Plain English Breakdown
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Voter Registration Information: Elected Officials and Candidates
This law updates rules for keeping voter contact information private for elected officials, candidates who qualify for the ballot, and their immediate family members living at the same address.
What This Bill Does
- Allows an elected official's immediate family member to have their contact info made confidential if they live at the same residence.
- Requires an elected official or candidate to submit a written request to make their own voter registration details private.
- States that candidates must qualify for the ballot before their information can be marked as confidential.
- Orders the Secretary of State to tell county officials when state or federal candidates qualify for the ballot.
- Requires counties to inform the Secretary of State if they add or remove a confidentiality status from an official's record under certain circumstances.
Who It Names or Affects
- Federal, state, and local elected officials
- Candidates running for office who have qualified for the ballot
- Immediate family members living with those officials or candidates
- County elections officials and the Secretary of State
Terms To Know
- Confidential designation
- A status that keeps a voter's address, phone number, and email hidden from public disclosure.
- Qualify to appear on the ballot
- The process where a candidate meets legal requirements to be listed as an option for voters in an election.
- State-mandated local program
- A rule that requires local agencies to do new work, which may allow them to get money back from the state if costs are determined by the Commission on State Mandates.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law takes effect only after computer systems used by counties and the state are updated.
- It does not stop current efforts to update these election management systems.
- Reimbursement for local agency costs depends on a decision by the Commission on State Mandates.