…Twelve states already have online paperless voter registration. Four other states have passed legislation facilitating online registration but have not begun registering voters electronically yet, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan research organization.   Several factors are driving the trend, such as the cost savings for states and improved accuracy of voter rolls, said Jennie Drage Bowser, senior fellow, legislative management program with the conference. 

….”This is as secure as the paper system,” Mr. Smucker said. “The paper system requires input on those two items and that is manually verified. It is as secure if not more secure.”  Why did this bill pass unanimously when the voter ID debate was extremely controversial?  “The voter ID argument has been very sharply partisan, and the online voter registration has not been,” said Ms. Bowser, noting that many Republican-leaning “red states” such as Arizona, South Carolina and Utah have online registration.

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