§ 2145a - Registrations at the department of motor vehicles - Vermont Statutes

§ 2145a. Registrations at the department of motor vehicles

(a) An application for, or renewal of, a motor vehicle driver's license shall serve as a simultaneous application to register to vote unless the applicant declines to sign the voter registration portion of the application.

(b) The voter registration portion of the motor vehicle driver's license application shall provide and request the information required to be provided under section 2145 of this title and shall be in the form approved by the secretary of state.

(c) An application for voter registration under this section shall update any previous voter registration by the applicant. Any change of address form submitted to the department of motor vehicles in connection with an application for a motor vehicle driver's license shall serve to update voter registration information previously provided by the voter, unless the voter states on the form that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes.

(d) The department of motor vehicles shall transmit voter registration applications received under this section to the secretary of state not later than 10 days after the date the application was accepted by the department. In the case of a voter registration application accepted within five days before the checklist is closed under section 2144 of this title for a primary or general election, the application shall be transmitted to the secretary of state not later than five days after the date of acceptance.

(e) The secretary shall promptly transmit applications received under this section to the clerks of the appropriate municipalities. (Added 1997, No. 47, § 5.)