Section 183.10. Standardized forms

(a) A commission shall use the following forms only in a form prepared or approved by the Department:

(1) The VRMA.

(2) Blank voter registration application forms, which a private organization or individual may print at its expense, provided that the form, content and copy have received prior approval from the Department, in accordance with section 1327(a)(8) of the act (relating to preparation and distribution of applications).

(3) Voter identification card.

(4) Rejection notice.

(5) Confirmation notice.

(6) District registers generated by the SURE system that are sent to polling places on election day.

(7) All forms prepared by the Department or generated by the SURE system.

(b) The following forms will be approved by the Department:

(1) The motor vehicle voter registration application form to be used by PENNDOT.

(2) The declination form to be used by voter registration agencies.

(3) Removal Notices.

(c) A Statewide VRA may not require:

(1) Notarization or other formal authentication

(2) Any additional information, other than the information necessary to enable election officials to:

(i) Determine the eligibility of the applicant.

(ii) Administer voter registration and other parts of the election process.

(d) Applications for official absentee ballots shall:

(1) Contain the information required by 1302(b) of the Pennsylvania Election Code (25 P. S. § 3146.2(b)).

(2) Be on a form prescribed by the Department or on a form approved in advance by the Department.

(e) Correspondence and forms from a commission to an applicant or registrant that contain confidential information, including information listed in § 183.14(c) (relating to public information lists), shall be designed to protect the confidentiality of the information sent and requested.

(f) This section does not apply to Federal voter registration applications.

The provisions of this § 183.10 adopted December 27, 2002, effective January 27, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 6340.