Voter Registration
Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Voting. [SB-246]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Specifies that an affidavit on application for voter registration shall be a part of the application associated with the issuance of a civil identification card and driver's license. Requires each county examiner of drivers to electronically store the contents of the affidavit on application for voter registration provided by applicants in conjunction with their driver's license and civil identification card applications and provide electronic accessibility of this information. Effective 1/1/2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Laura Thielen
The Committee On Jdl Deferred The Measure. on 02/06/2017
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Gettr Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Voting. [HB-175]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows an individual who is seventeen years of age and will be eighteen years of age on or before the next federal, state, or local primary, general, or special election to register for and vote at that respective election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Lopresti
Referred To Jud, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/23/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Elections. [HB-173]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Funding ]
Requires the office of elections to join the Electronic Registration Information Center and share information with counties to encourage voter participation and ensure integrity of voter registration rolls. Appropriates moneys.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Referred To Jud, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/23/2017
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Elections. [SB-115]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Funding ]
Requires the office of elections to join the Electronic Registration Information Center and share information with counties to encourage voter participation and ensure integrity of voter registration rolls. Appropriates moneys.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Jdl/psm, Wam. on 01/20/2017
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Idaho 2017 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide for the Motor Voter Act, to provide for registration of eligible electors at driver licensing offices and to provide that the Division of Motor Vehicles shall forward registration applications to the office of the county clerk. [HB-60]
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[Voting Rights ]
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VOTER REGISTRATION -- Amends existing law to provide for the Motor Voter Act, to provide for registration of eligible electors at driver licensing offices and to provide that the Division of Motor Vehicles shall forward registration applications to the office of the county clerk.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ilana Rubel
Reported Printed And Referred To Ways & Means on 01/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration; verification of social security numbers. [SB-1581]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; verification of social security numbers. Requires the general registrars to verify that the name, date of birth, and social security number provided by an applicant on the voter registration application match the information on file with the Social Security Administration or other database approved by the State Board before registering such applicant. The bill also requires the general registrars to verify annually that the name, date of birth, and social security number in the registration record of each registered voter in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark J. Peake
Requires 27 Affirmative Votes To Override Veto on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration; extended time for new citizens to register to vote. [HB-2405]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
Voter registration; extended time for new citizens to register to vote. Provides that any person who becomes a citizen during the period immediately following the close of registration records pursuant to ? 24.2-416 and the day of the election and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be entitled to register to vote up to and including the day of the election. The bill requires the Department of Elections to prescribe procedures for the addition to the lists of registered voters of persons registered under the provisions of the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eileen Filler-Corn
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Illegal voter registration; penalties. [SB-1454]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Illegal voter registration; penalties. Provides that any person who intentionally (i) procures, assists, or induces another to register to vote or (ii) submits a voter registration application on behalf of another, knowing such applicant is not a citizen of the United States, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Black
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration; monetary payments for registering for another. [SB-1455]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Payments for registering to vote; penalties. Provides that any person who gives, offers, or promises any monetary payment to another in exchange for that person registering to vote is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person who solicits or accepts any monetary payment from another in exchange for his registering to vote is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Black
Requires 27 Affirmative Votes To Override Veto on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration list maintenance; voters identified as having duplicate registrations. [HB-2343]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration list maintenance; voters identified as having duplicate registrations. Requires the Department of Elections to provide to the general registrars a list of registered voters who have been found through list comparisons and data-matching exchanges with other states to be registered in another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bernard Bell
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration; deadline for registration by electronic means. [SB-1303]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration; deadline for registration by electronic means. Requires that voter registration applications made by electronic means be made by 5:00 p.m. on the final day for registration before an election and that the principal office of each general registrar close for voter registration purposes at 5:00 p.m. on the final day of registration; the same deadline applies to the receipt of certain mail voter registration applications.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Absentee voting; signature verification. [SB-1252]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Absentee voting; signature verification. Requires the officers of election to compare the signature on an absentee ballot envelope with the signature on that voter's voter registration application. Three officers, including one representative of each political party, are required to agree that the signatures match in order for the absentee ballot to be accepted. If less than three agree, the ballot and application are later reviewed by the electoral board at its meeting held on the day after election day. If the electoral board determines that the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Privileges And Elections (14-y 0-n) on 01/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Third-party registration groups; registration and disclosure requirements. [SB-1256]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Third-party registration groups; registration and disclosure requirements. Requires any individual or organization that will be distributing and collecting voter registration applications to register as a third-party registration group with the Department of Elections (the Department) prior to engaging in any voter registration activities. The Department is required to issue a unique identification number to each third-party registration group, and each group shall assign its volunteers and employees a separate identification number. The bill requires
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Privileges And Elections (13-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Illegal voter registration; penalties. [HB-2252]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Illegal voter registration; penalties. Provides that any person who intentionally (i) procures, assists, or induces another to register to vote or (ii) submits a voter registration application on behalf of another, knowing such applicant does not have the qualifications required by the Constitution of Virginia and the election laws, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. [HB-2182]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. Provides for the electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. [HB-2088]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. Provides for the electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele L. Herring
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration records; deadline extension. [HB-1955]
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[Voting Rights ]
Voter registration records; deadline extension. Provides for the extension of the date for the closing of the registration records in the event that a failure of the Virginia voter registration system occurs prior to the close of the registration records. The bill requires that the period of such extension equal the amount of time during which the registration system was unavailable for registration activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Voter Records Amendments [HB-348]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter Records Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca P. Edwards
House/ Filed In House File For Bills Not Passed on 03/09/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. [SB-1051]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; Voter registration at the Department of Motor Vehicles; opt-out voter registration. Provides for the electronic transmission by the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Elections of certain information for any person coming into an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles or accessing its website in order to (i) apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license, (ii) apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card, or (iii) change an address on an existing driver's license
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Privileges And Elections (13-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Voter Registration Amendments [HB-285]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Voter Registration Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Deidre M. Henderson
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017