1. (a) If a county elections official determines that a DMV COA potential match is valid, the county elections official shall accept the potential match and update the voter's address.

2. (b) If a county elections official determines that a DMV COA potential match is valid but the voter's new address is not within the county, the county elections official shall redirect the message to the correct county.

   The correct county shall act on this redirected message in the same manner as if it had received the initial message under subdivision (a).

3. (c) If the county elections official determines that a DMV COA potential match is valid but contains an out-of-state address, the county elections official shall accept the potential match, and update the voter's record to inactive status and send a forwardable address confirmation mailing to the new address, which must be in substantially the form required by Section 8(d)(2) of the NVRA (52 U.S.C. Section 20507).

4. (d) If a county elections official determines that a DMV COA potential match was processed in error, the county elections official shall:

   1. (1) Reverse the previous determination if the error is identified within 24 hours of submitting the match determination.
   2. (2) Notify the Secretary of State Elections Division Help Desk if the error is identified more than 24 hours after submitting the match determination.
5. (e) The county elections official shall submit any change in the registration record to the statewide voter registration system in accordance with Section 19061.

When DMV Change of Address (DMV COA) records are received by the statewide voter registration system, each DMV COA record is compared to the voter registration records in the statewide voter registration system. If a match is found between the DMV COA record and a voter record, the statewide voter registration system will send notice of a potential DMV COA match to the county. The county elections official shall, in accordance with Section 19061, resolve any potential matches by doing the following:

Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 10 and 2168, Elections Code. Reference: 52 U.S.C. Sections 20507 and 21083.

History

1. New section filed 8-27-2020; operative 8-27-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 35).