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Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementing an Online Voter Registration System in Wisconsin

Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementing an Online Voter Registration System in Wisconsin. Prepared for the Government Accountability Board by:. Iseul Choi Joe Dvorak Steven Kulig Katie Lorenze Amanda Wilmarth. Introduction.

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Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementing an Online Voter Registration System in Wisconsin

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  1. Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementing an Online Voter Registration System in Wisconsin Prepared for the Government Accountability Board by: Iseul Choi Joe Dvorak Steven Kulig Katie Lorenze Amanda Wilmarth

  2. Introduction • Since 2002, 13 states have implemented an online voter registration system (OVRS) • Currently under debate in Wisconsin • Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (ASA 1) to Assembly Bill 225 (AB 225) • Current policy • In person at clerk’s office • Registration by mail • My Vote Wisconsin (partial OVRS) • Election Day registration

  3. Costs • Costs for the GAB and DOT total $1.42 million: • Implementation and maintenance • Personnel costs • Upgrading and purchasing hardware/software • Training existing clerks and poll workers • Public advertising & outreach campaign • Unable to empirically link usage to advertising • Developed four different models • Advertising costs based on implementing photo ID • No advertising costs with no usage delay • One year usage delay • Two year usage delay

  4. Benefits • Driven by usage • Time cost reductions • Lower material costs • Labor reductions • Local governments realize 70 percent of all cost savings

  5. Net Benefits • Advertising based on photo ID budget: • $372,000 • No advertising budget/no usage delay: • $1.01 million • No advertising budget/one year usage delay: • $525,000 • No advertising budget/two year usage delay: • $124,000

  6. Methodology • Election Assistance Commission • Biennial Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) administered to the states • Survey to county and municipal clerks • GAB and DOT fiscal cost estimates • Statistical analysis and Monte Carlo sensitivity

  7. Limitations • Election Assistance Commission Data • Clerk survey results • Cost and benefits not monetized

  8. Conclusions • We recommend GAB support the adoption of OVRS • Usage drives benefits

  9. Determining OVRS Usage

  10. Determining OVRS Usage

  11. Determining OVRS Usage

  12. Monte Carlo Analysis • Original Model: mean NPV of $372,000. • Range $-155,000 – 912,000 • 99.8% positive results

  13. Monte Carlo Analysis • No Advertising; 1 Year usage delay • Mean NPV of $525,000 • Range $41,000 – 1 million • No Advertising; 2 Year usage delay • Mean NPV of $124,000 • Range -$257,000 – 588,000 • 87% positive results • No Advertising; no usage delay • Mean NPV of $1.01 million** • Range $489,000 – 1.57 million

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