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2007 SESSION
SB 916 Voter registration procedures; application to register must contain a receipt given applicant.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Voter registration procedures; applications and receipts. Requires the state form for the application to register to vote contain a receipt that will be given to the applicant by any person accepting the application. The receipt states the name of the office or person accepting the application, the date accepted, and a phone number that the applicant may call to verify that he is registered. The requirements pertaining to the receipt are inapplicable when the applicant mails his application directly to a general registrar, State Board of Elections, or other government agent authorized by law to accept the application.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Voter registration procedures; applications and receipts. Provides that the state form for the application to register to vote must contain a receipt that will be given to the applicant by any person accepting the application. The receipt states the name of the office or person accepting the application, the date accepted, and a phone number that the applicant may call to verify that he is registered. The requirements pertaining to the receipt are inapplicable when the applicant mails his application directly to a general registrar authorized to accept the application.