Bill > SB205

This bill aims to regulate paid voter registration activities by requiring organizations that compensate individuals for assisting with voter registration to maintain detailed records of those paid individuals, including their contact information and a written acknowledgment of their responsibilities and liabilities under various election laws, and to keep these records for at least three years, making them available to election officials upon demand, or alternatively, filing them with the county elections official who may charge a fee for storage. Furthermore, it mandates that payments for voter registration assistance are only made if the registration affidavit is personally completed by the registrant and includes the signature of the paid assistant, and requires the separation and acknowledgment of compliant and non-compliant registration forms when submitted to election officials, though failure to comply with these provisions will not invalidate a voter's registration. The bill also establishes penalties for failing to comply with these requirements, classifying it as a misdemeanor punishable by fines and potential jail time, with increased penalties for third or subsequent convictions, and specifically prohibits offering or accepting payment on a per-affidavit basis for voter registration assistance, deeming such actions a misdemeanor, while clarifying that payments not tied to a per-affidavit basis are permissible.