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Committee advances Alabama Voter Integrity Database and clarifies foreign‑national ID use for voting
Summary
A legislative committee approved an amendment and advanced a bill to establish an Alabama Voter Integrity Database that would replace ERIC-style services and clarify data-sharing practices; the committee also considered and moved forward a measure to bar use of foreign‑national driver IDs as voter identification.
A legislative committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections moved forward two election-related measures on voice votes, adopting an amendment and advancing a bill to establish the Alabama Voter Integrity Database and later taking up a separate bill to clarify that foreign‑national driver licenses are not valid identification for voting.
Supporters said the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID) is intended to bring voter‑list maintenance under direct state control, replace reliance on the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), and formalize data‑sharing agreements with other states and federal data sources. A staff member from the secretary of state’s office said the office has negotiated memoranda of understanding with neighboring states and uses multiple data sources — including state driver‑license exchanges, the National Change of Address file, and the Social Security Death Index — to identify voters who have moved or died.
The staff member said AVID is intended to keep data on government servers under state control and…
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