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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 14, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
August 14, 2023: Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters favor a ban on automatic voter registration at DMVs. A Scott Rasmussen National Survey found that this includes majorities of both Republicans (54%) and Democrats (56%). Independent voters are evenly divided between those who favor and oppose a ban.
The survey also found that 77% believe proof of citizenship should be required when registering to vote and 74% say drop boxes should only be available in places and times where they can be supervised and have video surveillance. Each of these positions is taken by majorities of both parties.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 2-3, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the -sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
In some states, individuals are automatically registered to vote when they get a driver’s license or ID card at the DMV. A proposal has been made that would ban this automatic voter registration. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 28%-Strongly favor
- 23%-Somewhat favor
- 16%-Somewhat oppose
- 19%-Strongly oppose
- 13%-Not sure
When someone registers to vote, should he or she be required to show proof of citizenship?
- 77%-Yes
- 14%-No
- 8%-Not sure
In many states, drop boxes are provided to make it easier for people to vote. Should such drop boxes be available only in places and times where they can be supervised and have video surveillance? Or should unsupervised drop boxes be allowed?
- 74%-Only supervised and with video surveillance
- 15%-Unsupervised should be allowed
- 11%-Not sure
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