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Relating to voter registration, including verification of voter citizenship
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary County election officials must check that a person is a U.S. citizen before they can register to vote or cast a regular ballot. Officials will try to confirm citizenship using driver's license records or federal databases, but they can also ask the person to show proof of citizenship. If an official cannot verify someone's citizenship, that person will not be allowed to register. The state will also check current voter rolls and remove anyone whose citizenship cannot be confirmed.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to voter registration. citizenship of a person prior to registering the person to vote and allowing the person to cast a regular ballot. The bill requires the commissioner to first attempt to verify the citizenship of the registrant using the department of transportation’s driver’s license database. citizenship and immigration services. If the commissioner cannot verify the registrant’s citizenship using federal databases, the commissioner shall request that the registrant produce a document, listed in the bill, that verifies the registrant’s citizenship. If the commission is unable to verify the registrant’s citizenship, the registrant shall not be registered to vote. citizenship of current registered voters and to cancel the registration of registered voters whose citizenship cannot be verified.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2024. On February 14, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
4 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 14, 2024 (4) · on the Legislature’s site