§ § 16.1-02-03Secretary of state to establish the central voter file with department of

transportation and county auditors.
1. Not later than the primary election in 2008, the secretary of state shall establish the
central voter file in cooperation with the department of transportation and county
auditors.
2. The secretary of state shall establish the initial central voter file from records
maintained by the department of transportation. Each county auditor shall compare the
initial central voter file against all precinct pollbooks used in the auditor's county during
and created from the general elections in the two previous election years and any
reasonably reliable updates made by the county auditor since the general elections in
the two previous election years. Any individual contained in the initial central voter file
who voted at either of the general elections in the two previous election years must be
designated as "active" in the initial central voter file. Any individual contained in the
initial central voter file who did not vote at either of the general elections in the two
previous election years must be designated as "inactive" in the initial central voter file.
3. Each individual contained in the initial central voter file must be assigned a unique
identifier. An individual's unique identifier must be randomly generated and assigned to
the individual.
4. When establishing the initial central voter file from the records maintained by the
department of transportation and the pollbooks from the general elections in the two
previous election years, the secretary of state and county auditors shall attempt to
correct address errors and misspellings of names.