Due to CA DMV AVR Errors Six Voters Where Registered and Voted Last Year

According to California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s Office, Six Individuals Voted in the Primary and Two Voted in the 2018 General Election.

After a through Review, Padilla concluded they were Inadvertently Registered through the State’s Motor Voter Program's Automatic Voter Registration system (AVR) “due to DMV errors.”

The Residents live in: Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco Counties.

Padilla’s Office said the Six People had No Prior Voting History but it could Not determine whether they met Registration Eligibility Requirements.

To Register to Vote in California, you must be a U.S. Citizen, a Resident of California, and 18 years old or Older on Election Day.

“The six individuals were inadvertently registered through the California Motor Voter program due to DMV errors and based on state law are not guilty of fraudulently voting or attempting to vote,” Padilla’s Office said in a Statement. “All of these voter registrations have been canceled.”

It noted that None of the People were Undocumented Immigrants applying for Licenses.

The Program launched on April 23rd, 2018 to Automatically Register Eligible Voters when they Visit the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Data from the Secretary of State’s Office shows nearly 20 Million Ballots were Cast in the 2018 Primary and General Election. Six Votes would Not have been enough to Affect the Outcome of a Single Race.

Despite Warnings from Multiple Election Officials Not to go forward with the Program’s Launch, Padilla proceeded. In a 2015 Hearing, he told Lawmakers, “I don’t assume the incompetence of the DMV.”

In the Months following the hasty Roll-Out, the DMV experienced 105,000 Registration Errors, including some People being Inadvertently Registered with the Wrong Party.

A March Report from the Department of Finance blamed the DMV for having a “reactive culture” when Implementing Motor Voter.

DMV Communications Deputy Director Anita Gore said Conditions that led to the Problems have been Addressed. “Appropriate safeguards and quality assurance processes have been put into place to prevent such issues in the future,” she said in a Statement. ”No recent issues have been identified as we continue to process tens of thousands of voter registrations each day.”

An Audit released Friday by State Officials also produced almost 84,000 Duplicate Records and more than Twice that Number with Political Party Mistakes.









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