Purpose
The purpose of the new rule is to ensure that each voter registration agency designated by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1995 and by Section 97.058, F.S., complies with the requirements of NVRA. The proposed rules requires each such agency: 1) to designate a coordinator and act as a liaison to the Department of State’s NVRA coordinator, 2) to ensure compliance with the federal and state law governing voter registration activities, 3) to record for each client voter registration services provided, 4) to report quarterly the number of applications for new registration and updates are received by using form DS-DE #131, NVRA Voter Registration Agencies Quarterly Activities Report Form and 5) to require training for staff. The proposed rule also incorporates by reference DS-DE #77-ENG and DS-DE #77-SPN, a form in English and in Spanish that combines the preference form (facilitates the tracking of voter registration activity) and a detachable national mail-in application form.