Tender Branson's MEGA Election 2012 Chart (Population, Turnout, VAP, VEP, etc.)

[greenforest32]

Also, there are 30 million American citizens who are eligible to vote, but not registered. Most of them in California.

Arizona is the worst state in relative terms, when it comes to registering eligible voters: Arizona did only register 70% of its eligible voting population ahead of the 2012 election.

WY actually is lowest, but WY has same-day registration, so their number cannot be used.

Other than the DC and MI flukes, Colorado did the best job in registering eligible voters: 99%.

It matches up in the chart but these numbers are just so surprising. An opt-in voter registration system reaching 90%+ of eligible voters? When the Oregon Secretary of State proposed that automatic voter registration bill earlier this year, the main rationale for it was that it would increase the percentage of eligible voters that were registered to vote from the mid-70% range to the low-90% range.

I don't understand how so many states are hitting 95% in that VEP/RV% column. What are they doing, or, are we not doing?

[greenforest32]

Also, there are 30 million American citizens who are eligible to vote, but not registered. Most of them in California.

Arizona is the worst state in relative terms, when it comes to registering eligible voters: Arizona did only register 70% of its eligible voting population ahead of the 2012 election.

WY actually is lowest, but WY has same-day registration, so their number cannot be used.

Other than the DC and MI flukes, Colorado did the best job in registering eligible voters: 99%.

It matches up in the chart but these numbers are just so surprising. An opt-in voter registration system reaching 90%+ of eligible voters? When the Oregon Secretary of State proposed that automatic voter registration bill earlier this year, the main rationale for it was that it would increase the percentage of eligible voters that were registered to vote from the mid-70% range to the low-90% range.

I don't understand how so many states are hitting 95% in that VEP/RV% column. What are they doing, or, are we not doing?

Maybe same day registration.

And maybe some states just have a more efficient voter registration info system or better coordinated drives.

Do states with internet registration rank any better here ?

Right; I could get same-day registration. But if we're only going to hit 91-93% with automatic registration (arguably more efficient than same-day registration), how does a state like Indiana without same-day registration hit 95%? It's weird.

It could be online registration but I'm not sure. These are the states with it: http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/electronic-or-online-voter-registration.aspx

Oregon's and Oklahoma's numbers are very similar in your chart while we have online voter registration (since early 2010) and Oklahoma does not.