Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 795, into law Monday which provides for the state to participate in multi-state voter registration data-sharing programs.
“Voter registration data sharing can be key in improving the accuracy of a state’s voter rolls,” said John Fortier, Director of The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)’s Democracy Project. “The ability to update and check voter registration lists against other states allows for the identification of duplicate registrations in multiple states.”
Participation in multi-state voter registration data sharing was a key recommendation of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration (PCEA), whose work BPC is continuing, and BPC’s Commission on Political Reform.
During the course of 2015, BPC worked closely with Texas officials in reviewing PCEA’s data-sharing recommendations, with an emphasis on identifying duplicate registrations in multiple states and the positive impact that state data-sharing programs have on the overall accuracy of voter registration rolls. During the legislative session, BPC provided information highlighting the bipartisan support for multi-state voter registration data-sharing programs at key moments with state legislators and local election officials.
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