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One of the primary components of the Voter Registration Act of 1993 concerned individuals’ ability to mail in their registration form. Allowing individuals to mail in their registration form instead of requiring a trip down to an office makes it more accessible. Michigan is one of the states with a similar motor-voter program. Based off numbers in Michigan, motor voter programs “could potentially increase the present registration level from…65 percent to 91 percent” (Piven and Cloward, 238). Furthermore, the Committee recognized that mail-in registration helped serve a portion of the population previously underrepresented in the registration process, such as people without access to easy transportation (some examples would be minorities and those with disabilities). The report points out that “since registration by mail was already in place in approximately half the states, and there was substantial evidence that this procedure not only increased registration but successfully reached out to those groups most under-represented on the registration rolls, this method of registration was considered appropriate for a national standard” (CHA, 4). Section 9(b) of the act specifies that the mail registration form can only ask for information that is necessary to assess the applicant’s eligibility. The form needed to include a statement that specifies each eligibility requirement as well as a signed acknowledgement that the applicant meets these requirements (under penalty of perjury). States are allowed (but not required) to mandate that you have to vote in person if you registered by mail AND if they have not previously voted in an attempt to decrease voter fraud.
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