Talking Points: EAVS Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)Report

Talking Points: EAC Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS)

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Comment deadline is Monday, March 16th, 2026 at 11:59PM.

Commenting on New Data & How It's Set Up on the Excel Spreadsheet.

Make the data easier to find and use.

Write your comments here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EAC-2026-0001-0001

 The dataset spreadsheet is not user-friendly.  Consider expanding the codebook descriptions and incorporating them as column headers in the Excel dataset, using color coding and macros that allow users to expand/collapse detailed explanations aligned with the corresponding EAVS survey questions.

1.  Recommend the addition of the following columns:

   a) A new column showing the number of voter registrations accepted, denied or removed due to non-citizenship and how this was determined.

   b) A new column showing the number of voter registrations in which a driver's license was not provided by the registrant.

   c) A new column showing the number of voter registrations accepted or denied in which the driver's license provided by the registrant was a "no-match" against the Motor Vehicle database.

   d) A new column showing the number of voter registrations accepted or denied in which the last four of the Social Security number (or full SSN in States which require it) was omitted from the voter registration.

   e) A new column showing the number of voter registrations accepted or denied in which the last four of the Social Security number, first and last name and birthdate were a "no-match" on the SSA HAVV application.

   f) A new column showing the number of voter registrations accepted or denied in which the registrant marked the box "I do not have a Driver's License or a Social Security Number".

2. Correction needed for North Carolina, the columns A4d - (Registrations received through automatic registration program) and A4e - (Registrations received through Motor Vehicle offices that issue driver's licenses excluding automatic registration programs) are incorrect.  They should be reversed.  The same applies for A5-A9(d-e).  

   There isn't any AVR program in NC currently.  The DMV sends voter registrations to the State/Counties for review only if the voter requests to be registered.

3. Suggest not removing the following columns:

   A13A - Merged records.  Required for transparency and indicates the number of duplicates being removed after registration.  Significant numbers of these in NC due to SEIMS legal non-compliance.  (32,306) 

E2E, E2F, E2G - Reasons for rejecting a Provisional Ballot.  NC has  significant numbers of these and it is useful for reviewing policy  consistency between counties.

I wondered if a question should be added to the Policy Survey:

Q. Is a matching driver's license or SSNL4 on the voter registration required to request an absentee ballot online?

The reason for this is because the Democracy Live portal (on NCSBE online ballot request website) does not validate the DL or SSNL4 - allows you to request a mail ballot using name, address and birthdate and populate any garbage number into the DL or SSNL4.  

The ballot can then be requested for delivery to any address anywhere in the USA.

I believe this is a high fraud risk.  Democracy Live also is a portal for UOCAVA ballots.