HB438 Summary

• Requires the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, judges of probate, license commissioners, and other license issuing officials to collect voter registration information simultaneously with driver's license and nondriver identification card issuance, renewal, or updates.

• Implements an opt-out process allowing applicants to decline voter registration by signed statement, with all other applicants automatically registered unless they affirmatively decline.

• Requires license issuing officials to forward completed applications to the Secretary of State within five days, who then forwards signed applications to county boards of registrars within five days.

• Establishes that voter registration applications submitted through this process update previous registrations and authorize cancellation of registrations in other counties or states.

• Authorizes the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and Secretary of State to adopt rules for implementation and requires confidentiality protections for collected information.