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Senate Bill 1070 |
Senate Author: Hughes et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Jetton, Jacey et al. |
Senate Bill 1070, the Alan Vera Memorial Act, amends the Election Code to expand the scope of the interstate voter registration crosscheck program to include the identification of voters who are disqualified from voting on the basis of a felony conviction or who are registered to vote in more than one state. The bill also gives the secretary of state the option to identify and contract with the provider of a private sector data system to identify certain voters as an alternative to developing systems with other states and jurisdictions, such as the electronic registration information center (ERIC). The bill sets out requirements for a private sector data system with respect to functionality, cost, compliance with state and federal law, and employee background checks and restricts the information that the secretary of state may provide to the system. The secretary of state must record information related to the system and quarterly submit a report on that information to the legislature. The bill requires the secretary of state to use the National Change of Address database to identify voters whose addresses have changed in addition to using a voter registration crosscheck program.