Starting Tuesday, prompts on the computer screens in Pennsylvania driver’s license centers will take users to a template to register to vote. That leaves it up to them to choose not to register.
Nearly two dozen states and Washington, D.C., already have varying models of what is called “automatic voter registration,” according to the National Conference of State LegislaturesGov. Josh Shapiro's administration said starting Tuesday it is making it easier for someone to register to vote when they are getting or renewing a driver's license in Pennsylvania.
Under the new format, prompts on the computer screens in driver’s license centers will take the user to a template to register to vote. That leaves it up to them to choose not to register. Previously, prompts on the computer screen first asked the user whether they wanted to register to vote. From now on in Pennsylvania, if you’re an eligible voter getting or renewing your driver’s license or ID card at the DMV, you will be automatically registered to vote unless you choose to opt out.Twenty-three other states and Washington, D.C., already have varying models of what is called “automatic voter registration,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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