74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 2525
 
                         House Bill 3070
 
Sponsored by Representative KRIEGER (at the request of Safari
  Club International)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires that voter registration cards be made available to
eligible persons at offices where agent of State Fish and
Wildlife Commission issues licenses, tags or permits. Directs
commission to develop procedures under which persons can apply
for or renew license, tag or permit and register to vote.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to voter registration; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 247.012.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2007 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 247. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission
shall make registration cards available at any office where an
agent of the commission issues or renews licenses, tags or
permits.
  (2) The commission's agent shall inform a person who is at
least 18 years of age and applies for issuance or renewal of a
license, tag or permit from the commission that the applicant may
register to vote at the office of the commission's agent. The
commission's agent shall ask whether the applicant is registered
to vote at the applicant's current address and, if not, whether
the applicant would like to register to vote.
  (3) Each agent of the commission shall deliver, in a timely
manner, the completed registration cards to the county clerk of
the county in which the office of the agent is located. The
county clerk of the county where the agent's office is located
shall forward the registration cards to the county clerk of the
county in which the applicant resides. The county clerk of the
county in which the applicant resides may reject any registration
card in accordance with ORS 247.174. The Secretary of State shall
determine by rule the time and manner in which the completed
registration cards must be delivered to the appropriate county
clerk.
  (4) The commission shall develop an application form and a
procedure that allows an applicant for issuance or renewal of a
license, tag or permit to register to vote by providing the
information required by ORS 247.171 and the information required
for the issuance or renewal of a license, tag or permit. The
 
voter registration portion of the application form and procedure
is subject to approval by the Secretary of State.
  (5) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules establishing
procedures for meeting the requirements of subsection (4) of this
section.
  (6) Information relating to the failure of an applicant under
this section to sign the voter registration portion of an
application for issuance or renewal of a license, tag or permit
from the commission may not be used for other than voter
registration purposes. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 247.012 is amended to read:
  247.012. (1) A qualified person may register to vote or update
a registration to vote by:
  (a) Delivering by mail or otherwise a completed registration
card to any county clerk, the Secretary of State, any office of
the Department of Transportation or any designated voter
registration agency as described in ORS 247.208;
  (b) Personally delivering the card to an official designated by
a county clerk under subsection (7) of this section;   { - or - }
 
  (c) Completing the voter registration portion of the
application for issuance or renewal of a driver license, issuance
of a state identification card under ORS 807.400 or a change of
address at an office of the Department of Transportation under
ORS 247.017  { - . - }  { + ; or
  (d) Completing the voter registration portion of the
application for issuance or renewal of a license, tag or permit
at an office of an agent of the State Fish and Wildlife
Commission under section 2 of this 2007 Act. + }
  (2) If a registration card is mailed or delivered to:
  (a) Any person other than a county clerk or the Secretary of
State, the person shall forward the card to a county clerk or the
Secretary of State not later than the fifth day after receiving
the card; or
  (b) The Secretary of State or a county clerk for a county other
than the county in which the person applying for registration
resides, the Secretary of State or county clerk shall forward the
card to the county clerk for the county in which the person
resides not later than the fifth day after receiving the card.
  (3) Registration of a qualified person occurs:
  (a) When a legible, accurate and complete registration card is
received in the office of any county clerk, the Office of the
Secretary of State, an office of the Department of
Transportation, a designated voter registration agency under ORS
247.208 or at a location designated by a county clerk under
subsection (7) of this section;
  (b) On the date a registration card is postmarked if the card
is received after the 21st day immediately preceding an election
but is postmarked not later than the 21st day immediately
preceding the election; or
  (c) In the case of a registration card missing a date of birth,
containing an incomplete date of birth or containing an
unintentional scrivener's error that is supplied or corrected as
described in subsection (4) or (6) of this section, on the date
that registration would have occurred if the registration card
had not been missing the date of birth, contained an incomplete
date of birth or contained the scrivener's error.
  (4) If a registration card is legible, accurate and contains,
at a minimum, the registrant's name, residence address, date of
birth and signature, the county clerk shall register the person.
If this information is missing from the registration card or the
date of birth is incomplete, the county clerk shall attempt to
contact the person to obtain the missing or incomplete
information. The county clerk may supply the registrant's date of
birth from any previous registration of the registrant.
 
  (5) If a registration card meets the requirements of subsection
(4) of this section but is missing an indication of political
party affiliation, the registrant shall be considered not
affiliated with any political party. This subsection does not
apply if an elector is updating a registration within the same
county.
  (6) If a registration card contains an unintentional
scrivener's error, the county clerk may attempt to contact the
person to correct the error.
  (7) A county clerk may appoint officials to accept registration
of persons at designated locations. The appointments and
locations shall be in writing and filed in the office of the
county clerk. The county clerk shall be responsible for the
performance of duties by those appointed.
  (8) A registration card received and accepted under this
section shall be considered an active registration.
  (9) A registration may be updated at any time.
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