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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for June 17, 2022
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
June 17, 2022: Eighty-six percent (86%) of voters say it is important for states and local governments to clean their voter registration rolls before each election. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 8% think it is not important and 5% are not sure. These totals include 65% who think it is very important and 3% who think it is not at all important.
The survey also found that 71% say people should be automatically removed from the voter rolls in their old states when they get driver’s licenses in new states. Eighty-six percent (86%) say people should be automatically removed from the voter registration rolls when they die. Seventy-seven percent (77%) believe that, to clean up the voter rolls, the federal government should compile a database of people who are registered to vote in more than one state.
Methodology
The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on June 2-5, 2022. Fieldwork 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 +/- 2.8 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
How important is it for states and local governments to clean their voter registration rolls before each election?
- 65%-Very important
- 21%-Somewhat important
- 5%-Not very important
- 3%-Not at all important
- 5%-Not sure
When people move to new states, they typically change their drivers’ licenses from their old states to their new states. When somebody gets a driver's license in a new state, should that person automatically be removed from the voter registration rolls in the old state?
- 71%-Yes
- 15%-No
- 14%-Not sure
Okay… if somebody dies, should that person automatically be removed from the voter registration rolls?
- 86%-Yes
- 7%-No
- 7%-Not sure
For a variety of reasons, many people who move from one state to another remain on the voter registration rolls in the states they left. To clean up the voter rolls, a proposal has been made for the federal government to compile a database of people who are currently registered to vote in more than one state. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 48%-Strongly favor
- 29%-Somewhat favor
- 6%-Somewhat oppose
- 6%-Strongly oppose
- 11%-Not sure
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