Simultaneous application for voter registration and application for motor vehicle driver’s license
United States Code
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- 2024Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Kristin K. Mayes 9th Cir.
- 2024Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Secretary of State for the State of Alabama 11th Cir.
- 2023Alp Baysal v. Midvale Indemnity Company 7th Cir.
- 2022Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Barnett D.S.D.
- 2021League of Women Voters of MO v. John Ashcroft 8th Cir.
- 2020Fish v. Schwab 10th Cir.
- 2020Ruthelle Frank v. Tony Evers 7th Cir.
- 2020Thompson v. Allen M.D. Ala.
- 2019New York Immigration Coalition v. Rensselaer County Board of Elections N.D.N.Y.
- 2019Jarrod Stringer v. David Whitley 5th Cir.
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Each State motor vehicle driver’s license application (including any renewal application) submitted to the appropriate State motor vehicle authority under State law shall serve as an application for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office unless the applicant fails to sign the voter registration application. An application for voter registration submitted under paragraph (1) shall be considered as updating any previous voter registration by the applicant. No information relating to the failure of an applicant for a State motor vehicle driver’s license to sign a voter registration application may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. Each State shall include a voter registration application form for elections for Federal office as part of an application for a State motor vehicle driver’s license. may not require any information that duplicates information required in the driver’s license portion of the form (other than a second signature or other information necessary under subparagraph (C)); prevent duplicate voter registrations; and enable State election officials to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process; states each eligibility requirement (including citizenship); contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement; and requires the signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury; the information required in section 20507(a)(5)(A) and (B) of this title; a statement that, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact that the applicant has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and a statement that if an applicant does register to vote, the office at which the applicant submits a voter registration application will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and shall be made available (as submitted by the applicant, or in machine readable or other format) to the appropriate State election official as provided by State law. Any change of address form submitted in accordance with State law for purposes of a State motor vehicle driver’s license shall serve as notification of change of address for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office for the registrant involved unless the registrant states on the form that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes. Subject to paragraph (2), a completed voter registration portion of an application for a State motor vehicle driver’s license accepted at a State motor vehicle authority shall be transmitted to the appropriate State election official not later than 10 days after the date of acceptance. If a registration application is accepted within 5 days before the last day for registration to vote in an election, the application shall be transmitted to the appropriate State election official not later than 5 days after the date of acceptance. The voter registration application portion of an application for a State motor vehicle driver’s license— may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to— shall include a statement that— shall include, in print that is identical to that used in the attestation portion of the application— (Source: (Pub. L. 103–31, § 5, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 78.))