SB 1434 Summary

• Permits county elections officials to contact voter registration applicants by e-mail if an e-mail address is legibly provided, in addition to the existing telephone contact option for incomplete affidavits.

• Establishes a rebuttable presumption that an applicant is eligible to register to vote if they fail to identify their place of birth but marked the citizenship box on the affidavit executed under penalty of perjury.

• Maintains existing rebuttable presumptions for incomplete voter registration affidavits, including assumptions about missing middle names, no party preference, execution dates, and state of birth.