Why is the Department of Motor Vehicles involved in voter registration?
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the Motor Voter law, permits people conducting business at a DMV office to register to vote or update their voter registration information. • Can I get a copy of the voter registration rolls? The voter registration rolls are confidential. The Elections Code allows voter information to be released to any candidate for federal, state, or local office, to any committee for or against any initiative or referendum measure for which legal publication is made, and to any person for election, scholarly, journalistic, or political purpose, or for governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State’s office. • Can the Secretary of State’s office provide race, age and gender statistics for the voting population? No. While the Secretary of State’s Office compiles voter statistics, it does not compile it by race, age or gender. You may wish to contact the Public Policy Institute of California, the Election Assistance Commission,
