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Cite as:  584 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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BREYER, J., dissenting 
Appendix A to opinion of BREYER, J. 

clude— 
  “(i) the removal of names from official lists of voters on a 
basis  described  in  paragraph  (3)(A)  or  (B)  or  (4)(A)  of 
subsection (a); or 
  “(ii)  correction  of  registration  records  pursuant  to  this 
Act. 
  “(d)  REMOVAL  OF  NAMES  FROM  VOTING  ROLLS.—“(1)  A 
State  shall  not  remove  the  name  of  a  registrant  from  the 
official  list  of  eligible  voters  in elections  for  Federal  office 
on  the  ground  that  the  registrant  has  changed  residence 
unless the registrant— 
  “(A) confirms in writing that the registrant has changed 
residence  to  a  place  outside  the  registrar’s  jurisdiction  in 
which the registrant is registered; or 
  “(B)(i)  has  failed  to  respond  to  a  notice  described  in 
paragraph (2); and 
  “(ii) has not voted or appeared to vote (and, if necessary, 
correct the registrar's record of the registrant's address) in 
an election during the period beginning on the date of the 
notice and ending on the day after the date of the second 
general  election  for  Federal  office  that  occurs  after  the 
date of the notice. 
  “(2)  A  notice  is  described  in  this  paragraph  if  it  is  a 
postage  prepaid  and  pre-addressed  return  card,  sent  by 
forwardable mail, on which the registrant may state his or 
her current address, together with a notice to the following 
effect: 
  “(A) If the registrant did not change his or her residence, 
or changed residence but remained in the registrar’s juris-
diction,  the  registrant  should  return  the  card  not  later 
than the time provided for mail registration under subsec-
tion  (a)(1)(B).    If  the  card  is  not  returned,  affirmation  or 
confirmation  of  the  registrant’s  address  may  be  required 
before  the  registrant  is  permitted  to  vote  in  a  Federal 
election  during  the  period  beginning  on  the  date  of  the 
notice and ending on the day after the date of the second