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Article: Partisan Rivals Unite to Modernize Voter Registration System.
- Article from:
- Politics & Government Week
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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Today, traditional political opponents put aside their differences in an effort to improve the voting process for all Americans. A distinguished array of Democratic and Republican former Members of Congress, Secretaries of State, local elections administrators and election law experts announced the formation of the "Committee to Modernize Voter Registration." The group is dedicated to bringing the voter registration system into the 21st century by automating the outmoded system that relies on paper forms being filled out by voters and manually processed by local elections officials.
The Committee is led by co-chairs Marc Elias, former General Counsel for ...