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Vote by Mail -- Research Report � Common Cause <br />� <br />� �c����c�N ����� <br />fa'�at�lrrx�� t�a�t �•ra �ix; ° �taarr��r �plr� <br />you are here: �iome > Vct2 by tlail -- Rc:searLh Repqr't <br />��- iil Till° SE�'�Ic�Ci <br />..� �-����� <br />t�lr�ney In Poiitics <br />Electior� Reform <br />Government Accnuntabi€ity <br />�thics i�� Gavernm�nt <br />Media and Dernocr�cy <br />Int�rr�a�ion�l <br />Press Center <br />Research Center <br />Vote by I�lail Elec�ions <br />Vote By Mail (VBM) elections can incre�se turnout by four <br />ka fiv� percenCage points in general elections and <br />signiFicantly more in loca] or off-year electfons. Rather <br />Yhan sparking participation among cirizens who never <br />vot�, it appears �hat t�e added cpnvenience nP voting by <br />mail serves primarily to retain higher participation among <br />those �oters who tend to vate in general elections by <br />making it easier for �hem tp vate in traditionally louver- <br />interest local, special, or nonpartisan electians. <br />Attachment B <br />Page i of 2 <br />�`� _ .�o�n c�r��o� caus� <br />�__ . � � . t�x .a-�.?�rF�_er:r. : <br />_,� <br />��� rv s�c�;� u�a <br />Among the ather benefits of mail balloting are a reductian ��s�� ���� �q <br />in logistical problems associated with in-person votir�g on �����0�� �������r� <br />Edection Day, a reductian in pall-worker requirements, �r1����1� ���'sion o€ <br />increased opportunities to conduct �oter mobilization, our "Vote By Mail° <br />minimizin khe a eal of Iast-minute attack ads F��°��` <br />9 pp , providing <br />more time for voters to filf out Cheir ballots, the pakentia! <br />to s�ve boCh Yirrte and money, and dekerring fraud mare efficiently rhan photo-ID <br />rec�uirements used +vith in-person polling. <br />There are alsa some patential problems with vnting �y mail, but Chese can be <br />mitigaCed or eliminated �y using the Pallow€ng recommended practices for Vore 8y Mail <br />eiections. <br />Recammended Vote hy �9ai1 Prac�ices <br />1} El�ction officials should provide candidates, parties, and interest groups with free <br />lists of registered voters and update them at Ieast twice a week as baNpts are returned <br />so that candidates, parties and voters can see whose i�ates have been received. <br />2) Voters who do not wish to vote by mail shauld be able �o cast ballots in private <br />booC�s at vote centers staffed with trained election workers in the days leading up to <br />and on Election �ay. <br />�} Vote by mail programs should adapt the prackice of requiring voter-s k� si:gn baflat <br />envelopes and comparing those signaCures to the signatures on the voters` registratian <br />files.. Election workers must alsa use statewide da�abases to enst�re tl�ar onEy one <br />ballot is cast per uoter. <br />4� VBM shouid nat be viewed as a solution ta the deeper problem of complete non- <br />participation by much of the efig{ble eleetorate. Other measures must be taken to <br />address the lack o� civic involvement that reduces the q:udlity af our collecYive <br />decision-ma king. <br />S) In stat�s Chat currently have perman�nt absentee voter programs, mo�ing ta <br />elections where every registered vater is mailed a t�ailot shauld reduce the <br />ciemographic disparities in voter turnout because the benefirs of added convenience <br />apply to ali voCers rather than Chose who selF-sefect to part"tcipare in the program. <br />6) In VBM elections, balEats must be se�t ta all reg€stered. voters, i.ncluding inactive <br />voters. <br />7} Vote by maii elections shouid #�e heavily publiciz�d via mailings, newspaper ads, <br />hftp://wi�w.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c-dkLNK1MQIwG&b-379Q039 2/2/2009 <br />
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