A few thoughts re the proposed change:

1. Making the form larger will present major problems for filing the applications.  Was there any consideration given to that?

2. With the Affirmation as it stands, if the applicant does not answer the questions of citizenship, felony and mental incapacitated statuses, their application can not be denied.  Isn't the reason behind asking these questions is for the Registrar to be able to check the applicant's status in these areas to ensure that the applicant is eligible to vote?  These should be non-optional questions, and blanks should result in the application being denied with a letter being sent, along with a new application, to the applicant explaining the reason for denial and giving them a chance to re-apply.

3.  Providing the option for "none" in lieu of a SSN is going to result in many individuals assuming SSN is optional and thus they may check the none box simply because they do not wish to provide a SSN.  A FULL SSN should be required.

4. Moving the Previous Voter Registration Information to the middle of the form forces us to keep this informaiton on file.  Why would we want to?  At present, that information is at the bottom of the form, and once we provess the application, it is discarded.

5.  If the board deems it necessary to make changes to the application form, the current form can be tweeked for improvement:  make the Citizenship and Age questions larger and more obvious so that they are not missed so much.

I honestly can not see why the board wishes to change the current form, which works very well.   The proposed new form does not afford any advantages from where I sit.