SB 506

Current law requires the municipal clerk or the board of election commissioners

of each municipality (municipal clerk) to examine the voter registration records for

that municipality within 90 days of each general election to identify any elector who

was qualified to vote over the preceding four years but who has not voted within that

four-year period (nonvoting elector). The municipal clerk must mail a "Notice of

Suspension of Registration" to each nonvoting elector informing the elector that the

elector's registration will be suspended if the elector does not apply for continuation

of registration within 30 days. If the nonvoting elector fails to apply for continuation

of registration as directed, the municipal clerk must change the elector's registration

status from eligible to ineligible.

This bill transfers responsibility for reviewing each municipality's voter

registration records and mailing the Notice of Suspension of Registration forms from

the municipal clerk to the Government Accountability Board (GAB). The bill

authorizes GAB to delegate these responsibilities back to the municipal clerk. The

bill also changes the date by which this notification must occur from within 90 days

following each general election to no later than June 15 following each general

election. Under the bill, the nonvoting elector must return the application for

continuation of registration to the elector's municipal clerk.