[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27221]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2014-OS-0151]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness OUSD(P&R), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, The 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Director, 
Federal Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 
Ballot (FWAB), Standard Form 186 (SF-186); OMB Control Number 0704-
0502.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein the Secretary of Defense 
is to prescribe the Federal write-in absentee ballot for absent 
uniformed service voters and overseas voters in general elections for 
Federal office. The Department of Defense, Under Secretary of Defense 
(Personnel and Readiness), Federal Voting Assistance Program, revised 
the SF 186, Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot and SF 186A, Federal 
Write-In Absentee Ballot (Electronic) to comply with Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondents are UOCAVA citizens who desire to vote in a Federal 
election but did not receive an absentee ballot from their State of 
residency with enough time to vote and return it. The information 
provided by these citizens is used by the States to determine if the 
citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction within that State, has 
previously requested an absentee ballot (when applicable) and therefore 
eligible for the enclosed ballot to be counted. In States that allow 
the form to be used as a voter registration form, the information 
provided is used by the States to determine if the citizen is a 
resident of a jurisdiction within that State, and therefore eligible to 
vote within that jurisdiction and to provide absentee ballots to these 
citizens for Federal elections held within each calendar year. This 
form is mandated by 42 U.S.C 1973ff. The Department of Defense does not 
receive, collect nor maintain any data provided on the form by these 
citizens; this data is collected and maintained by the individual 
States. The burden in the collection of this data resides in the 
individual States. If the form is not provided, UOCAVA citizens would 
not have access to the emergency backup ballot and thus, may be 
disenfranchised from their right as a U.S. citizen to participate in 
the electoral process.
    The previous edition of this form is dated 08-2013. The form had 
been updated for usability and consistency. The most significant 
changes to the form were the addition of the Agency Disclosure 
Statement and Block 2 classification options. Comments are invited on 
the usability of the SF 186, Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. 
Interested parties should locate the PDF form in the docket where it is 
available for download and testing.

    Dated: November 12, 2014.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2014-27221 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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