Next Public Hearing On Implementing Voting Centers

Meeting Thursday, August 6th On Implementing Countywide Voting Centers for the Nov. 3, 2009 Election.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Collin County Community College.
Spring Creek Campus.
Conference Center Room AA135.
2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas - map.
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Agenda:

• Site Selection Committee Report on Proposed Election Day Locations
• Research Presentation on Vote Centers by Dr. Robert M. Stein.
  
• Public Comment on Countywide Election Day Polling Place Program

Though the efforts of Shawn Stevens, the new chairperson of the Democratic Party of Collin County, Dr. Robert M. Stein of Rice University in Houston will attend the August 6th meeting to speak to the planning committee.

• Dr. Stein, a Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice University, is an expert on urban politics, elections, voting behavior and public policy. Dr. Stein has been researching how Voting Centers affect overall voter turnout behaviors and has recently addressed conferences and co-authored papers on this topic. (See paper Dr. Stein co-authored: pdf-Engaging the Unengaged Voter - Vote Centers and voter turnout | List of Dr. Stein's publications)


• Dr. Stein's presentation given in this meeting can be accessed at these links:
  MS PowerPoint Presentation 1 - Colorado Comm on Elect Reform 121608.ppt
  MS PowerPoint Presentation 2 - Lubbock Co. Commissioner 032309.ppt
  Audio Recording - Dr. Stein's presentation on Vote Centers 8-6-09.WMA (sorry no .mp3)
  

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• Vote Centers Coming To Collin Co. For Election Day November 3, 2009?