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Central Coast could have record number of voters in June Primary

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The final day for Californians to register to vote for the June primary is this coming Monday.

The DMV recently upgraded its process for registering people to vote. Before April of this year, customers would fill out paper forms to be mailed to county election officials.

DMV spokesperson Jessica Gonzales said all 175 field offices now have touch screens for customers to select voter preferences including, political party, language, or vote by mail.

“And then what happens, is when you complete your voter preferences, that information is then electronically sent to the secretary of state, so it’s a much faster process,” said Gonzales.

Last month, the DMV helped register nearly 23-thousand customers, both online and through the kiosks. In San Luis Obispo County there are about 154-thousand registered voters and in Santa Barbara County there are nearly 200-thousand.

"We may actually set a record in terms of the total number of registered voters leading into a presidential primary. We’ll know more in the days following the close of registration," said County Clerk Recorder for San Luis Obispo County Tommy Gong.

He said electronic registration speeds up his process and that when the Motor Voter Act is implemented, it will have a huge impact.

Governor Brown approved the act last year. Under this system,  all eligible voters will be automatically registered to vote when they pay a visit to the DMV, unless they opt out.

Once the Secretary of State completes a framework for the process, the DMV will have one year to implement it.