Bill Text: OR HB2198 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information for voter registration records.
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2198 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2198-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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House Bill 2198
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
filed (at the request of Secretary of State Kate Brown)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Requires designated voter registration agencies to submit
change of address information to Secretary of State for purposes
of updating voter registration.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to information for voter registration records; creating
new provisions; and amending ORS 247.208 and 247.295.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 247.208 is amended to read:
247.208. (1) The Secretary of State by rule, in accordance with
the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(P.L. 103-31), shall designate agencies as voter registration
agencies. Agencies designated may include state, county, city or
district offices and federal and nongovernmental offices with the
agreement of the federal or nongovernmental offices.
(2) Services required by the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (P.L. 103-31) shall be made available in connection with any
registration card at each voter registration agency designated by
the Secretary of State.
(3) A person providing services referred to in subsection (2)
of this section at a voter registration agency { - shall - }
{ + may + } not:
(a) Seek to influence the political preference or party
registration of a person registering to vote;
(b) In accordance with provisions of the Oregon Constitution,
display such political preference or party allegiance;
(c) Make any statement to a person registering to vote or take
any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage a
person from registering to vote;
(d) Make any statement to a person registering to vote or take
any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the person
to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any
bearing on the availability of services or benefits; or
(e) Seek to induce any person to register or vote in any
particular manner.
(4) Each state agency required to be designated a voter
registration agency under the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (P.L. 103-31) shall, with each application for service or
assistance and with each recertification, renewal or change of
address form relating to the service or assistance:
(a) Distribute a registration card, including all statements
required under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L.
103-31); and
(b) Provide a form including other information required by the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-31).
(5) Information relating to a declination to register to vote
in connection with an application made at an office described in
subsection (4) of this section { - shall - } { + may + } not
be used for any purpose other than voter registration.
(6) A completed registration card accepted at a voter
registration agency designated under this section shall be
delivered to a county clerk or the Secretary of State.
{ + (7) A voter registration agency designated under this
section that receives a person's change of address, whether
electronically, verbally or in writing, shall submit the change
of address to the Secretary of State for purposes described in
ORS 247.292. + }
{ - (7) - } { + (8) + } At least once each biennium, the
Secretary of State shall:
(a) Assess new and developing federal guidelines regarding
compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L.
103-31);
(b) Identify steps necessary to ensure ongoing compliance with
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-31);
(c) Identify barriers to and research opportunities for
ensuring the accuracy, security and efficiency of current voter
registration processes at voter registration agencies designated
under this section; and
(d) Identify ways to improve use of current technology.
SECTION 2. ORS 247.295 is amended to read:
247.295. (1) The Secretary of State shall subscribe to a change
of address service that is approved or endorsed by the United
States Postal Service and use the service to verify the accuracy
of the addresses of electors contained in the centralized voter
registration system.
{ - (2) - } If the secretary determines that the address of
an elector is different from the address for the elector as
contained in the records of the county clerk, the secretary shall
provide the information { - obtained under this section - } to
the county clerk of each affected county.
{ + (2) If the Secretary of State receives an elector's
change of address information submitted from a voter registration
agency under ORS 247.208 and determines that the address is
different from the address for the elector as contained in the
records of the county clerk, the secretary shall provide the
information to the county clerk of each affected county.
(3) + } Based on information received under this section, each
county clerk shall update the registration of electors in the
county if the clerk determines that an update is required.
SECTION 3. { + The amendments to ORS 247.208 and 247.295 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2013 Act apply to change of address
information received on or after the effective date of this 2013
Act. + }
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