Voter Registration System
Voter Registration System: A distributed or centralized system that permits the collection, storage, editing, deletion, and reporting of voter records.
Definition
A distributed or centralized system that permits the collection, storage, editing, deletion, and reporting of voter records. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires each state to have a centralized, statewide voter registration system (VRS). VRS have multiple interfaces and can interact with Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) systems, election officials, voters, and other stakeholders. The VRS may be vendor-provided or “homegrown”. They may be client-server architecture or mainframe based.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Set of processing functions and data storage that maintains records of eligible voters. This system generally is not considered a part of a Voting System subject to the 2002 Voting System Standards.
- Definition 3
A distributed or centralized system that permits the collection, storage, editing, deletion and reporting of voter records. HAVA requires each state to have a centralized, statewide voter registration system (VRS). VRS have multiple interfaces and can interact with Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) systems, election officials, voters and other stakeholders. The VRS may be vendor-provided or “homegrown”. They may be client-server architecture or mainframe based.
- Definition 4
A system that maintains records of those persons who are entitled to vote.