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Skip Navigation HomeHelpResourcesContact Us Advanced Search Start of Main Content National Mail Voter Registration Form: State Requests to Include Additional Proof-of-Citizenship Instructions This Notice document was issued by the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) For related information, Open Docket Folder Show agency attachment(s) ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
AgencyU.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).
ActionNotice for Public Comment.
SummaryThe United States Election Assistance Commission (“EAC”) seeks public comment on whether to amend the State-specific instructions applicable to Arizona, Kansas, and Georgia on the National Mail Voter Registration Form (“Federal Form”). Those States have requested that the EAC modify their State-specific instructions on the Federal Form to include State law requirements that, as a precondition to registering to vote in Federal elections, voter registration applicants provide additional proof of their United States citizenship beyond that already required by the Federal Form. EAC is voluntarily soliciting public comment on these requests from Arizona, Kansas, and Georgia.
DatesComments must be in writing and must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on January 3, 2014.
AddressesYou may submit comments, identified by docket number EAC-2013-0004 and title, by any of the following methods:
For Further Information ContactMs. Karen Lynn-Dyson, Director, Office of Research, Policy, and Programs, at (301) 563-3919 or 1-866-747-1471 (toll-free), U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 1335 East West Highway, Suite 4300, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Supplementary Information Background: The EAC is the Federal agency charged with developing, maintaining, and, where necessary, modifying the National Mail Voter Registration Form mandated by Section 9(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (“NVRA”), 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-7(a). Pursuant to Sections 4(a)(2) and 6(a) of the NVRA, id.§§ 1973gg-2(a)(2) and 1973gg-4(a), States covered by the NVRA must accept and use the Federal Form for registration of voters in elections for Federal office.
The EAC's discretion in developing the content of the Federal Form is constrained by several statutory requirements, including those found in Section 9(b) of the NVRA, 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-7(b), and Section 303(b)(4) of HAVA, id.§ 15483(b)(4). The EAC has promulgated regulations that further delineate the contents and format of the Federal Form. See 11 CFR Part 9428, Subpart B. The EAC commissioners have delegated to the Executive Director of the EAC the day-to-day responsibilities of implementing and interpreting EAC regulations and policy, answering questions from stakeholders regarding the application of NVRA or HAVA, and maintaining the Federal Form consistent with the NVRA and EAC Regulations and policies.
In recent years, the EAC has received requests from three States to include State-specific instructions on the Federal Form requiring voter registration applicants from their states to supply additional proof of their United States citizenship as a precondition to registration. These changes were requested as a result of the passage of State laws requiring such additional proof of citizenship. Arizona first submitted its request to the EAC to include such an instruction in 2005, as a result of the State's passage in 2004 of a voter initiative known as Proposition 200, later codified at Ariz. Rev. Stat § 16-166(F). Kansas first submitted its request to the EAC to include such instructions in 2012, as a result of the State's passage in 2011 of amendments to its voter registration laws, codified at Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-2309(l). Georgia first submitted its request to the EAC to include such instructions in 2013, as a result of the State's passage in 2009 of amendments to its voter registration laws, codified at Ga. Code Ann. § 21-2-216(g).
Private parties filed litigation against Arizona, challenging, among other issues, Arizona's compliance with the NVRA, and this litigation reached the Supreme Court during the 2012 Term.In June 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the NVRA preempts inconsistent State law and States must accept and use the Federal Form for voter registration purposes in elections for Federal office. Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.,__ U.S. __, 133 S. Ct. 2247, 2253-60 (2013) (hereinafter “Inter Tribal Council”).
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