Ohio Admin. Code 111:3-5-07 - Voter registration - bureau of motor vehicles
(A) The registrar
of motor vehicles shall designate the deputy
administrator
an employee for the deputy
registrar services section to be in charge of and responsible for voter
registration within the bureau of motor vehicles. The
deputy administrator
designated employee may designate
identify
other employees within the section to assist in voter registration. The
deputy administrator
designated employee shall provide, in cooperation with
the secretary of state, a training program and materials for training in voter
registration for deputy registrars and their employees.
(B) The office manager appointed by each
deputy registrar shall be in charge of and responsible for voter registration
within that agency unless the deputy registrar notifies the registrar in
writing that he has designated another
individual is designated to serve in that
capacity.
(C) When any person
applies for a driver's license, commercial driver's license, a state of Ohio
identification card, or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement, or the
renewal or duplicate of any license or endorsement under Chapter 4506. or 4507.
of the Revised Code, the employee of the registrar or deputy registrar
receiving the application shall offer the applicant the opportunity to register
to vote or update his
the applicant's voter registration if the applicant is
eligible and wishes to do so, and assistance in completing the voter
registration form if so requested.
The applicant shall not be required to fill out any portion of
the voter registration form that requests information that duplicates
information on the application for a license, identification card or
endorsement. Such information shall be printed on the form by the
(D) The registrar or deputy registrar shall
enter the date each registration application, change of name notice, or change
of address form is received. The date may be entered by use of a date stamp or
may be typed or printed upon the document. The date stamp or date entry shall
not disclose the identity of the office which
that entered
it.
(E) The registrar or deputy
registrar shall send any completed registration application, change of
residence notice, or change of name notice to the board of elections of the
county in which the office of the registrar or deputy registrar is located,
within five days after accepting the application or notice.
(F)
(1)
Each deputy registrar shall record and report to the
registrar all of the following:
the number of
applicants for licenses he has served, the number of voter registrations,
change of address notices and change of name notices he has completed and
transmitted to the board of elections, and the number of voter registration
applications declined and shall file a report with the registrar listing all
those numbers. The report shall be filed semi-annually or more frequently as
prescribed by the registrar. Upon request of the registrar, each deputy
registrar shall report any additional information required by the secretary of
state to comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as
amended.
(a)
The number of applicants for licenses served by the deputy
registrar;
(b)
The number of voter registrations, change of address
notices, and change of name notices completed by the deputy registrar and
transmitted to the board of elections;
(c)
The number of
voter registration applications declined by the deputy
registrar;
(d)
Upon the request of the registrar, any additional
information required by the secretary of state to comply with the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993,
52 U.S.C.A.
20501 et seq., as amended on January 6,
1996.
(2)
The report shall be filed semi-annually or more
frequently as prescribed by the registrar.
(G) The registrar shall collect the reports
from each deputy registrar and shall report and transmit to the secretary of
state at least once annually information on the number of applicants for
licenses and the numbers of voter registrations, change of residence notices,
and change of name notices completed, and the number of voter registration
applications declined, and any additional information required by the secretary
of state to comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
52 U.S.C.A.
20501 et seq., as amended
on January 6, 1996 .
(H) No information relating to an applicant's
decision to decline to register or update his
their voter registration at the office
of the registrar of deputy registrar may be used for any purpose other than
voter registration record keeping required by the secretary of state, and all
such information shall be kept confidential.
(I) The bureau of motor vehicles shall supply
all of its deputy registrars with a sufficient number of voter registration
applications, change of residence notices, and change of name notices as
prescribed by the secretary of state.
(J) The decision of any applicant whether to
register as an elector shall be given no consideration in the decision whether
to issue him a license, a state identification card, an endorsement, a renewal,
or a duplicate.
(K) In addition to
other provisions set forth in this rule, each deputy registrar shall maintain a
supply of voter registration applications, change of address notices, and
change of name notices and shall provide them to any individual upon request.
Each deputy registrar shall display in a
prominent place a notice that voter registration applications and change of
address or name notices are available at the agency.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3501.05(U)
Rule Amplifies: 3503.11, 4501.023, 4503.03(J), 4506.07, 4507.06, 4507.51
Prior Effective Dates: 12/22/1994 (Emer.), 05/27/1995, 01/24/2014, 01/25/2016
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