HB 2771 Summary

• Establishes a Secure Automatic Electronic Voter Registration System requiring the Department of Transportation and other designated agencies to electronically collect and transmit voter registration information to the Secretary of State for persons providing proof of U.S. citizenship during driver license transactions.

• Implements same-day voter registration at polling places and early voting locations by requiring county recorders to designate registration clerks, with eligible persons able to prove residency through various documents including government checks, paychecks, or student identification cards.

• Modifies campaign finance contribution limits, reducing individual contributions to candidate committees from $6,250 to $1,000 for local offices and legislative races, and from $6,250 to $2,500 for statewide office.

• Creates supplemental clean elections funding grants allowing qualified participating candidates to receive additional public funding based on supplemental qualifying contributions, with limits on the number of grants per election cycle.

• Requires counties to coordinate with Indian tribes on precinct boundaries and polling place locations, mandating at least one polling place on tribal lands in each county unless the tribe certifies it has no resident members; adds provisions allowing early ballots to be counted if postmarked on or before Election Day and received within specified timeframes.