1. Enable and expand voter education and registration in underrepresented areas of the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and other counties of Northeast Ohio; and
   

2. Improve elections in Ohio through research and advocacy for legislative and administrative changes.

ACTIVITIES IN PROGRESS

• Consulting with Cleveland Municipal Schools to provide voter education in 11th grade Government classes.
  

• Participating in a work group of statewide election reform organizations, which has released recommendations for legislation and administrative changes to improve voting by provisional ballot in Ohio.
  

• Providing data regarding registration and voting in Ohio to the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules.
  
  

• Researching best practices used by states which have successful programs of client registration by public assistance agencies, as required by federal legislation (National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), aka "Motor Voter Law"). The result will be used to advocate for improvements in Ohio's program, and possibly at the local level.
  

• Using data from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to characterize the most common types of defective registrations received in 2008, and the percentage of defective registrations submitted by various agencies and organizations. The data will be used to encourage greater quality control by these groups.

• Participating in Ohio Secretary of State's Voting Rights Institute Advisory Council, and on the Secretary of State's NVRA Leadership Team.

• Working with Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and local libraries to conduct training for Voter Registrars.

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