Cal. Elec. Code § 2264
California New Motor Voter Program
Redline — January 1, 2015 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2015
(a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 2263 to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain any of that information or the use of any of that information for a purpose other than as stated in Section 2263, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both fine and imprisonment.
(b) The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to protect the confidentiality of the information acquired from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 2263. The disclosure of this information shall be governed by the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the Secretary of State shall account for any disclosures, including those due to security breaches, in accordance with that act.
(a) Every driver’s license application shall include a voter registration application. All of the following apply to the voter registration application included with the driver’s license application:
(1) The voter registration application shall require only the minimum information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and to enable the Secretary of State to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other procedures for elections.
(2) The voter registration application shall not require any information that duplicates information required for the driver’s license application, other than an additional signature or other information required by paragraph (3).
(3) The voter registration application shall include all of the following:
(A) A statement of the voter eligibility requirements, including those regarding citizenship.
(B) An attestation that the applicant meets each voter eligibility requirement.
(C) The signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury.
(D) An opportunity to decline to register to vote.
(b) A voter who attests to the voter’s eligibility shall be registered to vote unless the voter affirmatively declines to register to vote.
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