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DMV and Secretary of State describe data-sharing for voter verification as committee weighs HB 1,600
Summary
DMV and the Secretary of State told the House Election Law Committee that DMV batch‑sends limited fields (name, DOB, address, citizenship category) to the state voter system for verification; SOS demonstrated a real‑time SVRS inquiry process for local clerks that is logged and throttled and available only when a voter authorizes a search.
The House Election Law Committee used a full work session to probe how the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State share data to verify voter qualifications under House Bill 1,600.
Jennifer Bailey, assistant director at the DMV, said the agency transmits a monthly batch of limited data fields to the state voter registration system: full name, date of birth, address and a three‑category citizenship status field — “US citizen,” “permanent resident” or “temporary resident.” Bailey said scanned documents the DMV keeps — for example, passports or naturalization papers — are retained in DMV records but are not transmitted to the Secretary of State.
Brendan/Bridal O’Donnell from the Secretary of State’s office described the state voter registration system (SVRS) inquiry feature built under prior law. Local election officials and supervisors of the…
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