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OMB Control No: 3265-0006	ICR Reference No: 200809-3265-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200610-3265-001
Agency/Subagency: EAC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 2008 Election Administration and Voting Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 09/05/2008
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/25/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/02/2008
Terms of Clearance: Upon completion of the data collection, EAC will provide OMB with information on the response rates achieved with the study, as well as any non-response rate issues. When designing surveys for 2010, EAC should also continue to work with DoD on identifying overlap between DoD's Post-Election Survey of Overseas and Post-Election Survey of Local Election Officials and the EACs Election Administration & Voting Survey to avoid duplicative efforts and to minimize collection overlap.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2009	6 Months From Approved	11/30/2009
Responses	110	0	55
Time Burden (Hours)	6,329	0	6,329
Cost Burden (Dollars)	147,930	0	147,930

Abstract: The proposed information collection is necessary to meet requirements of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301). HAVA §241 requires the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to study and report on election activities, practices, policies, and procedures, including methods of voter registration, methods of conducting provisional voting, poll worker recruitment and training, and such other matters as the Commission determines are appropriate. In addition, HAVA §802 transferred to the EAC the Federal Election Commissions responsibility of biennially administering a survey on the impact of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-1 et seq.). The information the States are required to submit to the EAC for purposes of the NVRA report are found under Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (11 CFR 8.7). HAVA §703(a) also amended §102 the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) by requiring that not later than 90 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, each State and unit of local government which administered the election shall (through the State, in the case of a unit of local government) submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission (established under the Help America Vote Act of 2002) on the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters for the election and the combined number of such ballots which were returned by such voters and cast in the election, and shall make such a report available to the general public.

Emergency Justfication: The proposed information collection is necessary to meet requirements of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301). HAVA §241 requires the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to study and report on election activities, practices, policies, and procedures, including methods of voter registration, methods of conducting provisional voting, poll worker recruitment and training, and such other matters as the Commission determines are appropriate. In addition, HAVA §802 transferred to the EAC the Federal Election Commissions responsibility of biennially administering a survey on the impact of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-1 et seq.). The information the States are required to submit to the EAC for purposes of the NVRA report are found under Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (11 CFR 8.7). HAVA §703(a) also amended §102 the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act (UOCAVA) (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) by requiring that not later than 90 days after the date of each regularly scheduled general election for Federal office, each State and unit of local government which administered the election shall (through the State, in the case of a unit of local government) submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission (established under the Help America Vote Act of 2002) on the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters for the election and the combined number of such ballots which were returned by such voters and cast in the election, and shall make such a report available to the general public. Additionally, in December 2007, Congress authorized the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Public Law 110-161 authorized the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to award $10 million in grants to States to implement a data collection program for Federal elections scheduled to be held in November 2008. The information being sought for the grant program is connected to the 2008 Election Administration and Voting Survey. In order for states to configure their database systems to query the data being requested as part of the 2008 Election Administration and Voting Survey and $10 million grant program, state and local election officials need the final version of the survey as soon as possible. It is on this basis that the EAC requests that the OMB Clearance process be expedited and that the next phase of public comment be waived.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1973gg-1 et seq. Name of Law: National Voter Registration Act
   US Code: 42 USC 1973ff-1 Name of Law: Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voters Act
   US Code: 42 USC 15301 Name of Law: Help America Vote Act of 2002

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	73 FR 14974	03/20/2008
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
2006 Election Administration and Voting Survey	EAC-RS01	2006 Election Administration and Voting Survey
2008 Election Administration and Voting Survey

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	110	55	55
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,329	6,329	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	147,930	147,930	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government:

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Shelly Anderson 202 566-0965 sandersoneac@gmail.com

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