The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a computerized system for maintaining and utilizing the voter registration file. Each county auditor shall transmit daily any changes to the master registration file or the absentee voter log to the secretary of state using the computerized system maintained by the secretary of state. The county auditor shall transmit updated information contained in the county voter registration system, including voter registration information and voter election history information, to the secretary of state not later than July fifteenth after each primary election and December fifteenth after each general election. The secretary of state shall post a weekly update to the statewide voter registration file to the secretary's website. The weekly update to the statewide voter registration file must be recorded each Monday by 11:59 p.m. and must contain any updates to the information in the county master registration file, pursuant to § 12-4-9. Source: SL 2001, ch 66, § 1; SL 2010, ch 74, § 10; SL 2011, ch 77, § 1; SL 2023, ch 44, § 14; SL 2025, ch 60, § 2. Effective July 1, 2026 12-4-37. Statewide voter registration file--Maintenance--County auditors to transmit changes--Published to website. The secretary of state shall establish and maintain a computerized system for maintaining and utilizing the voter registration file. Each county auditor shall transmit daily any changes to the master registration file or the absentee voter log to the secretary of state using the computerized system maintained by the secretary of state. The county auditor shall transmit updated information contained in the county voter registration system, including voter registration information and voter election history information, to the secretary of state not later than July fifteenth after each primary election and December fifteenth after each general election. The secretary of state shall post the complete statewide voter registration file to the secretary's website before 11:59 p.m. central time each Monday. The weekly post of the statewide voter registration file must contain any updates to the information in the county master registration file, pursuant to § 12-4-9. Source: SL 2001, ch 66, § 1; SL 2010, ch 74, § 10; SL 2011, ch 77, § 1; SL 2023, ch 44, § 14; SL 2025, ch 60, § 2; SL 2026, ch 66, § 1.
§ § 12-4-37Statewide voter registration file--Maintenance--County auditors to transmit changes--Updates published
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