Action | 2015 Voter Registration Application Regulation and Form Update |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 8/3/2015 |
The Application - Format: The size of the new form is not conducive to our current filing system. To change our filing system now is to cause a financial burden on my locality. Information Required: Part 1 for the SSN – “Write “None,” if no number…” will cause confusion for voters. We have never come across a situation as long as we can remember that a voter has NOT had a SSN. Please consider striking that verbiage.
The Regulations – Part B: omissions are not material – Having read the changes and reviewing the application we can resolve the size issue. It would seem that as a registrar I would only need the potential voters SSN (only if he/she had one); date of birth; full name (but not really because their suffix isn’t really needed); residential address (and mailing if different) and last but not least a signature. Well maybe a mark if sworn or strike that it doesn’t have to be sworn if the check box in 7 hasn’t been checked.
I apologize if this seems to be sarcastic but it is extremely frustrating as a registrar to take what is perceived to be a simple change (i.e. increased size of the application) but has far larger impact on those of us that have to implement those changes.