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Can Philly clean up 28,000-voter registration backlog by election day? (UPDATED)
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Can Philly clean up 28,000-voter registration backlog by election day? (UPDATED)
Some 23,000 Philly voter registration application have still gone unprocessed by the City Commissioners Office . The backlog, at 41,000 a couple weeks ago, was supposed to have been resolved by yesterday's City Commissioners meeting, according to a previous announcement from the Commissioners' office. But, efforts apparently fell short. Now, the Commissioners are aiming to clear up the backlog by Sunday, according to City Commissioners Chairwoman Stephanie Singer.
Singer says the office processed more than 5,000 voter registration applications yesterday, and has called in reinforcement from other offices throughout the city to help move things along. "We have staff working until 10 p.m., and staff from other city departments working on it," she says. She says part of the hold-up had to do with the state's slow computer servers, and part had to do with the number electronic applications the Commissioners had to process from the state Department of Transportation. That backlog is now entirely cleared up, she says. The office has also extended the deadline for correcting incomplete voter registration applications to Nov. 2.
Zack Stalberg, president and chief executive of the Committee of Seventy, says he suspects that high staff turnover in the office had more to do with it. Reform advocates Singer, a Democrat, and Al Schmidt, a Republican, were both newly elected last November.
"Frankly, I'm less concerned about what the reason is, and more concerned that everyone who registered by the deadline actually does get registered," Stalberg said. "We're starting to run out of time here." He said the Commissioners had rejected his offer to supply supplemental volunteers to help process the applications. Part of the reason Seventy is concerned is that voters who filled out applications incorrectly or incompletely need to be notified and given time to correct their applications. Moreover, those who aren't sure if they're properly registered may be likely to stay home on election day.
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