Section 2138.5 Of Article 3. Registration Procedures From California Elections Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
2138.5
. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an affiant's driver's
license number, identification card number, social security number,
and signature contained on an affidavit of registration are
confidential and shall not be disclosed by an individual or
organization that distributes voter registration cards pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 2158, or by a person entrusted with an
affidavit of registration from an elector pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subdivision (b) of Section 2158. However, this subdivision shall
not be construed to prohibit a person entrusted with an affidavit of
registration from an elector pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b) of Section 2158 from returning the affidavit to the individual
or organization that distributed the voter registration card pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 2158.
(b) An individual or organization that distributes voter
registration cards pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2158, a
person entrusted with an affidavit of registration from an elector
pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2158, or an
individual or organization that assists with the submission of an
affidavit of registration electronically on the Internet Web site of
the Secretary of State shall comply with both of the following:
(1) Shall not use affidavit of registration information for any
personal, private, or commercial purpose, including for any of the
following:
(A) The harassment of a voter or voter's household.
(B) The advertising, solicitation, sale, or marketing of products
or services to a voter or voter's household.
(C) Reproduction in print, broadcast visual or audio, or display
on the Internet.
(2) Shall employ reasonable security measures, including employing
administrative and physical safeguards, and, for affidavit of
registration information available in an electronic form, technical
safeguards, to protect the voter registration information from
unlawful disclosure and misuse.