Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires designated voter registration agencies to provide records to the Secretary of State for automatic voter registration, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Requires a “qualified designated voter registration agency” to provide to the Secretary of State the age, residence, citizenship data, and a digital copy of the signature of each individual who meets qualifications set by the secretary (Sec. 2).

• Defines “qualified designated voter registration agency” as an authorized voter registration agency that fulfills the following conditions (Sec. 2):
• The agency records and stores digital copies of signatures;
• The agency collects age and residence data; and 
• The agency processes citizenship documentation.

• Requires the secretary to register each individual whose information he or she receives if the individual is qualified to vote according to the state constitution and is not already registered to vote (Sec. 2).

• Requires the secretary to notify each individual who is registered to vote under the provisions of this bill of the process to cancel the registration and to adopt or change political party affiliation (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits the secretary from adding an individual to public voter registration lists and from sending an individual a ballot until 14 days after the secretary has provided the individual with a registration notification (Sec. 2).

• Requires a county clerk to update an individual’s voter registration if the clerk receives such information from a qualified designated voter registration agency (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that up to $300,000 from federal funds collected or received by the secretary will be used to implement the provisions of this bill for the biennium starting July 1, 2013 (Sec. 11).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires designated voter registration agencies to provide records to the Secretary of State for automatic voter registration, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Requires a “qualified designated voter registration agency” to provide to the Secretary of State the age, residence, citizenship data, and a digital copy of the signature of each individual who meets qualifications set by the secretary (Sec. 2).

• Defines “qualified designated voter registration agency” as an authorized voter registration agency that fulfills the following conditions (Sec. 2):
• The agency records and stores digital copies of signatures;
• The agency collects age and residence data; and 
• The agency processes citizenship documentation.

• Requires the secretary to register each individual whose information he or she receives if the individual is qualified to vote according to the state constitution and is not already registered to vote (Sec. 2).

• Requires the secretary to notify each individual who is registered to vote under the provisions of this bill of the process to cancel the registration and to adopt or change political party affiliation (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits the secretary from adding an individual to public voter registration lists and from sending an individual a ballot until 14 days after the secretary has provided the individual with a registration notification (Sec. 2).

• Requires a county clerk to update an individual’s voter registration if the clerk receives such information from a qualified designated voter registration agency (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that up to $300,000 from federal funds collected or received by the secretary will be used to implement the provisions of this bill for the biennium starting July 1, 2013 (Sec. 11).

Full Bill Text