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the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action.

During the official canvass, the elections official checks the voter registration file to verify the voter's eligibility to cast the ballot. Once verified, the ballot is added to the official count.

Experiments conducted by Eldersveld and Dodge showed that canvassing and mailings have been proved to be very influential. Another study on voter turnout shows that canvassing door to door increased voter turnout by 6%.

Canvassing is the systematic initiation of direct contact with individuals, commonly used during political campaigns. Canvassing can be done for many reasons: political campaigning, grassroots fundraising, community awareness, membership drives, and more. Campaigners knock on doors to contact people personally.

For an election of- ficial, the canvass means aggregating or confirming every valid ballot cast and counted—absentee, early voting, Election Day, provisional, challenged, and uniformed and overseas citizen.

The purpose of the form is to confirm who lives at your address – it is not an actual registration form. Once we know who is living at each address, we can invite those residents who are not yet registered (including any 16 and 17 year-olds), the opportunity to register to vote.