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A model voter registration law

Oregon is first-in-the-nation with a prototype for... automatic registration...

The "motor voter" bill: An ebullient Governor Brown called it a "unique and humbling opportunity" when she signed House Bill 2177 on March 16 -- creating a first-in-the-nation system that automatically registers Oregon voters (with an opt-out window) by drawing data from their driver's license records.

Brown was beaming because she'd been championing the bill -- pushed by groups like the Bus Project and the League of Women Voters -- since 2013, when she was secretary of state. That's the job she still had when the bill came forward again this session, expected to pass courtesy of expanded Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate.

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Oregon Automatic Voter Registration / March 2015

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/19/faq-oregons-new-motor-voter-law-work/25048243/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-adopts-nations-first-automatic-voter-registration-law/

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/oregons-motor-voter-law-quickly-increase-voter-registration

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/should-voter-registration-be-automatic/388258/

http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/universal-voter-registration/why-universal-registration/

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http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-automatic-voter-registration-bill-20150427-story.html

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There’s absolutely no good reason for such proposals not to be adopted — and not just state-by-state, either. There’s no good reason for the burden of voter registration to be on the voter, instead of on the government.

Indeed, the United States is unusual in making it hard by requiring a two-step process for eligible voters — that is, registering and then voting. Most world democracies have automatic registration.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/08/voter-registration-could-be-automatic/


June 2015

Everyone, every young man or young woman, in every state in the union should be automatically registered to vote when they turn 18—unless they actively choose to opt out. But I believe this would have a profound impact on our elections and our democracy. Between a quarter and a third of all eligible Americans remain unregistered and therefore unable to vote. -- Hillary Clinton / Speech, Houston, TX

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-calls-for-sweeping-expansion-of-voter-registration/2015/06/04/691f210c-0adb-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html

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https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2177

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