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| 1. | Name: | State of Texas Elections Division | |||||||||
| 2. | Voting Machine Position: | Pro to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?" | |||||||||
| 3. | Reasoning: |
"DRE systems give the voter a summary screen so that they can review that before finally casting their ballot. On a DRE, a voter can change their vote at any time before casting their ballot. As far as preventing an overvote, that obviously is one of the major areas that brought HAVA about. On DREs, it doesn't allow an overvote." (Available on the Division's website; accessed 5/3/2006) |
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| 5. | Organization | ||||||||||
| A. Description: | State government division that provides assistance and advice to election officials on the proper conduct of elections
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| B. Mission: | "To provide assistance and advice to election officials on the proper conduct of elections, including hosting seminars and elections schools, providing calendars, ballot certification, primary election funding, and legal interpretations of election laws to election officials. We also provide assistance to the general public on voter registration and other election issues"(On agency's website, accessed 5/3/2006)
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| C. Structure: | Texas state government division within the Office of the Secretary of State | ||||||||||
| D. Members / Constituents: |
Non-membership |
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| F. Sr. Executive: | Ann McGeehan | ||||||||||
| G. Title: | Director of Elections | ||||||||||
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| I: # of offices: | 1 | ||||||||||
| I: Staff: | Not listed
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| 6. | Relevant Affiliations: | A division of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State | |||||||||
