Washington State: Secretary of State proposes online registration
AP reports: Washington would become the second state in the country to allow online voter registration under a measure proposed Wednesday by Secretary of State Sam Reed.
Reed said the plan - currently used only in Arizona - would be a "significant innovation" for the state, and urged lawmakers to sponsor the idea in the upcoming legislative session.
The new statewide voter registration database going online next month will already be connected to the state Department of Licensing, which has people's signatures and photos on file. Voters would be able to fill out an application on the Secretary of State's Web site.
People of voting age who apply for drivers' licenses in Washington are offered the chance to register to vote under the federal motor-voter law, but that process doesn't capture people who get their licenses while too young to vote. -- Secretary of State Sam Reed proposes online voter registration