Section 721.23.4. Electronic declination records.

         23.4(1) The agency may offer the opportunity to register to vote orally and record the applicant’s responses electronically. The agency shall ask each applicant the following questions:

“Did you receive a copy of the Voter Registration Information brochure?” If the applicant has not received it, the agency shall provide the applicant with a copy of the brochure and shall review it with the applicant. Then the applicant shall be asked the following question:

“If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?” (The applicant may answer yes or no.   If the applicant does not answer, the applicant shall be presumed to have declined to register to vote.)

         23.4(2) The agency shall track the results of its voter registration activities in a form prescribed by the secretary of state’s office. The agency shall report those totals in the prescribed format to the elections division of the secretary of state’s office.

         23.4(3) The secretary of state’s office shall make the information available upon request.

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