EAC Study of the Feasibility and Advisability of Establishing a Program of Free Return or Reduced Postage for Absentee Ballots - Survey of Registered Voters

ICR 200705-3265-003

OMB: 3265-0009

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
New
Supplementary Document
2007-05-18
Supplementary Document
2007-05-18
Supporting Statement B
2007-05-18
Supporting Statement A
2007-05-18
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
3265-0009 200705-3265-003
Historical Active
EAC EAC FABP S 0001
EAC Study of the Feasibility and Advisability of Establishing a Program of Free Return or Reduced Postage for Absentee Ballots - Survey of Registered Voters
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/08/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 05/18/2007
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2010 36 Months From Approved
1,200 0 0
300 0 0
0 0 0

Section 246 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301) mandates that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), in consultation with the United States Postal Service, to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a program under which the U.S. Postal Service shall waive or otherwise reduce the amount of postage applicable with respect to absentee ballots returned by voters in general elections for Federal office. This study does not address the cost to the U.S. Postal Service for free postage for sending absentee ballots but may consider costs to election officials that are related to implementing such a program including the costs of sending absentee ballots to voters. It also does not include consideration of the 39 USC 3406 provisions for the mailing of balloting materials for military and overseas absentee voters. As part of the study the Commission is directed to conduct a survey of potential beneficiaries, including the elderly and disabled, and to take into account the results of this survey in determining the feasibility and advisability of establishing such a program. HAVA §246(b)(1) requires the Commission to submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under HAVA §246(a)(1) together with recommendations for such legislative actions as the Commission determines appropriate. In addition, the report is required to contain an estimate of the costs of establishing the program described in HAVA §246(a)(1), an analysis of the feasibility of implementing such program with respect to the absentee ballots to be submitted in the general election for Federal office held in 2004, and recommendations on ways the program would target elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities and methods for increasing the number of such individuals who vote in elections for Federal office. The information for this collection will be collected through a one-time public opinion survey of 1,200 randomly selected U.S. citizens throughout the fifty U.S. States and through nine focus groups meetings designed to explore, in-depth, issues concerning the potential beneficiaries of this program. The beneficiaries include those who will be more likely to participate in federal elections should this program be implemented, including the elderly, the disabled, and the impoverished. This Information Collection Request (ICR) is only for the national survey, the focus groups are being submitted as a separate ICR for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

US Code: 42 USC 15301 Name of Law: Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  72 FR 2875 01/23/2007
72 FR 28037 05/18/2007
Yes

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
EAC FABP Survey of Registered Voters EAC FABP S 0001 EAC Free Absentee Ballot Postage Questionnaire

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 1,200 0 0 1,200 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 300 0 0 300 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
No
New collection.

$40,100
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
Yes
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Laiza Otero 202-566-2209 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
05/18/2007


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