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§ 1973gg-2. National procedures for voter registration for elections
for
Federal office
- In general
- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
notwithstanding
any other Federal or State law, in addition to any other method of voter
registration provided for under State law, each State shall establish
procedures
to register to vote in elections for Federal office--
- by application made simultaneously with an application for a motor
vehicle driver's license pursuant to section 1973gg-3 of this title;
- by mail application pursuant to section 1973gg-4 of this title; and
- by application in person--
- at the appropriate registration site designated with respect
to
the residence of the applicant in accordance with State law; and
- at a Federal, State, or nongovernmental office designated under
section
1973gg-5 of this title.
- Nonapplicability to certain States
- This subchapter does not apply to a State described in either or
both
of the following paragraphs:
- A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and
after
August 1, 1994, there is no voter registration requirement for any voter in
the
State with respect to an election for Federal office.
- A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and
after
August 1, 1994, or that was enacted on or prior to August 1, 1994, and by
its
terms is to come into effect upon the enactment of this subchapter, so long
as
that law remains in effect, all voters in the State may register to vote at
the
polling place at the time of voting in a general election for Federal
office.
[cited in
Civil Rights Resource Manual 23]
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