Vra Ignite M Brown
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Voter registration is the foundation of free and fair elections and voter list audits (VLAs) systematically assess the accuracy of voter lists. VLAs in Guyana in 1991 and 1992 found more than 30% of names on the preliminary list could not be verified, causing a election postponement. Following a positive VLA in Indonesia in 2004, the election commission took recommendations seriously and conducted additional voter registration to improve list accuracy. VLAs allow civil society groups to publish statistically sound data on voter lists to promote transparency and public confidence in election processes.
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- 1. At a Glance: Voter Registration and Voter List Audits Michelle Brown
- 8. Two way field tests Voters List Eligible Voters/ Voting Age Public List-to-people test People-to-list test
- 9. 2007 preliminary list Recommendation: Reduce Number of duplicate entries - name and birth date
- 10. May 2008 list: Number of duplicate entries for name and birth date reduced
- 12. Indonesia VLA Methods of Data Transmision RE c AP DATA CENTER ENTRY CALL CENTER SMS CENTER Postal service 1 2 3
- 17. Voter’s list audits allow civil society groups to publish statistically sound and systematically-gathered data.
- 18. Voter’s list audits allow civil society groups to publish statistically sound and systematically-gathered data.
- 19. Thank You Michelle Brown [email_address]
- 20. Thank You Michelle Brown [email_address]
Editor's Notes
- Specific assessment of the list not the process as a whole
- Specific assessment of the list not the process as a whole
- VRAs will cover 24% of the communes. Depending on the total registered voters in each province, 1-53 communes will be selected as sample points. 1 sample points for Mondolkiri (24,571 voters) & Kep (21,392) provinces 53 sample points for Kampong Cham with 1,072,229 (approx 45x Kep) Average # registered voters such as Kampot (344,950) approximately will have 17 communes as sample points
- Total respondents 3,850 respondents In each of the communes, 10 randomly selected of voters and voting age public will be selected as respondents. So the study is designed to cover both registered voters and those unregistered but eligible to register as voters 770 respondents will be selected from the voting age public as quota, with defined criteria such as just died, just moved, young voters, etc. At each of the interview in the list to people (4 respondents each commune), the information on the respondents ID’s and elector card was crosschecked against the information provided in the voters list to establish the accuracy of the register. In the people to list test (random), 4 respondents from 4 different household around the sampled polling stations will be selected. And in each household will only be interviewed one respondents using Kishgrid method while maintaining age and gender balance in the selection of the respondents.
- In Guyana, the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) first conducted field and computer tests to assess the quality of the voters list before general elections in 1991. The EAB determined that over 30 percent of the names on the preliminary voters list (PVL) could not be found based on a list-to-people field test. A computer test of the PVL discovered that out of the nearly 400,000 names on the PVL, 1,700 sets of names had the same national ID number. From information gathered by monitors during the list-to-people field test, the EAB also calculated that nearly 30,000 registered voters lacked ID cards that were required for voting. After the EAB publicized these concerns, the Guyana Election Commission decided to postpone the elections until the following year to permit time for the PVL to be extensively revised. In 1992, the EAB conducted another set of tests on the new PVL and discovered that the number of errors was greatly reduced. The number of people not found fell to 3.7 percent, and only 28 sets of names had the same national ID number. However, the EAB continued to express concerns about registered voters who lacked ID cards and urged the election commission to intensify its efforts to produce and distribute ID cards. Since 1992, the EAB has conducted both field and computer tests of the PVL for both the 1997 and 2001 elections.
- In Guyana, the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) first conducted field and computer tests to assess the quality of the voters list before general elections in 1991. The EAB determined that over 30 percent of the names on the preliminary voters list (PVL) could not be found based on a list-to-people field test. A computer test of the PVL discovered that out of the nearly 400,000 names on the PVL, 1,700 sets of names had the same national ID number. From information gathered by monitors during the list-to-people field test, the EAB also calculated that nearly 30,000 registered voters lacked ID cards that were required for voting. After the EAB publicized these concerns, the Guyana Election Commission decided to postpone the elections until the following year to permit time for the PVL to be extensively revised. In 1992, the EAB conducted another set of tests on the new PVL and discovered that the number of errors was greatly reduced. The number of people not found fell to 3.7 percent, and only 28 sets of names had the same national ID number. However, the EAB continued to express concerns about registered voters who lacked ID cards and urged the election commission to intensify its efforts to produce and distribute ID cards. Since 1992, the EAB has conducted both field and computer tests of the PVL for both the 1997 and 2001 elections.
- Voter registration audits in Indonesia (conducted once by civil society group JAMPPI and followed by a later audit conducted by civil society group LP3ES) and special territory Aceh (conducted by civil society group Yappika) in 2004, did not compare results to previous voter lists, but nonetheless helped to inform the public of the voter registration process and build confidence in the voter list. Most problems were minor and the groups found that the voter registration rate was relatively high, but discovered that the rate was much lower for certain lower-class and marginalized groups. They found that the accuracy of the information in the list varied, and that one of largest problems were people who were unaware that they were registered, rather than eligible voters being excluded from the list. The VRA conducted by LP3ES and NDI prior to the April elections received high praise from the General Elections Commission (KPU), which had been under initial scrutiny for a mismanaged voter registration process. Following the audit, the KPU even decided to conduct a follow-on registration effort in April and May for the first round of the presidential election in order to both register those eligible but still unregistered, and to purge “ghost voters” from the rolls. The KPU pledged to involve village chiefs and neighborhood leaders in this follow-on effort. NDI and its domestic partners conducted similar VRAs for local elections throughout Indonesia in 2005 and 2006 as well.
- Voter registration audits in Indonesia (conducted once by civil society group JAMPPI and followed by a later audit conducted by civil society group LP3ES) and special territory Aceh (conducted by civil society group Yappika) in 2004, did not compare results to previous voter lists, but nonetheless helped to inform the public of the voter registration process and build confidence in the voter list. Most problems were minor and the groups found that the voter registration rate was relatively high, but discovered that the rate was much lower for certain lower-class and marginalized groups. They found that the accuracy of the information in the list varied, and that one of largest problems were people who were unaware that they were registered, rather than eligible voters being excluded from the list. The VRA conducted by LP3ES and NDI prior to the April elections received high praise from the General Elections Commission (KPU), which had been under initial scrutiny for a mismanaged voter registration process. Following the audit, the KPU even decided to conduct a follow-on registration effort in April and May for the first round of the presidential election in order to both register those eligible but still unregistered, and to purge “ghost voters” from the rolls. The KPU pledged to involve village chiefs and neighborhood leaders in this follow-on effort. NDI and its domestic partners conducted similar VRAs for local elections throughout Indonesia in 2005 and 2006 as well.