32-308 Registration list; verification; voter registration application; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties; registration; when; persons involved in registration; status.
32-308. Registration list; verification; voter registration application; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties; registration; when; persons involved in registration; status.(1) The Secretary of State and the Director of Motor Vehicles shall enter into an agreement to match information in the computerized statewide voter registration list with information in the data base of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the extent required to enable each such official to verify the accuracy of the information provided on applications for voter registration. The Director of Motor Vehicles shall enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Security under section 205(r)(8) of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(r)(8), as such section existed on April 17, 2003, for purposes of the Election Act.(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles, with the assistance of the Secretary of State, shall prescribe a voter registration application which may be used to register to vote or change his or her address for voting purposes at the same time an elector applies for an original or renewal motor vehicle operator's license, an original or renewal state identification card, or a replacement or duplicate thereof. The voter registration application shall contain the information required pursuant to section 32-312 and shall be designed so that it does not require the duplication of information in the application for the motor vehicle operator's license or state identification card, except that it may require a second signature of the applicant. The department and the Secretary of State shall make the voter registration application available to the county treasurer, the license examiners of the department, and any other person who issues operators' licenses or state identification cards. The application shall be completed at the office of the county treasurer or department by the close of business on the third Friday preceding any election to be registered to vote at such election. A registration application received after the deadline shall not be processed by the election commissioner or county clerk until after the election.(3) State agency personnel and county treasurers involved in the voter registration process pursuant to this section and section 32-309 shall not be considered deputy registrars or agents or employees of the election commissioner or county clerk. SourceLaws 1994, LB 76, § 70; Laws 1997, LB 764, § 32; Laws 2003, LB 357, § 6; Laws 2005, LB 566, § 7.