The term "Registration Form" refers
to the voter registration application prescribed by the secretary of state
pursuant to section 3503.14 of the Revised Code.
The term "Agency Coordinator" refers
to the person designated by the agency to be responsible for the preparation,
filing, coordination and implementation of the plan and the agency's voter
registration program. Each agency coordinator shall also serve as the contact
person for responding to questions or concerns raised by a board of elections
or the secretary of state.
"Declination Form" means a voter
registration form which has been presented to any agency consumer, and been
returned, but which contains no mark or contains a mark in the "no" box
following the question "do you want to register or update your current
registration", regardless of whether such form contains a signature or other
identification of the person who received the form and responded
"no."
Each plan shall specify the procedures and personnel through
which each designated agency will provide opportunities for its consumers to
register to vote, and shall include:
(A) The name, address, and the telephone
number of the person or persons who shall serve as the agency
coordinator;
(B) A procedure to be
administered as part of the
designated agency's
intake process
that
which requires that each agency consumer
to be offered a registration form and the
opportunity for assistance in completing such form;
(C) If the
designated agency is an office or agency of the state
that provides public assistance or that provides state funded programs
primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities, a
procedure to be administered as part of the
designated agency's intake process which requires that
each agency consumer receive a form prescribed by the secretary of state
pursuant to division (C) of section
3503.10
of the Revised Code that contains the following:
(1) "Applying or declining to apply, to
register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will be
provided by this agency";
(2)
Notice of name, address and phone number of the person or office who the
applicant can contact if they believe that their right to register or decline
to register to vote or their right to privacy in making this decision has been
violated.
(D) A method
for training each agency coordinator and other personnel who provide voter
registration assistance including:
(1)
Instructions that each designated agency person who assists with voter
registration shall maintain strict neutrality with respect to a prospective
registrant's political philosophy, right to register or decline to register,
and shall not make any statements or take any action
which
that may
influence a person's decision to register or decline to register.
(2) Instructions that each designated agency
person who assists with voter registration, shall not display or demonstrate
any political preference or party allegiance, or make any statement or take any
action, the purpose or effect of which is, to lead a prospective registrant to
believe that a decision to register or decline to register will impact the
amount or type of services or assistance offered by the
designated agency.
(E) The method
by
which
that each
designated agency or its offices shall
use to transmit, to the board of elections in the
county in which the
designated agency office is
located, registration forms and report the number of declinations received by
the agency for each reporting period;
(F) The address and phone number of each
office through which the
designated agency shall
provide voter registration opportunities.