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SB 1253 Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook. Requires electronic pollbooks to contain the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Voter identification; photograph contained in electronic pollbook; challenge of voter. Grants to the localities the option to include in their electronic pollbooks the photographs of registered voters that are obtained by the general registrars in the production of voter photo identification cards or contained in a voter's Department of Motor Vehicles record. The bill provides that the Department of Elections receives such photographs and is required to make them available, upon request, to the general registrars for download in accordance with the procedures set by the State Board of Elections. The bill prohibits lists of voters furnished pursuant to current law from containing any voter's photograph. The bill also provides that if the electronic pollbook contains the voter's photograph, the officer of election is required to access that photograph and the voter is not required to present one of the statutorily required forms of identification. However, the bill requires the officer of election to challenge the voter's vote if the voter does not appear to be the same person depicted in the photograph or in the pollbook. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.