Motor Voter

Voters drop their voters registration at Multnomah County Elections Office on Oct. 14, 2008, in Portland, Ore., on the final day for voter registration in Oregon. (Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP) — Voting Rights

State poised for surge in voters

By David Ingram, MSNBC Live with José Díaz-Balart

Call it “motor voter" on steroids. New legislation to be signed into law today in Oregon paves the way for the state to one day have close to 100% voter registration. The new law takes the federal "motor voter" law to new levels and registers a person to vote when they obtain or renew a state driver's license or ID — and it&...