Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Only a vendor
may transfer voter registration information to another person, as described in
subdivision (c).
(b) A beneficiary,
including a vendor, may share voter registration information with their
agent(s) without prior written authorization from a source agency.
(1) An agent may only use the voter
registration information for the purposes specified in the approved
application.
(2) A beneficiary
sharing voter registration information with an agent must exercise reasonable
care that the agent uses the voter registration only for purposes approved by
the source agency and report any unauthorized use as described in Section
19012 of this Article.
(3) A beneficiary remains responsible for the
actions of their agent with respect to the use of the voter registration
information.
(c) A vendor
may provide voter registration information to another person, other than its
agent as described in subdivision (b), only upon providing written notification
to the Secretary of State.
(1) This is
intended to mean that the Secretary of State can approve the transfer of voter
registration information obtained from both the Secretary of State and other
source agencies.
(2) This
notification shall include the name, address, phone number, and email address
of the person to whom the information is provided. If applicable, the
notification shall also include the business name and address of the person to
whom the information is provided.
(3) A vendor that provides voter registration
information to another person must share, in writing, the information security
requirements in Section
19012 with that person and
acknowledge, in writing, that they provided this information in the
notification.
(4) A vendor who
fails to provide the notification or transfers voter registration information
to another person for an impermissible purpose shall be issued a warning by the
Secretary of State for the first violation. For a second violation, a vendor
will be barred from providing voter registration information to any person for
the remainder of that presidential election cycle, defined as the period
beginning on a presidential election day through the next presidential election
day.
(5) This Article shall apply
to any person who receives voter registration information from a vendor, as if
that person had received the voter registration information directly from a
source agency.
1. Repealer
and new section filed 5-11-2022; operative 7-1-2022. Transmission deadline
specified in Government Code section
11346.4(b)
extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20 (Register 2022, No.
19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
2188.2,
Elections Code; and Sections
6254.4 and
12172.5,
Government Code. Reference: Sections
2188 and
2194,
Elections Code.
