
Recommendation 2.6
Establish, through state legislatures and/or offices of secretaries of state, paid voter orientation for voters participating in their first federal election, analogous to a combination of jury orientation and jury pay. Most states use short videos produced by the state judicial system to provide jurors with a nonpolitical orientation to their duty; first-time voters should receive a similar orientation to their duty.
In order to implement Recommendation 2.6 by 2026, the Commission proposes the following milestones to complete by year-end of:
2020
- Announce a joint task force within the National Association of Secretaries of State and State Election Directors to study the concept, including the availability of funds from the Help America Vote Act to support a pilot initiative
2021
- Identify fours states willing to pilot this concept.
2022
- Achieve scope of work documents for the project in those four states.
2024
- Produce and deliver voter orientation videos to first-time voters in those four states.
2025
- Assess the pilot program; determine whether to recommend expansion.
2026
- Presuming success of the pilot, recruit a larger network of states into participation.