Pete Monaghan, Senior Program Policy Advisor

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Help America Vote Act
Pete Monaghan, Senior Program Policy
Advisor Office of Income Security
Programs William L. Farrell, Director Office of
Systems Security Operations Management
November 29, 2007
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Overview

• History
• Background
• American Association of Motor Vehicle
  Administrators (AAMVA)
• Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
• Architecture
• State Agreements
• FY 2007 Statistics
• Observations

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History

• HAVA was passed in October 2002
• Implemented on October 14, 2004 in Iowa
• Allows states to verify an applicant by
• drivers license number
• OR
• last four digits of the SSN

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Agreements

• Election Agency MVA
• MVA AAMVA
• AAMVA SSA Telecommunications and billing
• SSA MVA Privacy, process and reimbursement

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Design Highlights

• NASS sponsored workgroup
• NASED, AAMVA, SSA, several States
• Desired outcomes
• Prevent fraudulent voting
• Avoid incorrect prevention of registration
• Provide maximum information
• Group developed requirements based on
• Desired outcomes
• Limitations of information

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Design Considerations

• Limited input information
• Balance inclusion v. exclusion
• True match unknowable
• Each last four equals 40,000 SSNs
• Provide maximum output information to election
  agency

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Verification Routine

• Election agency collects name, DOB, and last four
  digits of SSN
• Transmitted to MVA
• MVA transmits to SSA via AAMVA
• SSA does exact search of name, month/year of
  birth and last four
• Real-time reply sent to MVA via AAMVA

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Results

• False positives cannot be identified
• Match rate?
• Last name changes not reported to SSA
• Proper first name historically not required
• Exact month/year of birth required
• SSA data may be outdated, incorrect

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AAMVA Architecture
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HAVA Architecture
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Status of State Agreements
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Status of State Agreements
State Status State Status State Status
Alabama Implemented Maine Implemented Pennsylvania Implemented
Alaska Implemented Maryland Implemented Rhode Island Implemented
Arizona Implemented Massachusetts Implemented South Carolina Exempt
Arkansas Implemented Michigan Implemented South Dakota Implemented
California Implemented Minnesota Received Tennessee EXEMPT
Colorado Implemented Mississippi Received Texas Implemented
Connecticut Implemented Missouri Implemented Utah Implemented
Delaware Implemented Montana Implemented Vermont Implemented
D.C. Implemented Nebraska Implemented Virginia Exempt
Florida Implemented Nevada Implemented Washington Implemented
Georgia Implemented New Hampshire Implemented West Virginia Implemented
Hawaii Exempt New Jersey Implemented Wisconsin Implemented
Idaho Implemented New Mexico Exempt Wyoming Implemented
Illinois Received New York Implemented Guam Pending
Indiana Implemented North Carolina Implemented Puerto Rico Received
Iowa Implemented North Dakota Exempt Virgin Islands Received
Kansas Implemented Ohio Implemented American Samoa Manual Process
Kentucky Exempt Oklahoma Implemented    
Louisiana Implemented Oregon Implemented    
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Fiscal Year 2007 Data
Total Number of Transactions 2,352,204
Number of States Making Transactions 40
Largest Amount 583,266
Fewest Amount 21
Cost per Transaction 0.0062
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Verification Results
Fiscal Year 2007 Fiscal Year 2007 Fiscal Year 2007
Total Transactions 2,352,204 Percent of Total
Non Matches 1,046,855 44.5
Matches 1,305,344 55.5
Single Match Alive 1,298,578 55.2
Single Match Deceased 6,525 0.277
Multiple Match Alive 205 0.009
Multiple Match Deceased 0 0.000
Mixed 36 0.002
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Selected State Data
State Licensed Drivers Registered Voters Verification Requests
State A 1,487,899 965,000 583,266
State B 4,536,205 3,031,000 318,692
State C 7,656,362 6,003,000 264,530
State D 11,356,988 8,624,000 48,198
State E 7,065,438 5,364,000 4,960
State F 12,905,813 8,219,000 34,044
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Observations

• State Education/Reminder
• Excessive verification?
• MVAs must follow SSA Disclosure Policy

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Contact Information

• William L. Farrell
• Director, OSSOM
• 6401 Security Blvd
• Baltimore, MD 21235
• William.L.Farrell_at_ssa.gov
• 410-965-2411

• Pete Monaghan
• Senior Program Policy Advisor, OISP
• 6401 Security Blvd
• Baltimore, MD 21235
• Pete.Monaghan_at_ssa.gov
• 410-966-9972