Hide Transcript Show Transcript

WEBVTT DMV BRANCH ON STOCKTON BOULEVARD. WE WERE -- LAST TIME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LONG LINES THAT STRETCHED AROUND THE BUILDING. NOW, THE DMV CALLING THIS LATEST ISSUE AND CONVENIENCE BUT IT DOES INVOLVE PEOPLE’S PHOTO REGISTRATION AND SWITCHING PARTY AFFILIATION. IT INVOLVES THE MOTOR VOTERS SYSTEM. THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE AS THEY ARE DOING THE DMV BUSINESS. THE GMB ADMITTED WORKERS INPUTTED INCORRECT INFORMATION FOR 23,000 PEOPLE JUST FROM THE TIMEFRAME OF APRIL TO EARLY AUGUST. THE DMV ADMITTED AS PART OF THAT INCORRECT INFORMATION, THE ERRORS INCLUDED REGISTERING PEOPLE WITH THE WRONG POLITICAL PARTY OR EVEN SWITCHING THEIR POLITICAL PARTY WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THIS AS A ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING ERROR. BACK HERE LIVE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE DMV QUOTES SINCERELY, APOLOGIZES FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE. BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOUR POLITICAL PARTY MAY HAVE BEEN SWITCHED ALL DOING BUSINESS, YOU ARE URGED GO ONLINE TO CHECK YOUR ORDER AT STATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS ACCURATE

Advertisement 1,500 people were registered to vote in error, DMV says Share Shares Copy Link Copy

About 1,500 DMV customers were registered to vote in error, the DMV director said in a letter to the Secretary of State’s Office.The letter, which was sent Monday, said an internal audit found the error. It impacts California Motor Voter data that was collected at field offices between April 23 and Sept. 25.The problem occurred when DMV workers processed customer requests to change eligibility responses on driver license applications.“Due to the order in which the change was processed, the customer’s initial responses were retained instead of the correct and revised responses,” the letter said. “These customers may not have completed an affidavit of registration to vote, and their records were sent erroneously to the Secretary of State’s office.”| MORE | California sets record as voter registration tops 19 millionThe DMV updated the system on Sept. 26, replacing the old applications.“We have worked quickly with the Department of Technology to correct these errors and have also updated the programming and added additional safeguards to improve this process,” DMV Director Jean Shiomoto said in a statement.The revelation prompted the secretary of state to demand a new investigation of the embattled agency. The secretary of state is cancelling incorrect registrations.None of the impacted customers were “undocumented immigrants who received a driver license under AB 60,” the DMV said in the letter. The error was not caused by customers. The DMV is working to notify impacted customers.| MORE | California DMV may have botched 23,000 voter registrationsThis error is separate from one reported on Sept. 5. Then, the DMV may have botched about 23,000 Californians' voter registrations, sending incorrect information to the Secretary of State’s Office.You can check your voter registration status on the Secretary of State’s website.The voter registration deadline for the Nov. 6 election is Oct. 22. You can also register to vote online.---The Associated Press contributed to this story.