23.
National Voter Registration Act—§ 1973gg-4. Mail
Registration
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§ 1973gg-4. Mail registration
- Form
- Each State shall accept and use the mail voter registration
application
form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to section
1973gg-
7(a)(2) of this title for the registration of voters in elections for
Federal
office.
- In addition to accepting and using the form described in paragraph (1),
a
State may develop and use a mail voter registration form that meets all of
the
criteria stated in section 1973gg-7(b) of this title for the registration
of
voters in elections for Federal office.
- A form described in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be accepted and used
for
notification of a registrant's change of address.
- Availability of forms
- The chief State election official of a State shall make the forms
described
in subsection (a) of this section available for distribution through
governmental
and private entities, with particular emphasis on making them available for
organized voter registration programs.
- First-time voters
- Subject to paragraph, 2 a State may by law require a person to vote
in
person if--
- the person was registered to vote in a jurisdiction by mail;
and
- the person has not previously voted in that jurisdiction.
- Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a person--
- who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the
Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1 et seq.) [42
U.S.C.A.
s 1973ff et seq.];
- who is provided the right to vote otherwise than in person under
section
1973ee-1(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this title; or
- who is entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any other
Federal
law.
- Undelivered notices
- If a notice of the disposition of a mail voter registration
application
under section 1973gg-6(a)(2) of this title is sent by nonforwardable mail
and is
returned undelivered, the registrar may proceed in accordance with section
1973gg-6(d) of this title.
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