Title 16.1, Elections

A permanent, centralized electronic database of voters, to be known as the central voter file, is established with the offices of the secretary of state and county auditors linked together by a centralized statewide system. The county auditor is chief custodian of the central vot…

The offices required to perform the functions and duties of this chapter shall bear the costs incurred in performing those duties, and the secretary of state shall pay the costs of operating and maintaining the central voter file. As used in this section, costs of maintaining the…

1. Not later than the primary election in 2008, the secretary of state shall establish the central voter file in cooperation with the department of transportation and county auditors. 2. The secretary of state shall establish the initial central voter file from records maintained…

When the boundaries of a precinct are changed, the county auditor shall immediately update the voter records for that precinct in the central voter file to accurately reflect those changes. The county auditor shall provide to the secretary of state all materials requested for exi…

1. Before the meeting of the county canvassing board following an election, the county auditor shall enter the name and required information of each individual who voted at the last election who is not already contained in the central voter file and update any required informatio…

1. The department of health and human services shall provide for the regular reporting to the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence, if available, of each individual eighteen years of age or older who has died while maintaining residence in …

The state court administrator shall provide for the regular reporting to the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and county of residence, if available, of each individual eighteen years of age or older whose name was changed by divorce or any order or decree of t…

1. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall provide a report to the secretary of state, including the name, address, date of birth, date of sentence, effective date of the sentence, and county in which the conviction occurred, if available, of each i…

The department of transportation shall report regularly to the secretary of state any relevant changes and updates to records maintained by the department of transportation which may require changes and updates to be made to records of individuals contained in the central voter f…

Before the end of the contest period allowed under section 16.1-16-04, each county auditor shall post the voting history for each individual who voted in the election. After the close of each even-numbered calendar year, the secretary of state shall determine if any individual ha…

The secretary of state may adopt rules and procedures according to subsection 3 of section 16.1-01-01 to implement this chapter and to update and maintain the central voter file. The rules may: 1. Provide for the establishment and maintenance of a central voter file. 2. Provide f…

The central voter file must contain the following information for each individual included in the file: 1. The complete legal name of the individual. 2. The complete residential address of the individual. 3. The complete mailing address of the individual, if different from the in…

The county auditor shall generate a pollbook for each precinct in the county from the central voter file by the day before an election. With the exception of a record designated "secured active" and the voter's birth date and driver's license or nondriver identification card numb…

1. By February first of each year, the secretary of state shall transmit information from the central voter file to the state court administrator for the purpose of compiling the master list of jurors under chapter 27-09.1. 2. After each general election at which the president of…

Except as otherwise provided by law, a voter list or a report generated from the central voter file may be made available to a candidate, political party, or a political committee for election-related purposes. Any information obtained by a candidate, political party, or politica…

The secretary of state may generate a voter list or a report generated from the central voter file to be transmitted to other states, or a consortium of states, for maintaining the integrity of elections.

1. An individual may not intentionally: a. Remove an individual from the central voter file or change a record of an individual contained in the central voter file in a manner or for a purpose not authorized by law; or b. Add a name of an individual to the central voter file or a…