31.   Some of that growth, however, is due to a change in how the voter registration lists are kept.

32.   States would have to establish a computerized voter registration list and offer people whose registration is questioned at the polls a provisional ballot pending a clarification of their status.

33.   The bill would require states to check identifications of first-time voters and keep statewide registration lists.

34.   The change would reduce fraud by keeping voter registration lists up-to-date, he said.

35.   The delegation also said thousands of voters had been unable to cast ballots because of inadequate registration lists in all three ethnic areas.

36.   The federal government should require polls that are fully accessible to people with disabilities, better-trained poll workers and computerized statewide voter registration lists.

37.   The jury pool is drawn from the local voter registration list, and the overwhelming number of voters listed are white.

38.   The party said that voting booths opened late, and that many voters arrived to find their names were not on registration lists.

39.   The standards could include a nationwide ballot for federal elections, new technology, more accurate registration lists and increased accessibility to polling stations.

40.   There were also reports of local authorities copying registration lists and voter cards and telling people that officials will know how they vote.