Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS
Division 30 - Secretary of State
Chapter 7 - Administration of Secretary of State's Technology Trust Fund
Section 15 CSR 30-7.020 - Centralized Voter Registration System Advisory Committee

Universal Citation: 15 MO Code of State Regs 30-7.020

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes an advisory committee to assist the secretary of state in establishing and maintaining a centralized voter registration system.

(1) There is hereby established an advisory committee to assist the secretary of state in establishing and maintaining a centralized voter registration system. The committee shall be made up of nine (9) members appointed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may appoint up to five (5) additional ad hoc members to advise the committee on matters requiring technical expertise.

(2) The committee shall meet as often as the secretary of state deems appropriate and necessary, but in no event less than once a year. The committee shall make recommendations to the secretary of state to develop a centralized voter registration system that will at least:

(A) Provide for voters to submit their registration to those offices and agencies authorized in this chapter and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993;

(B) Provide for the establishment and maintenance of a centralized data base for all voter registration information;

(C) Provide procedures for entering data into the centralized data base;

(D) Provide for the interaction with other state agencies and departments to facilitate voter registration;

(E) Allow election authorities and the secretary of state to add, modify, and delete information from the system to provide for accurate and up-to-date information;

(F) Allow election authorities and the secretary of state access to the centralized data base for review and search capabilities;

(G) Provide security and protection of all information in the centralized data base and monitor the centralized data base to ensure unauthorized entry is not allowed;

(H) Provide a system for each election authority to identify the precinct to which a voter should be assigned for voting purposes;

(I) Provide a procedure for phasing in or converting existing manual and computerized voter registration systems to the centralized voter registration system; and

(J) Provide a procedure for transferring data from election authorities' existing computerized voter registration systems located in first class counties to the centralized voter registration system.

(3) Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary of state.

(4) Committee members shall serve without compensation, except that the Office of the Secretary of State may reimburse members for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred traveling to and from meetings.

*Original authority 1994.

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