(1) The department of licensing shall provide information on all persons changing their address on change of address forms submitted to the department unless the voter has indicated that the address change is not for voting purposes. This information will be transmitted to the secretary of state each week in a machine-readable file containing the following information on persons changing their address: The name, address, date of birth, gender of the applicant, the applicant's driver's license number, the applicant's former address, the county code for the applicant's former address, and the date that the request for address change was received.

     (2) The secretary of state shall forward this information to the appropriate county each week. When the information indicates that the voter has moved, the county auditor shall use the change of address information to transfer the voter's registration and send the voter an acknowledgement notice of the transfer.

[2004 c 267 § 121; 2003 c 111 § 227.]

NOTES:

     Effective dates -- 2004 c 267: See note following RCW 29A.08.651.