The State of California unveiled a new website allowing residents to register to vote online yesterday.
The online system will search the Department of Motor Vehicles database for the applicant’s driver’s license and other identifying information and match it to the electronic form. The potential voters can authorize elections officials to use an electronic image of their DMV signature to complete the application.
County elections officials would still need to verify the information, though, and those without driver’s licenses or state identification cards must still register on paper.