Committee hears bill to allow automatic voter registration for enrolled tribal members via state–tribal compacts

A House committee on Environment, Energy & Technology heard testimony on House Bill 1713, a proposal to authorize automatic voter registration for members of federally recognized tribes through state–tribal compacts.

Staff told the committee the bill would let the Secretary of State enter compacts with tribes to receive and process voter-registration data, use the same notice and opt‑out procedures that the Department of Licensing (DOL) currently uses for automatic voter registration, and accept digital signature images and other information necessary to register eligible voters.

Connor Schiff, counsel to the committee, summarized existing…