13-21-107. Digital signature authorized.
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13-21-107 . Digital signature authorized.
(1)A covered voter may use a digital signature as proof that the voter is the sender when the voter is electronically transmitting any of the following documents to an election administrator pursuant to this chapter:
(a)a federal postcard application;
(b)an application for voter registration;
(c)a request for an absentee ballot; or
(d)the voter's marked ballot.
(2)An election administrator shall verify a digital signature received pursuant to this section and accept a validated digital signature as proof that a document has been transmitted by the voter.
(3)Nothing in this section may be interpreted as:
(a)requiring a covered voter to use a digital signature;
(b)requiring that an election administrator use a digital signature in lieu of the voter's date of birth and social security number or driver's license number to validate the voter's identity during the voter registration process;
(c)requiring a county election administrator or the secretary of state to validate the voter's identity with the certificate authority that issued the digital signature;
(d)requiring both a valid digital signature and the last four digits of a voter's social security number as proof that a document is from the voter; or
(e)prohibiting a county election administrator from using the last four digits of a voter's social security number, if provided on the document, to verify that the document was sent by the voter.