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Committee narrows voter-registration access requirement to allow indirect election-day verification
Summary
The Finance Division amended House Bill 1600 to clarify that the Secretary of State must ensure direct or, if necessary, indirect access to the statewide voter registration database at polling places on election day; the committee adopted the language and voted 9-0 to move the bill on consent.
The Finance Division opened its work session by considering House Bill 1600, which would clarify access to the centralized statewide voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanland told the committee the state already provides most of what the bill describes but flagged a provision in amendment 0626H that appeared to require electronic connectivity in every polling place.
"The bill is probably not…
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