| 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
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9-9.30 am
Ted Selker, Charles Vest & Ron Rivest
Welcome/Intro
9.30-10.30 am
Voter Registration: Past & Present
Alexander Keyssar (Harvard): History of voter registration in US
Tova Wang(Century Foundation): New Barriers to Voter Registration
[15 minute break]
10.45-11.45 am
What Social Scientists Know About Voter Registration
Jonathan Nagler (NYU)
Stephen Ansolabehere (MIT, VTP)
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| 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
Doug Chapin (electionline.org):
Current status of HAVA implementation
Dean Logan (Los Angeles County Recorder's Office): State/local perspectives of current voter registration environment
Richard Smolka (Election Administration Reports): Effects of voter registration systems on election administration
[20 minute break]
2.50-4pm
The Future: Doing it Better
Ann McGeehan (Dir. of Elections, TX): Statewide voter registration system
Kim Brace (Election Data Services): Matching and Cleaning Voter Registration Files
Thad Hall (Univ of Utah, VTP): Using VR data across jurisdictions and states
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| 4-6 pm |
Hors d'oevres, meet & greet (Salon 1 & 2 at Marriott) |
6.30 pm |
Dinner, Cambridge Marriott Hotel (Salon 3)
Keynote speaker: Al Ater, Secretary of State, Louisiana
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| 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
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| 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
Renee Free (LA Secretary of State's office): Electronic Pollbooks
Doug Chapin: Current situation
Jonathan Katz: Impact of voter identification on turnout
[10 minute break]
10.40-11.30 am
Current environment II
Michael McDonald (George Mason Univ): effects of authentication on outcome variables, research/data collection
Eric Fischer (Library of Congress): US voter authentication procedures re: HAVA
Dan Tokaji (Ohio State Univ): legal issues (IN, GA, MO)
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12pm-1pm |
Lunch
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| 1-3pm |
SESSION TWO: LOOKING AHEAD
Moderator: Ron Rivest |
1.00-2.15 pm
Policy
Marc Rotenberg (EPIC): Privacy/Voter ID Cards
Stephen Kent (BBN Technologies): Voter ID cards
Dan Greenwood (US government consultant): Real ID
2.15-3 pm
E-pollbook Technology: roundtable discussion
Michelle Shafer (Sequoia Voting Systems): A Look to the Future: Electronic Pollbook Technology
Ross Underwood (Diebold): Electronic Pollbooks-Voter ID
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