Mobile examining stations operated by the Department of Transportation for processing operator's license and identification card applications and use of an affidavit by certain electors as proof of identification for voting

This bill requires DOT to operate mobile DMV service centers at which DOT receives applications for operator's licenses and identification cards and issues driving receipts and identification card receipts. These mobile DMV service centers must be used to provide services to persons who, because of age or physical disability, have difficulty traveling to, or waiting for customer assistance at, permanent DMV service centers. DOT must maximize the use of these mobile DMV service centers in the four weeks immediately preceding an election and on the day of an election.

At these mobile DMV service centers, DOT must provide priority service to applicants seeking proof of identification for voting.

Currently, with certain exceptions, an individual who votes in an election must present proof of identification in order to vote. The proof may consist of one of a number of documents specified by law that contains the name of the individual to whom the document was issued, which name conforms to the individual's voter registration, if the individual is registered to vote, and, with limited exceptions, that contains a photograph of the individual. With certain exceptions, an individual who casts an absentee ballot by mail must enclose a copy of his or her proof of identification with his or her absentee ballot application.

This bill provides that if an individual is not able to present any of the documents specified by law because the individual has not been able to obtain one of those documents through diligent efforts, the individual may use an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Government Accountability Board as proof of identification if the affidavit specifies the individual's name and address, affirms the individual's identity, and states that the address given is the individual's residence.