Case Study: Lake County improves tax and voter address accuracy with Smarty

How Lake County GIS Improved Addresses in Public Tax and Voter Systems

Lake County, a government entity in Illinois, faced significant challenges with inaccurate address data, leading to undeliverable tax bills and voter registration issues. They partnered with Smarty to utilize its US Address Verification service to standardize and clean their data across dozens of municipalities and departments.

By integrating Smarty’s API, the county could instantly verify and correct addresses as they were entered. This solution drastically improved data accuracy, with address corrections dropping by over 95% after the initial cleanup. Smarty enabled the GIS team to process hundreds of thousands of addresses in minutes, saving time, preventing errors, and ensuring residents received essential mail and correct ballots.

Lake County

Matt Coleman

GIS Analyst