Dear [Your Elected Official],

<p>I am writing to respectfully urge you to support HB 1600. While this bill does not yet establish full voter registration at the DMV, it creates an important and practical step forward by allowing election officials to securely access existing DMV data through the Statewide Voter Registration System to assist with the traditional voter registration process.</p> <p>Testimony from the Division of Motor Vehicles and Secretary of State's Office confirmed that key voter registration fields—such as name, address, date of birth, and citizenship status—can be securely transmitted and accessed through controlled, voter-authorized searches on SVRS. Local election officials would not gain open-ended access to DMV records; rather, they would be able to conduct limited, specific searches only when assisting a voter registering to vote. This provides a secure way to verify required information while maintaining appropriate privacy safeguards.</p> <p>If the state already has the technical capacity to securely share verified DMV data with election officials, it should be utilized. Allowing trained local officials to rely on this verified information can help streamline the registration process, reduce administrative burdens, and ensure that eligible voters are not required to repeatedly provide documents that the state has already verified.</p> <p>HB 1600 represents a sensible modernization of existing systems and a meaningful step toward improving voter access while maintaining strong safeguards. I respectfully encourage the committee to support the bill, and thank you for your all your efforts in working on this bill.</p>