AB 998

Current law requires the administrator of the Elections Commission to enter

into an agreement with the secretary of transportation to match personally

identifiable information on the official voter registration list with the information

maintained by DOT. Under the bill, the agreement with DOT must also provide for

the commission to review the information maintained by DOT to verify that

individuals on the registration list are U.S. citizens. The bill also requires the

commission to verify that individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens

by using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database maintained by

the federal Department of Homeland Security. Under the bill, the commission must

conduct the verifications 60 days before the distribution of absentee ballots to voters

before an election.

The bill also requires DOT to place on the face of an operator's license or

identification card issued to a person who is not a U.S. citizen, the words “Not valid

for voting purposes” or another readily recognizable indication that the license may

not be accepted for voter identification purposes.