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HUSTED v. A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE 

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

electoral process by ensuring the maintenance of an accu-
rate  and  current  voter  registration  roll  for  elections  for 
Federal office— 
  “(1) shall be uniform, nondiscriminatory, and in compli-
ance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U. S. C. 1973 
et seq.); and 
  “(2)  shall  not  result  in  the  removal  of  the  name  of  any 
person  from the  official  list of  voters  registered  to  vote  in 
an  election  for  Federal  office  by  reason  of  the  person’s 
failure to vote. 
  “(c) VOTER REMOVAL PROGRAMS.—(1) A State may meet 
the  requirement  of  subsection  (a)(4)  by  establishing  a 
program under which— 
  “(A)  change-of-address  information  supplied  by  the 
Postal  Service  through  its  licensees  is  used  to  identify 
registrants whose addresses may have changed; and 
  “(B)  if  it  appears  from  information  provided  by  the 
Postal Service that— 
  “(i)  a  registrant  has  moved  to  a  different  residence  ad-
dress  in  the  same  registrar's  jurisdiction  in  which  the 
registrant  is  currently  registered,  the  registrar  changes 
the  registration  records  to  show  the  new  address  and 
sends the registrant a notice of the change by forwardable 
mail  and  a  postage prepaid  pre-addressed return  form  by 
which  the  registrant  may  verify  or  correct  the  address 
information; or 
  “(ii)  the  registrant  has  moved  to  a  different  residence 
address not in the same registrar's jurisdiction, the regis-
trar  uses  the  notice  procedure  described  in  subsection 
(d)(2) to confirm the change of address. 
  “(2)(A)  A  State  shall  complete,  not  later  than  90  days 
prior to the date of a primary or general election for Fed-
eral office, any program the purpose of which is to system-
atically  remove  the  names  of  ineligible  voters  from  the 
official lists of eligible voters. 
  “(B)  Subparagraph  (A)  shall  not  be  construed  to  pre-