5789559 Public Hearing on B21-0193, Ballot Access Modernization Amendment Act of 2015 and B21-0194, Automatic Voter Registration Amendment Act of 2015

Council of the District of Columbia

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARy

Notice of Public Hearing

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004  

 

 

Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson

Committee on the Judiciary

                                                  

Announces a Public Hearing on

 

Bill 21-0193, the “Ballot Access Modernization

Amendment Act of 2015”

 

and

 

Bill 21-0194, the “Automatic Voter Registration

Amendment Act of 2015”

 

Thursday, January 14, 2016, 1 p.m.

Room 123, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

 

On January 14, 2016, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, will convene a public hearing to consider Bill 21-0193, the “Ballot Access Modernization Amendment Act of 2015”, and Bill 21-0194, the “Automatic Voter Registration Amendment Act of 2015”. The hearing will be held in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., at 1 p.m.

             

The stated purpose of B21-0193 is to amend the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 to require the Board of Elections (BOE) to implement a mobile application process for collecting petition signatures.

 

The stated purpose of B21-0194 is to amend the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 to require BOE to accept electronic registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and to use this information to register voters and maintain up-to-date voter rolls, provided that each person has an opportunity to opt out of automatic registration; and to amend the District of Columbia Traffic Amendment Act, 1925, to require DMV to provide BOE with electronic records containing the legal name, age, residence, and citizenship information and electronic signature of each person who may qualify as a qualified elector.

 

The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact Kate Mitchell, Committee Director, at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail], and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business, January 11, 2016. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring fifteen, single-sided copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

For witnesses who are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at the end of the business day on January 29, 2016.