HB 2707 - DIGEST

Declares it is the intent of the secretary of state and the legislature to: (1) Formalize a preregistration process for persons not yet eighteen years old;

(2) Authorize persons seventeen years old to preregister to vote; and

(3) Engage these new voters and encourage their civic participation in an educational environment.

Requires an event, coordinated by the county auditor of each county, in each history or social studies class attended by high school seniors, to encourage students seventeen years of age or older to preregister or register to vote online from the classroom.

Authorizes the governor, in consultation with the secretary of state, to designate additional agencies and offices to provide voter registration services.

Exempts the following from public inspection and copying: The information contained in voter preregistration applications until the applicant reaches age eighteen.

Authorizes a person who has attained seventeen years of age and has a valid state driver's license or identicard to submit a voter preregistration application electronically on the secretary of state's web site.