Committee on House Administration Chairman Candice Miller, R-Mich.,
issued the following statement after the full Committee hearing on H.R.
2115, The Voter Registration Efficiency Act:

“During today’s hearing, we heard about voters casting ballots in
two states, states spending thousands to maintain duplicate
registrations, and NVRA’s outdated provisions that prevent states from
doing anything about it.

“Based on my experience as Michigan’s Secretary of State and the
input of other state election officials forced to comply with the
antiquated provisions of NVRA, Mr. Rokita, former Indiana Secretary of
State, and I drafted legislation that updates NVRA.  Our bill gives
states the ability to collect and share the information necessary to
identify and prevent millions of duplicate voter registrations
nationwide – an overdue update that will undoubtedly improve the
integrity of our electoral process.

“I was encouraged by today’s testimony reaffirming this
legislation’s ability to help states with this process without imposing
costly mandates that would impact their respective list maintenance
procedures. I thank our witnesses for their valuable feedback – it is
crucial to this process and the success of any election administration
reform.”

….In addition to jeopardizing the integrity of our elections, duplicate
registrations cost states thousands to maintain.  According to
Michigan’s Director of Elections, Christopher Thomas, the cost alone of
sending mailers to former state residents still registered in Michigan
was approximately $13,000 in 2012.