Common use of Statement of the Parties Clause in Contracts

Statement of the Parties. The United States and the State of Connecticut (the Parties) hereby stipulate: 1. Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 52 U.S.C. § 21083 (HAVA), along with Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 52 U.S.C. § 20507, requires that states implement procedures to remove the names of deceased voters from state voter lists. 52 U.S.C. § 21083(a)(4). 2. The Town Clerk of each municipality in the State of Connecticut is the Registrar of Vital Statistics. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-37. As the Registrars of Vital Statistics, the Town Clerks are designated to receive certificates of death that occur within that municipality. Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 7-42, 7-62b(a). Town Clerks are charged with reporting those certificates of death to both the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Registrars of Voters for their municipality. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-52. Registrars of Voters for each municipality are charged with using the records of death from the Town Clerk in making the Registrar’s independent determination to remove the name of a deceased voter from the voter list for that municipality. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-35. 3. On or about November 28, 2018, following an investigation into Connecticut’s procedures for removing deceased voters from its voting rolls, the United States informed the Secretary that action had been authorized to enforce ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇.▇.▇. § ▇▇▇▇▇. Section 303 of HAVA requires, among other things, that states coordinate statewide voter registration lists with state agency death records for the purpose of maintaining accurate voter registration lists. 4. Thereafter, the Secretary informed the United States that the State would initiate efforts requested by the United States to more directly coordinate the Centralized Voter Registration System (CVRS) with DPH death records. 5. The Parties share the goal of ensuring that the requirements of HAVA and the NVRA are met. The Parties have negotiated in good faith, and hereby agree to this MOU as an appropriate means to further their shared goal.