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AGENDA

THURSDAY OCT 5
8 am Begin on-site Registration/Check-in: Bartos Theater foyer
-DAY ONE TOPIC: REGISTRATION -
9-11.45 AM SESSION ONE: WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
Moderator: Michael Alvarez

9-9.30 am
Ted Selker, Charles Vest & Ron Rivest

Welcome/Intro

9.30-10.30 am
Voter Registration: Past & Present
bullet Alexander Keyssar (Harvard): History of voter registration in US
bullet Tova Wang(Century Foundation): New Barriers to Voter Registration

[15 minute break]

10.45-11.45 am
What Social Scientists Know About Voter Registration
bullet Jonathan Nagler (NYU)
bullet Stephen Ansolabehere (MIT, VTP)

12-1.15 pm LUNCH
Moderator, Ron Rivest
Keynote Speaker: Paul DeGregorio,
Chairman, Election Assistance Commission
1.30-4pm SESSION TWO: CURRENT AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS
Moderator: Ted Selker

1.30-2.30 pm
Current environment

bullet Doug Chapin (electionline.org): Current status of HAVA implementation
bullet Dean Logan (Los Angeles County Recorder's Office): State/local perspectives of current voter registration environment
bullet Richard Smolka (Election Administration Reports): Effects of voter registration systems on election administration

[20 minute break]

2.50-4pm
The Future: Doing it Better
bullet Ann McGeehan (Dir. of Elections, TX): Statewide voter registration system
bullet Kim Brace (Election Data Services): Matching and Cleaning Voter Registration Files
bullet Thad Hall (Univ of Utah, VTP): Using VR data across jurisdictions and states

4-6 pm Hors d'oevres, meet & greet (Salon 1 & 2 at Marriott)

6.30 pm

Dinner, Cambridge Marriott Hotel (Salon 3)
bullet Keynote speaker: Al Ater, Secretary of State, Louisiana
FRIDAY OCT 6
8 am Begin on-site Registration/Check-in: Bartos Theater foyer
-DAY TWO TOPIC: IDENTIFICATION -
8.30-9.30am
  • Keynote speaker: Spencer Overton , George Washington University
    Moderator: Michael Alvarez
9.30-11.30am SESSION ONE: WHERE WE ARE NOW
Moderator: Jonathan Katz

9.30-10.30 am
Jonathan Katz, Ron Rivest: Introduction
Current environment I
bullet Renee Free (LA Secretary of State's office): Electronic Pollbooks
bullet Doug Chapin
: Current situation
bullet Jonathan Katz: Impact of voter identification on turnout

[10 minute break]

10.40-11.30 am
Current environment II

bullet Michael McDonald (George Mason Univ): effects of authentication on outcome variables, research/data collection
bullet Eric Fischer (Library of Congress): US voter authentication procedures re: HAVA
bullet Dan Tokaji (Ohio State Univ): legal issues (IN, GA, MO)


12pm-1pm

Lunch
1-3pm SESSION TWO: LOOKING AHEAD
Moderator: Ron Rivest

1.00-2.15 pm
Policy

bullet Marc Rotenberg (EPIC): Privacy/Voter ID Cards
bullet Stephen Kent (BBN Technologies): Voter ID cards
bullet Dan Greenwood (US government consultant): Real ID

2.15-3 pm
E-pollbook Technology: roundtable discussion
bullet Michelle Shafer (Sequoia Voting Systems): A Look to the Future: Electronic Pollbook Technology
bullet Ross Underwood (Diebold): Electronic Pollbooks-Voter ID