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SB 1350 Voter registration; cancellation of registration by notifying Dept. of Elections to remove his name.

Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Voter registration; cancellation of registration. Allows a voter to cancel his registration by notifying the Department of Elections through electronic means of his request to have his name removed from the registration records. The bill also allows the State Board of Elections to use commercially available sources to identify voters whose addresses may have changed. The bill further requires the general registrars to cancel the registration of any voter for whom the registrar receives a notice in accordance with the Driver License Compact that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 711.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Voter registration; cancellation of registration. Requires the general registrars to cancel the registration of any voter who is identified as registered in another state by an interstate matching program, notification by another state, or comparison by another agency of the list of another state or for whom the registrar receives a notice in accordance with the Driver License Compact that the voter has moved from the Commonwealth. The bill also allows a voter to cancel his registration by notifying the Department of Elections through electronic means of his request to have his name removed from the registration records. The bill further requires the Department of Elections to use commercial change-of-address data to identify voters who have moved.