2006 Code of Virginia § 24.2-411.1 - Offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles

24.2-411.1. Offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

A. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide the opportunity to registerto vote to each person who comes to an office of the Department to:

1. Apply for, replace, or renew a driver's license;

2. Apply for, replace, or renew a special identification card; or

3. Change an address on an existing driver's license or specialidentification card.

B. The method used to receive an application for voter registration shallavoid duplication of the license portion of the license application andrequire only the minimum additional information necessary to enableregistrars to determine the voter eligibility of the applicant and toadminister voter registration and election laws. A person who does not signthe registration portion of the application shall be deemed to have declinedto register at that time. The voter application shall include a statementthat, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact the applicanthas declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only forvoter registration purposes.

Each application form distributed under this section shall be accompanied bythe following statement featured prominently in boldface capital letters:"WARNING: INTENTIONALLY MAKING A MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT ON THIS FORMCONSTITUTES THE CRIME OF ELECTION FRAUD, WHICH IS PUNISHABLE UNDER VIRGINIALAW AS A FELONY. VIOLATORS MAY BE SENTENCED TO UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON, ORUP TO 12 MONTHS IN JAIL AND/OR FINED UP TO $2,500."

Any completed application for voter registration submitted by a person who isalready registered shall serve as a written request to update hisregistration record. Any change of address form submitted for purposes of amotor vehicle driver's license or special identification card shall serve asnotification of change of address for voter registration for the registrantinvolved unless the registrant states on the form that the change of addressis not for voter registration purposes. If the information from thenotification of change of address for voter registration indicates that theregistered voter has moved to another general registrar's jurisdiction withinthe Commonwealth, the notification shall be treated as a request for transferfrom the registered voter. The notification and the registered voter'sregistration record shall be transmitted as directed by the State Board ofElections to the appropriate general registrar who shall send a voterregistration card as confirmation of the transfer to the voter pursuant to 24.2-424.

C. The completed voter registration portion of the application shall betransmitted as directed by the State Board not later than five business daysafter the date of receipt.

D. The State Board of Elections shall maintain statistical records on thenumber of applications to register to vote with information provided from theDepartment of Motor Vehicles.

E. A person who provides services at the Department of Motor Vehicles shallnot disclose, except as authorized by law for official use, the socialsecurity number of any applicant for voter registration.

(1996, cc. 72, 73.)