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the Casing of Voter Names

By casing, we mean whether the letters in a voter's name are upper-, lower-, or proper-cased. In Voter Focus voter names are proper-cased, unless you have the system option Force U/Case Name/Addr turned on. This means that the first letter of the first name, middle name, and last name are upper-cased, and the remaining letters are lower-cased, as they are in this name:

Thomas Alva Edison

Proper-casing makes voter names more readable on precinct registers, the displays of EViD stations, and in applications used by poll workers, such as Phone Bank.

Certain letter combinations within names cause internal letters to also be proper-cased. The letter following these initial letters:

are automatically capitalized, as is the letter following a space within a name, such as De Soto.

The proper-casing of voter names happens on the Find a Voter dialog when you tab out of a name field. If you are creating a new voter record, the name will initially appear as proper-cased on the application form. If the casing does not match the way the voter provided their name, you can change the capitalization on the application form and the name will be displayed from then on with your revised casing.