anyone who has Internet access. and review legislative actions that birth of Ryan Nathan. Ryan The other is for members who have been taken on selected bills. was born September 18 and subscribe to the Information For those persons who wish to weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, Network of Kansas (INK). become members of INK, the A nonsubscriber to INK has Secretary of State’s Office can and measured 20 1/2 inches access to a list of all prefiled bills, a refer you to the appropriate place. long. list of all signed and enrolled bills, the full text of any bill that has been introduced, the current and past See County, page 10

6 CANVASSING KANSAS SOS plans PPP State Schedules Continued from page 1 Note: States may still change the dates of funding early in the 2000 legislative session. Early their primaries and caucuses. indications show that Governor Bill Graves will recommend funding. Legislation was introduced in 1999 that would cancel Primaries the PPP. The bill, House Bill 2366, would repeal K.S.A. 25-4501 through 25-4508, which is the series of statutes Date ...... State/Terr. creating the PPP. This is different than the legislation Feb. 8 ...... New Hampshire passed in 1996 to cancel that year’s PPP. In 1996, Feb. 12 ...... Delaware K.S.A. 25-4501 was amended so the statute did not Feb. 19 R, Feb. 26 D ...... South Carolina require a PPP in 1996, but it left the statutes on the Feb. 22 R, March 11 D ...... Arizona, Michigan books to continue the PPP in 2000 and every four years Feb. 29 ...... Virginia, Washington thereafter. House Bill 2366 would repeal the entire series March 5 R, March 12 D ...... Puerto Rico of statutes, so not only would there be no PPP in 2000, March 7 ...... California, Connecticut, new laws would have to be passed to have a primary in Georgia, Maine, Maryland, the future. The bill did not move in 1999, but will be carried over to the 2000 Legislature and could still be Massachusetts, Missouri, considered for passage. New York, Ohio, One legal question that has been raised concerning the Rhode Island, Vermont PPP is whether the Secretary of State and the counties March 10 ...... Colorado, Utah would be required to hold the election if state funding is March 14 ...... Florida, Louisiana, not provided. On October 26, Attorney General Carla Mississippi, Oklahoma, Stovall issued Opinion #99-57 answering that question in Tennessee, Texas the affirmative. In sum, the opinion stated that the March 21 ...... Illinois statutory provision requiring the PPP is mandatory. April 4 ...... Kansas, Wisconsin “Although the expense of conducting the presidential April 25 ...... Pennsylvania preference primary may well prove burdensome for the May 2 ...... District of Columbia, counties of the State, the statutory language obligates the Indiana, North Carolina counties to conduct the presidential preference primary regardless of whether the Legislature acts to appropriate May 9 ...... Nebraska, West Virginia monies which would be used to reimburse the counties May 16 ...... Oregon for the costs associated with conducting the presidential May 23 ...... Arkansas, Idaho, preference primary.” Kentucky As of this writing, plans are to conduct the PPP as June 6 ...... Alabama, Montana, required by law. The Secretary of State will seek the New Jersey, New Mexico, appropriate funding and keep county election officers South Dakota apprised of the situation regarding funding and Caucuses legislation. Kansas is one of 43 states planning to conduct a Date State/Terr. primary next year. The other states will have caucuses. The primary system allows any registered voter to vote Jan. 22 R ...... Louisiana in the primary of his/her party choice, expressing Jan. 31 ...... Iowa support for one of the candidates. The caucus system Feb. 26 R ...... American Samoa, used in other states is a meeting, or series of meetings, Guam, Virgin Islands of party members where support for candidates is Feb. 29, March 7 D ...... North Dakota expressed through procedures designed and controlled March 7 D, May 19 R ...... Hawaii by the respective parties. March 10 ...... Wyoming Following is a chronological list of states and March 11 D ...... Michigan territories and the dates of their primaries, caucuses or March 11 D, April 25 R ...... Minnesota conventions. Note that some states’ parties have April 15, 17 D ...... Virginia different dates for their primaries or caucuses; they are May 19 R, May 20 D ...... Alaska designated as “R” for Republican and “D” for May 19-21 D, May 25 R ...... Nevada Democratic. DECEMBER 1999 7 SOS staff presents training session at Sanborn Academy revamped version of the Sanborn Academy information on election laws, court decisions, Afor county clerk training was held in Attorney General opinions, and timely issues Wichita on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 7 and 8. such as advisory elections and recall. Bryant The Sanborn Academy was founded in 1993 by discussed recent federal legislation and plans the Kansas County Clerks Association with the for state legislation next year. purpose of standardizing training for clerks in Caskey demonstrated the Secretary of State’s their various duties and to provide a program web site during the session on technology. He where they could be certified for having discussed the use of the Internet and e-mail in completed the training. election offices and the plans to expand the The Academy is facilitated by the Hugo Wall current system of electronic reporting by School of Urban and Public Affairs at Wichita county election officers. State University, and organized by Lisa Haase of Bryant provided a list of current voting the school. This year, 29 county clerks and four equipment certified by the Secretary of State deputies attended the sessions. and explained the certification process, Each year that the emphasizing the Academy has been growing importance held, the Secretary of of software in voting State’s Office has systems. been invited to make This year, the SOS staff One of the topics presentations on presented more than three raised during the elections-related hours of training on current closing session was topics. This year, the the New Millennium SOS staff presented election issues, plans for 2000 Project sponsored more than three elections, election law and by the National hours of training on Association of current election election technology. Secretaries of State issues, plans for (NASS). Secretary 2000 elections, election law and election of State Ron Thornburgh is an active participant technology. Presenters from the SOS office and leader in the project. NASS commissioned a were Melissa Wangemann, legal counsel; Bryan study to identify causes of low voter turnout Caskey, administrative assistant for elections; among 18 to 24 year olds. The study cited a and Brad Bryant, election director. sense of alienation and inadequate political The session on current issues dealt with the information as partial causes of their lack of 2000 census, the status of the state’s election political involvement. geography and the Kansas census adjustment. NASS plans to form an organization to In the session on plans for the 2000 acquire private funding and design a curriculum elections, discussions were held on the to offer schools nationwide to increase presidential preference primary, the state students’ political and civic knowledge and to primary in August and the November general foster their desire to participate in the political election. process. Melissa Wangemann presented general

8 CANVASSING KANSAS FEDERAL ELECTION NEWS Federal Services ballot application to be available on-line

he Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) and until now has always been printed on cards. The Thas announced the application for federal FVAP’s plan is to offer the FPCA on-line at the services ballots will be available on-line for the 2000 FVAP’s web site (www.delve.com/fvap/index.html) elections. The FVAP operates as part of the along with guidelines for completing and mailing the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. and application. supervises the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens The applicant will be able to complete some of the Absentee Voting Act, which blanks on the FPCA on-line, then enforces and facilitates the voting The Federal Post Card print and sign it or they may print rights of all members of the Application form is the FPCA entirely blank and uniformed services, the merchant required to be made complete and sign it. Either way, marines, their family members and available by state and the form must be personally signed other U.S. citizens residing in by the voter. Instructions at the site foreign countries. local election officers, provide the addresses of local These voters, commonly and until now has election officers and tell the voter referred to as federal services always been printed on to enclose the FPCA in an voters, are entitled by federal law cards. envelope, put a stamp on it and to vote in the locality of their mail it to the appropriate election residence regardless of their location on election day. officer. They may complete a single ballot application for all It is not yet known exactly when the FPCA will be elections in a given year. on-line. The FVAP is contacting the chief state The ballot application, called the Federal Post election officer in each state, asking whether the state Card Application (FPCA) form, is required to be will accept paper FPCA forms printed on applicants’ made available by state and local election officers, home printers. Two new voting systems certified for use in Kansas he Secretary of State recently certified two new A third certification hearing was held on July 30 for Tvoting systems for use in Kansas. a DRE system manufactured by Both are categorized as direct Election Systems and Software, but recording electronic (DRE) systems: The two systems official certification has not yet been the AVC Edge system by Sequoia certified are: granted pending receipt of a test report Pacific Voting Equipment Inc., and the • The AVC Edge by an independent testing authority EV 2000 system by Fidlar and system by Sequoia approved by the National Association Chambers Company. Pacific Voting of State Election Directors. Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh Equipment Inc. On October 20, a certification and members of his elections staff held • The EV 2000 system hearing was held for another DRE separate certification hearings for the by Fidlar and voting system, this one manufactured by Chambers Company. two voting systems on July 29. After Diversified Dynamics. The independent completion of the final paperwork, testing authority’s report is also pending Thornburgh certified both voting systems and informed for that system, so if official certification is granted it the companies in letters dated September 21. will be early in 2000.

DECEMBER 1999 9 Recap of fair highlights COUNTY ELECTION OFFICER NEWS he Secretary of State’s managed a booth—the booth’s Tbooth at the Kansas State purpose was to promote Hartenbower’s Fair was a success. More than awareness of the 1988 Kansas 352,257 people attended the Census. That census, plan wins award fair in Hutchinson, September conducted by the SOS, was the 10-19. last one conducted by the state. yon County Clerk Karen Hartenbower won an The Secretary of State’s One new feature of this L award in August for her Office registered 111 Kansans year’s booth was information Election Emergency Plan that to vote. Along with other state on charitable organizations. she presented at the 28th agencies, the SOS provided The SOS set up a computer Annual Conference of Kansans with an array of with the Corporations International Association of information including an Division’s database of Clerks, Recorders, Election opinion poll, charitable Officials and Treasurers census organizations. (IACREOT). information, People could The conference was July 10- 14 in Scottsdale, AZ. voting The Secretary of access the Hartenbower created the opportunities and database to State’s office plan, which included topics a chance to buy registered 111 determine if such as voting machine Kansas state organizations Kansans to vote problems, natural disasters and flags. that solicit poll workers, for a presentation The focus of and distributed money are at her booth. this year’s booth information on legitimately According to Hartenbower, there were three categories in was the the 2000 Federal registered as promotion of the charitable which officials judged participants: audio/visual, federal census, Census. organizations printed materials, and election which will be with the SOS. promotional T-shirts. taken April 1, This program Hartenbower’s award was in 2000. Bags, pencils, posters was developed in response to the printed material category for and other printed materials recent concerns of some fund a small jurisdiction. were distributed to inform fair- raising groups misrepresenting The Secretary of State’s goers of the upcoming census themselves to donors and some Office extends their and to encourage them to legitimate charitable congratulations to Hartenbower respond to their organizations committing very on a job well done! questionnaires, which will be little of the money raised to mailed to every household next charity. Attention County Clerks: If March. It was the thirteenth you have any news (i.e. birth, Census promotion is not consecutive year that the SOS marriage, retirement) you wish to see here, please contact the new at the SOS fair booth. In operated a booth at the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office. 1987—the first year the office State Fair.

10 CANVASSING KANSAS FEC releases third report to Congress Continued from page 2 name or address. 1. The FEC recommended that statewide voter database (referred Regarding the list maintenance states require all or part of voter to as CVR, or centralized voter provisions of the NVRA, the registration applicants’ Social registration) in 1994, but is a statistics in the table below indicate Security numbers on the repository system, not an on-line the success of the program in application forms to aid in system. In the repository system, Kansas and the United States. identifying voters and deleting counties send the Secretary of duplicates. In State their databases each quarter, Kansas, the full and the statewide file is rebuilt each U.S. Kansas Social Security time. Some counties have begun number has been to send their databases via file Confirmation notices sent to voters requested on the transfers or e-mail attachments, but 17,801,458 155,658 voter registration it is not yet a computerized system Confirmation notices returned forms for many with all the offices linked. The by voters years, but it is repository system does aid in 2,910,871 45,655 optional. identifying duplicate registrations Approximately 25 and in other tasks such as the Total registrations deleted percent of registrants annual National Change of 9,063,326 96,925 provide it. In 1999, Address program. the Secretary of 3. The FEC recommended that State’s Office the U.S. Postal Service create a Part of the purpose of the proposed legislation to require the new class of mail for official reporting requirements of the last four digits of the Social election materials with the most NVRA is for the FEC to make Security number, but that bill failed favorable rates possible. This has recommendations to Congress and to pass. not been fully realized at the the states on ways to improve the 2. The FEC recommended that national level due to numerous NVRA system. In 1998, no new states implement statewide voter federal laws and postal regulations recommendations were made. The registration databases to help keep not related to the NVRA. It FEC reiterated its three major track of registration activity and remains a recommendation and a recommendations from two years identify duplicates and multiple goal for the future. before. They are as follows: votes. Kansas implemented a HappyHappy HolidaysHolidays

The Secretary of State’s Office will be closed Friday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 31 in observance of and New Year’s. We will also be closed at noon on Friday, Jan. 14 and Monday, Jan. 17 to move into our new building and in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday.

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