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CalWORKs Policy - Department of Public Social Services

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need to complete the form. The potential registrant<br />

should at least sign this form whether they wish to register<br />

or not. Use <strong>of</strong> this form is required to document that voter<br />

services were <strong>of</strong>fered to the applicant/participant.<br />

PA 106-1, Would You Like to Register to Vote? (out <strong>of</strong><br />

drawer):<br />

This is the top half (information section) <strong>of</strong> the PA 106<br />

only. It is used when mailing out the Voter Registration<br />

Form (below) upon notification <strong>of</strong> a change <strong>of</strong> address by<br />

a participant.<br />

Until LEADER is programmed, the appropriate language<br />

Voter Registration Form is to be folded with the PA 106-1<br />

and stapled for mailing by the Eligibility Worker to the<br />

participant.<br />

Voter Registration Form (out <strong>of</strong> drawer): Participants who<br />

qualify to do so may register to vote or report a change <strong>of</strong><br />

address to the Registrar-Recorder’s Office using this form.<br />

The Voter Registration Form should be provided to<br />

participants in their primary language for completion.<br />

NOTE: The Voter Registration forms are available in<br />

English, Spanish, Armenian, Chinese, Cambodian,<br />

Korean, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.<br />

What information should be reviewed by the Eligibility<br />

Worker?<br />

At the beginning <strong>of</strong> the intake interview, the Eligibility<br />

Worker must review the bolded section to determine if an<br />

applicant wishes to register to vote by reviewing the<br />

possible selections as follows:<br />

• The applicant may check only one <strong>of</strong> the three boxes<br />

to indicate his/her registration preference. If the PA<br />

106, Would You Like to Register to Vote? (out <strong>of</strong><br />

drawer) form is not complete, ask the individual,<br />

verbatim, “If you are not registered to vote where you<br />

live now, would you like to apply to vote here today?”<br />

Have the individual check their response in the<br />

appropriate box and ask that they sign the form.<br />

• If the potential registrant checks “Yes” to the Voter<br />

Registration question, you should have the person<br />

sign the form and provide a Voter Registration Form<br />

(VRF).<br />

• If the potential registrant checks “No” to the voter<br />

registration question, ask the applicant, “If you are not<br />

registered to vote where you live now, would you like

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