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Committee tables substitute to HB 288 after data‑privacy and outsourcing concerns
Summary
Representative Lee presented a two‑part substitute to HB 288 that would add voter registration access at hunting/fishing license points and authorize an optional third‑party audit tool for voter rolls; the League of Women Voters, the Lieutenant Governor's office and county clerks raised privacy concerns and the committee voted to table the bill.
Representative Lee presented the first substitute to House Bill 288, describing two distinct components: (1) a provision that would allow the Division of Wildlife Resources and similar license‑issuing bodies to provide information and voter registration forms to people obtaining hunting and fishing licenses to boost turnout; and (2) a controversial provision inserted by substitute that would permit the lieutenant governor or the legislative auditor general to contract with an outside vendor to use public records (property tax, driver's license, other databases) as a tool to audit and maintain voter rolls.
Representative Lee described the hunting and…
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