Washington State, along with the other states in the country, had to create a centralized Voter Registration Database after the U.S. Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). HAVA required every state to replace local voter registration data stores serving individual counties with a single, centralized database administered by the state.
Washington’s Office of the Secretary of State created its HAVA-compliant solution using the Microsoft Application Platform, including Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. Washington was one of the few states to complete its solution on time, and it cost a fraction of what other, similarly sized states deployed.
Creating its solution on the Microsoft Application Platform provided the Office of the Secretary of State with the extensibility it needed to ensure it could add features and functionality to meet future needs. The solution also provides greater accuracy for voter registration, ease of integration, and millions of dollars in savings.
