AB 571

Electronic Registration Information Center

Under current law, if a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners

receives reliable information that a voter has moved outside of the municipality, the

clerk or board of election commissioners must send a letter or postcard to the voter

to verify the voter's address and change the voter's status on the registration list from

eligible to ineligible if the voter's address has changed. Under this bill, if the

Elections Commission receives reliable information that a voter has moved outside

of the municipality specified on the voter's registration or to different address within

that municipality, the commission must send a letter or postcard to the voter to verify

the voter's address and change the voter's status on the registration list from eligible

to ineligible if the voter's address has changed. Under the bill, if the municipal clerk

or board of election commissioners receives reliable information that a voter has

moved, neither the clerk nor the board is required to send a letter or postcard to that

elector if the commission has also received reliable information that the elector has

moved. In that case, the commission must send a letter or postcard to the elector to

verify the voter's address.

Under the bill, information received from the Electronic Registration

Information Center, Inc., is considered reliable information for purposes of

determining whether a voter has moved. In addition, the bill requires the

commission to request available information from ERIC at least once every 90 days

and to annually request information from ERIC regarding eligible, but unregistered,

residents of this state. Furthermore, the commission must, when it becomes

available following an election for a national office, request information from ERIC

regarding registered voters who may have voted multiple times in the same election.

Data sharing agreements

Current law requires the administrator of the Elections Commission to enter

into an agreement with the secretary of the Department of Transportation to match

personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the

commission with personally identifiable information maintained by DOT in vehicle

registration and license records. The bill requires the administrator and the

secretary to update the agreement at least once every two years. In addition, the bill

requires DOT to conduct matching of personally identifiable information maintained

by DOT with that on the registration list on a daily basis. Under the bill, if the

information on the official registration list for an individual does not match the

information for the individual maintained by DOT, DOT must provide to the

commission the name and date of birth of the individual and the number of the

driver's license or identification card issued by DOT to the individual. The bill also

requires DOT to indicate to the commission whether the individual reported a

change of address for purposes of updating records regarding a driver's license,

identification card, or vehicle registration.