§ 3503.09Electronic transfer of voter registration database changes

(A)(1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the electronic transmission by boards of elections,
designated agencies, public high schools and vocational schools, public libraries, and offices of
county treasurers, where applicable, of name and residence changes for voter registration records in
the statewide voter registration database.


(2) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the purpose of improving the speed of processing new
voter registrations that permit information from a voter registration application received by a
designated agency to be made available electronically, in addition to requiring the original voter
registration application to be transmitted to the applicable board of elections under division (E)(2) of
section 3503.10 of the Revised Code.


(B) Rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall do all of the following:


(1) Prohibit any direct electronic connection between a designated agency, public high school or
vocational school, public library, or office of a county treasurer and the statewide voter registration
database;


(2) Require any updated voter registration information to be verified by the secretary of state or a
board of elections before the information is added to the statewide voter registration database for the
purpose of modifying an existing voter registration;


(3) Require each designated agency that transmits voter registration information electronically to
transmit an identifier for data relating to each new voter registration that shall be used by the
secretary of state or a board of elections to match the electronic data to the original voter registration
application.




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