This bill amends provisions relating to voting registration records.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- modifies and recodifies provisions relating to:
the information in a voter registration record that is available to a person based on the capacity in which the person requests the information; andthe requirements to obtain additional privacy protection for a voter registration record;
- provides that a voter's voter registration record that, before January 1, 2027, was classified as private without requiring a reason for the classification will be reclassified as a public voter registration record, unless the voter takes certain action to obtain additional protection for the voter's voter registration record;
- requires an election officer to notify a voter whose voter registration is subject to reclassification as described in the preceding paragraph in order to give the voter an opportunity to apply for additional protection for the voter's voter registration record;
- requires the assignment of new voter identification numbers;
- modifies the voter registration form to reflect the changes made in this bill and to give a voter the option of opting into receiving electronic communications from a political party with which the voter affiliates;
- provides for release to a political party of information relating to the number of at-risk voters in the state and in individual state House of Representatives districts;
- establishes additional requirements to ensure the removal of deceased individuals from voter registration records;
- modifies penalties that may be imposed in relation to the unlawful disclosure of a voter registration record;
- places a cap on the fee that may be charged to obtain an electronic copy of the voter registration list;
- provides that if a voter, whose voter registration record is classified as private due to the voter's status as an at-risk voter, signs a petition, the voter's name, address, and other information relating to the petition may be publicly disclosed to the same extent, and in the same manner, as a voter signing the petition who does not have a private voter registration record;
- requires a petition to contain a warning regarding the provision described in the preceding paragraph; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10-2-602, 10-2-701.5, 17-60-302, 17-61-201, 17-61-301, 17-61-401, 17-62-303, 17-62-505, 17B-1-205, 17B-1-506, 17B-1-1304, 17D-2-502, 20A-1-102, 20A-2-101.1, 20A-2-104, 20A-2-108, 20A-2-204, 20A-2-206, 20A-2-304, 20A-2-504, 20A-2-505, 20A-5-410, 20A-6-105, 20A-7-203, 20A-7-215, 20A-7-303, 20A-7-313, 20A-7-503, 20A-7-514, 20A-7-603, 20A-7-614, 20A-8-103, 20A-9-203, 20A-9-404, 20A-9-405, 20A-9-408, 20A-9-502, 20A-11-1604, 20A-15-103, 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-401, 53G-3-501, 63G-2-202, 63G-2-301, 63G-2-302, 63G-2-303