TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 4

VOTERS — PRIVILEGES, QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION

34-437A.  Statewide list of registered electors. (1) The secretary of state, in conjunction with county clerks, shall develop and implement a single, uniform official, centralized, interactive, computerized statewide voter registration system as required by the help America vote act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252).

(2)  The statewide system shall contain the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the state and assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the state, and include the following:

(a)  The computerized list shall serve as the single system for storing and managing the official list of registered voters throughout the state.

(b)  The computerized list shall contain the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the state.

(c)  Under the computerized list, a unique identifier shall be assigned to each legally registered voter in the state.

(d)  The computerized list shall be coordinated with other agency databases within the state.

(e)  Any election official in the state, including any local election official, may obtain immediate electronic access to the information contained in the computerized list.

(f)  All voter registration information obtained by any local election official in the state shall be electronically entered into the computerized list on an expedited basis at the time the information is provided to the local official.

(g)  The secretary of state shall provide such support as may be required so that local election officials are able to enter information as described in subsection (2)(f) of this section.

(h)  The computerized list shall serve as the official voter registration list for the conduct of all elections for federal office in the state.

(3)  Any person desiring a copy of the statewide list of registered electors shall be furnished the same, and the secretary of state shall assess the individual an amount which will compensate the state for the cost of reproducing such copy.

No person to whom a list of statewide electors is furnished and no person who acquires a list of statewide electors prepared from such list shall use any information contained therein for the purpose of mailing or delivering any advertisement or offer for any property, establishment, organization, product, or service or for the purpose of mailing or delivering any solicitation for money, services, or anything of value. Provided however, that any such list and label may be used for any political purpose.

History:

[34-437A, added 1976, ch. 344, sec. 2, p. 1148; am. 2003, ch. 48, sec. 8, p. 184.]