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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 Automatic voter registration takes hold on West Coast By JONATHAN J. COOPER and KRISTENA HANSEN Associated Press SALEM — In a typical month, 2,000 people regis- ter to vote in Oregon. In the ¿rst si[ Gays oI this year, more than ,00 MoineG the voter rolls XnGer a neZ initiative that automatically signs up voters Zhen they apply Ior Griver¶s licenses. Oregon is the ¿rst state to aGopt the iGea that it is the government¶s responsiEility to register voters — a move that coulG increase the numEer oI registereG voters Ey percent Ey the 1ovemEer election. &aliIornia has approveG similar legislation, anG auto- matic registration Eills have Eeen introGuceG in more than a Go]en other states. %ut it remains to Ee seen Zhether the iGea Zill taNe holG EeyonG tZo :est &oast states GominateG Ey 'emocrats or Zhether the neZly registereG Zill GeciGe to participate. ³7here¶s no other IunGa- mental right Ze have as citi- ]ens that reTuires you to reg- ister or ¿ll out a Iorm,´ saiG Ale[ 3aGilla, &aliIornia¶s 'emocratic secretary oI state, Zho aGvocateG Ior the laZ. ³I Gon¶t have to register some- Zhere to e[ercise my IreeGom oI speech. I Gon¶t have to ¿ll out a Iorm someZhere to e[er- cise my right to not Ee Giscrim- inateG against.´ 5esearchers at the 3eZ &enter on the States reporteG in 202, EeIore the last pres- iGential election, that mil- lion Americans Zere eligiEle to vote Eut unregistereG. 3eZ saiG last year that the 8niteG States has one oI the loZest voter-participation rates oI the Gemocratic ZorlG. 3resiGent %aracN OEama praiseG Oregon anG &aliIor- nia tZice last month anG urgeG more states to IolloZ their leaG. ³7he MoE oI our Gemocracy is to maNe it easier, not maNe it harGer Ior our citi]ens to Ee aEle to vote,´ OEama tolG 'emocratic governors in a meeting at the White House on )eE. . 7he iGea has plenty oI crit- ics, Zho Zorry it Zill leaG to more errors in voter registra- tion GataEases, anG coulG Ee especially proElematic in the 2 states — incluGing &aliIor- nia — that grant Griving priv- ileges to people Zho can¶t prove they¶re legally in the Don Ryan/AP Photo Oregon Gov. Kate Brown smiles after signing an automatic voter registration bill in Salem. Oregon is the first state to adopt the idea that it is the government’s responsibility to register voters — a move that could increase the number of registered voters by 13 percent by the November election. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo A voter marks his ballot while voting in Elk Grove, Calif. Oregon is the first state to adopt the idea that it is the gov- ernment’s responsibility to register voters — a move that could increase the number of registered voters by 13 per- cent by the November election. California has approved similar legislation, and automatic registration bills have been introduced in more than a dozen other states. 8niteG States. OI¿cials in Ore- gon anG &aliIornia saiG Griv- ing recorGs maNe clear Zho is a citi]en. ³II you taNe aZay that neeG Ior that voter to communi- cate Zith their election oI¿- cial, mistaNes Zill Ee maGe ... Gue to limitation oI resources,´ saiG Logan &hurchZell, a spoNesman Ior 7rue the 9ote, Zhich aGvocates policies to protect election integrity. Automatic registration receiveG no 5epuElican votes in Oregon anG Must one in &aliIornia. 5ecent election changes in *O3-GominateG states have oIten gone in the other Girection, reTuiring vot- THE DAILY ASTORIAN W EDNESDAY E VENING A (2) (3) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KRCW KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (3) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) ers to taNe more steps to cast Eallots such as shoZing photo iGenti¿cation or shoZing prooI oI citi]enship at the time oI registration. 5epuElicans say these eIIorts are intenGeG to prevent voter IrauG anG secure puE- lic con¿Gence in elections, Eut 'emocrats say they¶re eIIorts to limit access to the Eallot. Si[teen states Zill have more restrictive voting laZs in the 20 election than they GiG Iour years ago, accorGing to the %rennan &enter Ior -ustice at 1eZ <orN 8niversity. At least states have auto- matic registration Eills penG- ing, accorGing to the %rennan &enter, Zhich aGvocates Ior automatic registration. 1eZ -ersey *ov. &hris &hristie, a 5epuElican, vetoeG an automatic registration Eill approveG last year Ey the 'emocratic-controlleG Leg- islature, Zhich is trying again this year. 9oter registration laZs in the 8.S. have only Eeen arounG Ior aEout 0 years, saiG 3aul *ronNe, a political science proIessor at 5eeG &ol- lege in 3ortlanG Zho special- i]es in voter Eehavior. ³9oter registration Zas put in place in the 8.S. in the 0s anG the 0s — anG the historical recorG is very clear — ¿rst to holG out &atholics, southern European immigrants anG to push AIrican Americans oII the rolls,´ he saiG. 7oGay, *ronNe saiG, regis- tration still is Ey Iar one oI the Eiggest Earriers to voting. Minorities, loZer-income anG young people are the least liNely groups to register Eecause they move arounG a lot anG Iorget to upGate their aGGress or miss the GeaGline, or politics isn¶t a priority to them Zhile they¶re preoccu- pieG Zith maNing enGs meet. Researchers are eager to see Zhether people Zho are automatically registereG actu- ally cast Eallots. Once reg- istereG, potential voters Zill Eegin getting mail anG tele- phone calls they¶ve never receiveG EeIore, Irom cam- paigns anG election aGminis- trators aliNe. ³7here¶s this Zhole appara- tus Ior get-out-the-vote anG engagement that Goes not hap- pen Zhen someone is not on the rolls,´ saiG Myrna 3ere], Girector oI the 9oting Rights LISTINGS anG Elections 3roMect at the %rennan &enter. Oregon Eegan registering people eligiEle to vote in -an- uary, using Gata Irom applica- tions Ior neZ or reneZeG Griv- er¶s licenses. 7hey¶re maileG a letter oIIering 2 Gays to opt out or select a political party. In the ¿rst ZeeN, , neZ potential voters Zere iGenti- ¿eG anG sent a letter. 7he vast maMority, percent, GiG noth- ing anG Zere automatically aGGeG to their county¶s voter rolls as nonpartisan voters. State oI¿cials are scheGuleG to release upGateG Gata later this ZeeN. %ecause Oregon is one oI three states that conGuct elec- tions entirely Ey mail, they¶ll automatically get a Eallot EeIore the ne[t election. &aliIornia is still ZorN- ing on the soItZare anG regu- lations Ior its program, Zhich 3aGilla, the secretary oI state, e[pects to Ee in place EeIore the 20 election. ³We Zant to give as many people as possiEle the opportu- nity to vote,´ saiG -eanne AtNins, Oregon¶s 'emocratic secretary oI state, ³anG this is one Zay oI accomplishing that.´ Evening listings WEDNESDAY M ARCH 9 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! 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