Electronic Voter Registration (H 6051A, S 0821)

While an increasing amount of business is conducted online, becoming a registered voter or changing your registration in Rhode Island still has to be done in person or through the mail. Legislation sought to change that by allowing for electronic voter registration. The legislation would have allowed voters to easily register and keep their registration up to date, and included a number of critical protections for the privacy of personal voter information. In June, the House Judiciary committee approved the legislation, including adopting a number of protective amendments proposed by the ACLU; that version ultimately passed the House and was approved by the Senate Judiciary committee but was not voted on by the Senate in time and died.