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Pew to help eliminate the pee-u of voting in Ohio


From Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s office:

Jan. 16, 2008

For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Pew Center on the States’ Make Voting Work initiative announced today the funding of several projects that put special emphasis on elections in the U.S.  Ohio is a fortunate partner with Pew to be the recipient of three grant-funded projects that will benefit Ohio voters in the immediate future. Full detail of the Pew funding and Ohio’s participation is available in the attachment to this release.

The Pew Charitable Trusts projects that benefit Ohio include;

The Overseas Vote Foundation project

-Ohio has developed a partnership with the Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), a national non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate and increase participation in federal elections of America’s overseas and military voters and their dependents by providing public access to innovative voter registration tools and services.

-OVF’s work serves to simplify for overseas and uniformed services voters the process of registration and voting when they are absent from their state or country.

-Ohio is one of the first states to actively join OVF’s efforts to instantly provide our overseas and uniformed services voters a vastly improved online registration experience.

Online poll worker training initiative with HAVA partners

-This project enabled the Ohio Secretary of State’s office to develop a uniform poll worker-training program that is online and available as a resource to all 88 county Boards of Elections in Ohio.  Uniformity in training has been cited through research to better prepare poll workers for consistent service and a more efficient Election Day experience for voters.  Many of Ohio’s Boards of Elections have not had a resource of this type to assist with poll worker training prior to the funding of this project.

Voter Registration Forms in Welcome packets from the United States Postal Service

-Ohio will be the first state in the Nation to include two voter registration forms in welcome packets for people when they move.  These packets are sent to residents when they change their address with the United States Postal Service.  The pilot project will work with 45 southwestern and central Ohio counties, and a handful of counties in Indiana and Kentucky.  Updating your voter registration when you move is one of the things that may slip past many people.  It is hoped that this is a way to help remind people of the importance of maintaining current information.

“I am extremely grateful to The Pew Charitable Trusts for these valuable opportunities,” said Brunner.  “These projects will prove to better the elections process in our state, administratively and through a training perspective,” added Brunner.

No time right now to look at the details in what was attached to the press release, but if it’s Pew, I highly doubt it’s stinky.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:36 pm January 16th, 2008 in Announcements, Civil Rights, Elections, Ohio, Politics 

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