SEC. 23-15-33. Registrar to register voters.

(1) Every person entitled to be registered as an elector in compliance with the laws of this state and who has signed his name on and properly completed the application for registration to vote shall be registered by the registrar on the registration books of the voting precinct of the residence of such person.

(2) Every person entitled to be registered as an elector in compliance with the laws of this state and who registers to vote pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 shall be registered by the registrar on the registration books of the voting precinct of the residence of such person.

(3) Every person entitled to be registered as an elector in compliance with the laws of this state and who has registered to vote in federal elections pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 prior to the effective date of House Bill No. 763, 2000 Regular Session, shall be registered by the registrar on the registration books of the voting precinct of the residence of such person.

SOURCES: Derived from 1972 Code Sec. 23-5-31 [Codes, 1880, Sec. 106; 1892, Sec. 3611; 1906, Sec. 4117; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 6751; 1930, Sec. 6184; 1942, Sec. 3212; Laws, 1955, Ex ch. 99; 1962, ch. 569, Sec. 2; 1965 Ex Sess, ch. 13, Sec. 1; 1978, ch. 393, Sec. 2; 1984, Ch. 460, Sec. 2; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 335]; En, Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 9. Laws, 1991, ch. 440, Sec. 7, eff from and after May 1, 1992 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to this amendment). Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 430, Sec. 1, HB763, eff. from and after effectuation under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.

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