This act also provides an exception for presidential primary candidates. In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Buckley v. American Constitutional Law, No. The Supreme Court held that requiring petition circulators to be registered voters, among other things, violated First Amendment freedom of speech rights. All fees collected by the Secretary of State shall be credited to Secretary of State's Technology Trust Fund. This act also requires election authorities to put voter history information in their computer systems and provide such information to the Secretary of State's centralized voter registration system, within six months of the election.
Nothing requires voter information to be released over the Internet.
The centralized voter registration system shall provide each election authority with the ability to store and retrieve documents electronically, effective July 1, 2000. It is illegal for non-incumbent candidates to lead voters to believe they are incumbents. Current law allows the Secretary of State to seize the material in question. This act prohibits any nominating committee member from acting as chair in certification of such person's own selection as candidate. Any candidate for state or federal office must file with the Secretary of State under the current deadline.