NVRA CVR case studies
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The NVRA Certified Voter Registration Professional (CVR) is a professional credential for people who administer voter registration under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 - agency-based registration staff, DMV liaisons, election office clerks and supervisors, list-maintenance analysts, and the compliance and outreach staff who support them. The exam tests applied knowledge of the NVRA across its full lifecycle: the statute's history and scope, Section 5 agency registration, Section 6 mail registration, Section 7 DMV procedures, Section 8 list maintenance and the limits on removing voters, Sections 9–11 federal coordination, reporting and enforcement, plus form processing, eligibility, data privacy and security, and accessibility, language access and nondiscrimination. The NVRA CVR case studies are 5 cases and about 3,307 words.
1The On-Request-Only Public Assistance Office
Union County Human Services administers SNAP, Medicaid, and a state-funded disability support program across four offices. A compliance reviewer observes that front-desk staff provide voter registration forms only when a client specifically asks.
674 words, about 3 min2The DMV Kiosk That Asks Too Late
Riverton State DMV operates three offices processing 15,000 transactions monthly. After a system upgrade, the voter registration prompt appears only after the customer pays and receives a receipt; the clerk must click 'No' by default to close the transaction.
667 words, about 3 min3The Post-Election Purge in Cedar County
After the November 2024 federal general election, Cedar County election officials run list maintenance. They obtain a USPS National Change of Address file identifying 8,500 registrants, send forwardable confirmation cards, and receive 3,000 returned as undeliverable.
678 words, about 3 min4The Missing Biennial Report and the 90-Day Notice
The State Election Director files the biennial NVRA report with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
620 words, about 3 min5The English-Only Counter in a Section 203 County
Metro County is a Section 203 covered jurisdiction for Spanish; 28% of its voting-age citizens have limited English proficiency in Spanish, and 6% speak Vietnamese, though the county is not Section 203 covered for Vietnamese. The county uses only English-language federal mail voter registration forms at SNAP and Medicaid offices.
668 words, about 3 min