Help America Vote Act Help America Vote Act Pete Monaghan, Senior Program Policy Advisor Office of Income Security Programs William L. Farrell, Director Office of Systems Security Operations Management November 29, 2007 November 29, 2007 1
Overview History Background American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Architecture State Agreements FY 2007 Statistics Observations 2
History HAVA was passed in October 2002 on October 14, 2004 in Iowa Allows states to verify an applicant by: driver s license number OR last four digits of the SSN 3
Agreements Election Agency MVA MVA AAMVA AAMVA SSA: Telecommunications and billing SSA & MVA: Privacy, process and reimbursement 4
Design Highlights NASS sponsored workgroup: NASED, AAMVA, SSA, several States Desired outcomes: Prevent fraudulent voting Avoid incorrect prevention of registration Provide maximum information Group developed requirements based on: Desired outcomes Limitations of information 5
Design Considerations Limited input information Balance inclusion v. exclusion True match unknowable: Each last four equals 40,000 SSNs Provide maximum output information to election agency 6
Verification Routine Election agency collects name, DOB, and last four digits of SSN Transmitted to MVA MVA transmits to SSA via AAMVA SSA does exact search of name, month/year of birth and last four Real-time reply sent to MVA via AAMVA 7
Results False positives cannot be identified Match rate? Last name changes not reported to SSA Proper first name historically not required Exact month/year of birth required SSA data may be outdated, incorrect 8
AAMVA Architecture AAMVA Architecture State MVA Mainframe AAMVA environment Arlington, VA AAMVA Mainframe State file datastore Network Control System Dedicated circuit with a secure bind SSANET UNI SSA Environment Mainframe environment ALPHIDENT NUMIDENT SSA Mainframe Spooled requests Billing Management Information Reports Woodlawn, MD 9
HAVA Architecture HAVA Architecture 10
Status of State Agreements Status of State Agreements Exempt 7 Received 5 Pending 1 Manual Process 1 Note: This data includes states and territories. 41 11
Status of State Agreements Status of State Agreements State Status State Status State Status Alabama Maine Pennsylvania Alaska Maryland Rhode Island Arizona Massachusetts South Carolina Exempt Arkansas Michigan South Dakota California Minnesota Received Tennessee EXEMPT Colorado Mississippi Received Texas Connecticut Missouri Utah Delaware Montana Vermont D.C. Nebraska Virginia Exempt Florida Nevada Washington Georgia* New Hampshire West Virginia Hawaii Exempt New Jersey Wisconsin Idaho New Mexico Exempt Wyoming Illinois Received New York Guam Pending Indiana North Carolina Puerto Rico Received Iowa North Dakota Exempt Virgin Islands Received Kansas Ohio American Samoa Manual Process Kentucky Exempt Oklahoma Louisiana Oregon 12
Fiscal Year 2007 Data Fiscal Year 2007 Data Total Number of Transactions Number of States Making Transactions Largest Amount Fewest Amount Cost per Transaction 2,352,204 40 583,266 21 $0.0062 13
Verification Results Verification Results Total Transactions Non Matches Matches Single Match Alive Fiscal Year 2007 2,352,204 1,046,855 1,305,344 1,298,578 Percent of Total 44.5% 55.5% 55.2% Single Match Deceased Multiple Match Alive Multiple Match Deceased Mixed 6,525 205 0 36 0.277% 0.009% 0.000% 0.002% 14
Selected State Data Selected State Data State Licensed Drivers Registered Voters Verification Requests State A 1,487,899 965,000 583,266 State B 4,536,205 3,031,000 318,692 State C 7,656,362 6,003,000 264,530 State D 11,356,988 8,624,000 48,198 State E 7,065,438 5,364,000 4,960 State F 12,905,813 8,219,000 34,044 15
Observations State Education/Reminder Excessive verification? MVA s must follow SSA Disclosure Policy 16
Contact Information Contact Information William L. Farrell Director, OSSOM 6401 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21235 William.L.Farrell@ssa.gov 410-965-2411 Pete Monaghan Senior Program Policy Advisor, OISP 6401 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21235 Pete.Monaghan@ssa.gov 410-966-9972 17