1. Kris W. Kobach Indiana Election Administrator’s Conference December 17, 2013 Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program

2. Kris W. Kobach National Voter Registration Act of 1993 Section 2 Findings and Purposes (b) Purposes (1) to establish procedures that will increase the number of eligible citizens who register to vote in elections for Federal office; (2) to make it possible for Federal, State, and local governments to implement this subchapter in a manner that enhances the participation of eligible citizens as voters in elections for Federal office; (3) to protect the integrity of the electoral process; and (4) to ensure that accurate and current voter registration rolls are maintained.

3. The features (of the National Voter Registration Act) include a requirement that states “conduct a general program” the purpose of which is “to protect the integrity of the electoral process by ensuring the maintenance of an accurate and current voter registration roll for elections for Federal office” From the Federal Election Commission’s guide: Implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993:

4. HAVA Section 303 (a)Computerized statewide voter registration list Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each State, acting through the chief State election official, shall implement, in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered at the State level that contains the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the State…

5. Participants in 2005

6. Participants in 2012

7. Participants in 2013

8. Participants in 2014

9. Crosscheck Program—Number of Records Compared 2006 9 million 2010 30 million 2012 85 million 2014 110 million

10. Kris W. Kobach Interstate Crosscheck Data Format Fields Status (“A” – Active, “I” – Inactive) Date_Generated First_Name Middle_Name Last_Name Suffix_Name Date_of_Birth(YYYY/MM/DD Example: “2010/01/01”) Voter_ID_Number Last four social security number Mailing Address (if no mailing address, provide residential address) Address line 1 Address line 2 City State Zip County Date_of_Registration(YYYY/MM/DDExample: “1970/01/01”) Voted_in_2010(“Y” – they did vote, or “N” – they did not vote, or “” – data not available) Comma delimited ASCII file with double quote text qualifiers and {CR} {LF} row delimiters. Example: “A”, “2010/01/01 12:00:00 AM”, “Bob”, “Alan”, “Jones”, “”, “1940/06/16”, “123456”, “7890”, “123 Anywhere St”, “Apt 201”, “Anytown”, “KS”, “12345”, “County”, “1958/06/17”, “Y” The file is encrypted and password protected and uploaded to the secure FTP site. Interstate Crosscheck Data Format FieldFormatExample StatusA=Active; I=InactiveA Date_GeneratedYYYY/MM/DD2010/01/01 First_NameBob Middle_NameAlan Last_NameJones Suffix NameJr Date_of_BirthYYYY/MM/DD1940/06/16 Voter_ID_Number123456 Last_4_SSN7890 Mailing AddressLine 1 Line 2 City State Zip123 Anywhere St... CountyAllen Date_of_RegistrationYYYY/MM/DD1970/01/01 Voted_in_2012Y=did vote; N=did not voteY

11. Kris W. Kobach How does it work? Each state pulls data on January 15 each year using prescribed data format Upload data to secure FTP site (hosted by Arkansas) Kansas IT department pulls data, runs comparison, uploads results to FTP site Each state downloads results from FTP site, processes them according to state laws & regulations Kansas deletes all other states’ data

12. First: John Middle: Last: Public DOB: 01/01/1975 SSN: 1234 State: Colorado First: John Middle: Q. Last: Public DOB: 01/01/1975 SSN: 1234 State: Kansas Potential match

13. Grid of Potential Duplicate Voters Within States by DOB Last Name First Name 2012 AZARCOILIAKSKYLAMIMSMONEOKSDTN AZ 2,82924,86316,0147,1533,6876882,06227,6172,2207,5693,3064,0062,4493,614 AR 2,829 4,5576,9502,4302,6866915,9575,0856,47711,0499957,4034337,180 CO 24,8634,557 19,90210,85010,0351,0545,06517,0863,30912,4988,9278,3063,9376,153 IL 16,0146,95019,902 31,8826,3112,4675,20749,26010,76639,6583,8034,8341,50012,469 IA 7,1532,43010,85031,882 4,7065261,5587,0191,79711,56310,9542,0314,8652,806 KS 3,6872,68610,0356,3114,706 4011,3694,4611,39731,0824,1966,5759052,205 KY 6886911,0542,467526401 8732,2671,0851,1952335761171,905 LA 2,0625,9575,0655,2071,5581,369873 6,85117,7445,2548102,8292774,422 MI 27,6175,08517,08649,2607,0194,4612,2676,851 7,52712,9602,4164,0671,26516,956 MS 2,2206,4773,30910,7661,7971,3971,08517,7447,527 5,6077802,36430521,661 MO 7,56911,04912,49839,65811,56331,0821,1955,25412,9605,607 4,2447,5391,3007,804 NE 3,3069958,9273,80310,9544,1962338102,4167804,244 1,1262,6081,108 OK 4,0067,4038,3064,8342,0316,5755762,8294,0672,3647,5391,126 4022,858 SD 2,4494333,9371,5004,8659051172771,2653051,3002,608402 537 TN 3,6147,1806,15312,4692,8062,2051,9054,42216,95621,6617,8041,1082,858537 Totals 108,07764,722136,542211,023100,14080,01614,07860,278164,83783,039159,32245,50654,91620,90091,678 13

14. Kris W. Kobach

15. Possible results for local election officials Confirmation mailings Cancellation notices More inactive records Evidence of double votes

16. Kris W. Kobach What does it cost to participate? $0

17. Kris W. Kobach How Can a State Join the Crosscheck? 1. Chief State Election Official signs the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 2. CSEO assigns two staff members: - one election administration person - one IT person 3. Staff members will: - participate in annual conference call and email - pull VR data in January - receive cross check results and process - instruct local elections officials (respond to requests for addresses, signatures on poll books, etc.)

18. Kris W. Kobach Contact Brad Bryant State Election Director Kansas Secretary of State’s Office brad.bryant@sos.ks.gov 785-296-4561