Other Voter Registration Issues

20. Information provided by your state in 2001 indicated that in November 2000 the state deadline to submit a registration application was: [State's 2000 deadline to submit registration application]

If this information is incorrect, please provide correct information for what was in place in November 2000:

  a. Did your state's deadline for submitting a registration application remain the same or change for November 2004?
(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
1. Remained the same
2. Changed (describe below)
3. Don't know

  b. If changed, please indicate your state's deadline for submitting a registration application that was applicable in November 2004:

21. During calendar year 2004, were prospective voters able to find out the status of their registration application in each of the following ways?
(CHECK ONE IN EACH ROW.)
    Yes No Don't know
  a. Could telephone state or local jurisdiction office
  b. Could telephone a hotline or toll-free number
  c. Could e-mail state or local jurisdiction office
  d. Could check a website
  e. Notified by state or local jurisdiction if application rejected
  f. Other (please specify below)
   

  g. If applicable, describe other ways a prospective voter could find out the status of their registration application:

22. Which of the following best describes your state's position on voter registration drives that involve payment per application?
(CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER)
1. These drives are allowed by state law
2. These drives are allowed by executive action (including orders, directives, regulations, or policies)
3. These drives are prohibited by state law
4. These drives are prohibited by executive action
5. State laws and executive action are silent on these drives (left up to each local jurisdiction)
6. Don't know


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