BILL REQ. #:  S-1626.1 

READ FIRST TIME 03/04/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to voter registration at driver licensing offices; and amending RCW 46.20.155.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 46.20.155 and 2001 c 41 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
     Before issuing an original license or identification card or renewing a license or identification card under this chapter, the licensing agent shall determine if the applicant wants to register to vote or transfer his or her voter registration by asking the following questions:

     First: "Do you want to register to vote or transfer your voter registration?"

     If the applicant chooses to register or transfer a registration, the agent shall ((state)) ask the following:

     (("I would like to remind you that you must be)) Second: "Are you a United States citizen and at least eighteen years of age ((in order to vote.))?"

     If the applicant responds in the affirmative the agent shall then provide the applicant with a voter registration form and instructions and shall record that the applicant has requested to register to vote or transfer a voter registration.