Amended Substitute Senate Bill 200 Summary

• Transfers responsibility for processing voter registration applications completed electronically at Bureau of Motor Vehicles headquarters to the Secretary of State, while deputy registrars continue sending paper applications to county boards of elections within five days.

• Establishes that voter registration information provided by state agencies cannot be used to automatically update an elector's name or address; updates may only occur through the elector's direct action filing a notice of change.

• Prohibits automatic cancellation of voter registration based solely on discrepancies between the statewide database and records from other agencies; requires boards of elections to contact and verify with electors before cancellation.

• Creates procedures for canceling registrations upon death notification through a secure electronic system with the Department of Health and allows family members or estate administrators to file death certificates.

• Reduces the calculation divisor for minimum required direct recording electronic voting machines from 175 to 175 voters per machine and modifies the calculation to exclude absent voter ballots cast at the last presidential election.