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0699
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Senators
Butler of the 55th, Jones of the 10th, Stoner of the 6th, Reed of the 35th,
Brown of the 26th and others offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 1435 by inserting after "definitions;"
on line 2 on page
1 "to revise provisions related to
registration of voters;".
By
redesignating Sections 2 through 10 as Sections 3 through 11, respectively, and
inserting after line 20 on page 1 the following:
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by inserting a new Article 6A to read as
follows:
"ARTICLE
6A
21-2-240.
As
used in this article, the term:
(1)
'Board' means the State Election Board.
(2)
'Nonauthorized private entity' means a private nongovernmental individual or
entity that is not otherwise authorized under this chapter to receive voter
registration applications in person.
21-2-241.
Nothing
in this article shall be construed to prohibit nonauthorized private entities
from conducting organized voter registration programs and assisting eligible
citizens with voter registration, including the distribution, collection, and
transmittal of mail voter registration applications to an appropriate state or
local election official. However, any mail voter registration application
received from a nonauthorized private entity shall be processed as an
application by mail pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and
not as an application made in person at a designated voter registration agency
pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
21-2-242.
Any
validly completed mail voter registration application postmarked or received by
an appropriate state or local election official within the time frames provided
by Code Section 21-2-224 and 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg-6(a)(1) shall be accepted
and processed, without regard to whether such application was received via mail
or otherwise, submitted singularly or in a bundle, or submitted by a registrar,
deputy registrar, or other authorized official. No state or local election
official is authorized to reject or refuse to process a validly completed mail
voter registration application on the basis of how or by whom it was submitted,
so long as the application is, in fact, timely received.
21-2-243.
A
nonauthorized private entity shall promptly transmit all completed voter
registration applications to the appropriate state election official within the
time frames set out in 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg-6(a)(1)(B) and Code Section
21-2-224.
21-2-244.
(a)
A nonauthorized private entity shall keep all completed original voter
registration applications in his, her, or its possession in a secure and
confidential manner at all times, until such time as such applications are
transmitted to the appropriate election official. A nonauthorized private
entity shall also not disclose any such applications to the public; however, a
nonauthorized private entity may collaborate with other affiliated nonauthorized
private entities in the securing of completed voter registration applications
that are received during a jointly organized voter registration
program.
(b)
A nonauthorized private entity may make one archival copy of the
applicant́s
original voter registration application and retain such copy for a period not to
exceed 180 days following the date of the application for purposes of assisting
the applicant with verifying the timely and proper receipt and processing of his
or her application by the applicable county board of registrars or other local
election officials. At the expiration of such 180 day period, the nonauthorized
private entity must destroy the archival copy in the manner contemplated by Code
Section 10-15-2 for the destruction by businesses of records containing personal
information."