Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that allows automatic voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Highlights:

• Specifies that any individual that goes to a DMV for a motor vehicle license will be automatically registered to vote, except if at the time of registration they provide a document that demonstrates non-citizenship (Sec. 1). 

• Authorizes the State Election Commissioner to implement automatic voter registration at other state agencies that already offer voter registration services under existing laws (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the DMV to provide to the Department of Elections all of the following information regarding an individual that has citizenship to register them to vote (Sec. 2): 

• The individual’s name;

• The individual’s date of birth;

• The individual’s driver’s license or state ID number;

• The individual’s residence address and mailing address, if different from the residence address;

• The individual’s county of residence;

• The individual’s citizenship status;

• An electronic image of the individual’s signature.

• Requires the Department of Elections to notify registrants of their registration via mail, to allow them to decline their registration or affiliate with a political party (Sec. 2). 

• Specifies that individuals that do not affiliate with a political party during the automatic registration process will be allowed to do so at the polls (Sec. 2).

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