Online Voter Registration Presented to the Governor

Liz Gullett

Nov 16, 2018

This week, a package of Senate bills allowing for online voter registration was presented to Governor Rick Snyder. Last Thursday, the Senate voted to approve of House changes to the legislation, which was the last step the bills needed before heading to the governor’s desk.

Under the proposed legislation:

Original voter registration applications could be submitted online using ExpressSOS.com
The online voter registration system would automatically check that a potential voter is of the correct age and otherwise eligible to vote by cross-referencing the voter registration application information through the state’s driver licensing and state ID files
Signatures would be captured through the Secretary of State’s driver licensing and state ID database

The governor has fourteen-days from the date the bills were presented to consider the legislation.

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