In October 2002, the federal government passed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). This legislation created new election administration requirements for all states and called for an upgrade of voting systems. Specifically, HAVA calls for the creation of a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered at the state level that contains the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the state.
In Wisconsin, that system is called SVRS: the Statewide Voter Registration System. But it is much more than a voter list. Click the links below to learn more about SVRS.
Introduction to SVRS
Technical Details of SVRS
Training and Support for SVRS
SVRS Application Training Manual
Voter Data Requests
As of August 2006, the price for data from the Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS) is $25 plus $5 per 1000 voters (rounded to the nearest thousand). The system is constantly updated, so it is necessary to query the system before a price for a file can be provided. The price for the entire state list is capped at $12,500.