Elections Task Force
City Clerk
Following the general election on Nov. 7, 2000, the East Lansing Elections Task
Force was created with the goal of improving the election process. In doing so,
East Lansing joined municipal clerks and secretary of state offices across the country
searching for ways to deal with difficulties uncovered in the historically close
race. In college communities such as ours, problems encountered during the election
were especially pronounced.
The nine-member Elections Task Force - comprised of city staff, local election experts and citizens - spent three months looking at issues ranging from voter registration to the workload of election employees. The group identified six areas in which improvements can be made: staffing, training/preparedness, voter registration, absentee voting, voter education and equipment.
Out of the Election Task Force's process came about five dozen recommendations on how to make the voting process run more efficiently from the start of registration to counting the final ballot.
Elections Task Force Report and Recommendations
The nine-member Elections Task Force - comprised of city staff, local election experts and citizens - spent three months looking at issues ranging from voter registration to the workload of election employees. The group identified six areas in which improvements can be made: staffing, training/preparedness, voter registration, absentee voting, voter education and equipment.
Out of the Election Task Force's process came about five dozen recommendations on how to make the voting process run more efficiently from the start of registration to counting the final ballot.
Elections Task Force Report and Recommendations