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[CITE: 42USC1973gg-2]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
               SUBCHAPTER I-H--NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION
 
Sec. 1973gg-2. National procedures for voter registration for 
        elections for Federal office
        

(a) In general

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
notwithstanding any other Federal or State law, in addition to any other 
method of voter registration provided for under State law, each State 
shall establish procedures to register to vote in elections for Federal 
office--
        (1) by application made simultaneously with an application for a 
    motor vehicle driver's license pursuant to section 1973gg-3 of this 
    title;
        (2) by mail application pursuant to section 1973gg-4 of this 
    title; and
        (3) by application in person--
            (A) at the appropriate registration site designated with 
        respect to the residence of the applicant in accordance with 
        State law; and
            (B) at a Federal, State, or nongovernmental office 
        designated under section 1973gg-5 of this title.

(b) Nonapplicability to certain States

    This subchapter does not apply to a State described in either or 
both of the following paragraphs:
        (1) A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously 
    on and after August 1, 1994, there is no voter registration 
    requirement for any voter in the State with respect to an election 
    for Federal office.
        (2) A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously 
    on and after August 1, 1994, or that was enacted on or prior to 
    August 1, 1994, and by its terms is to come into effect upon the 
    enactment of this subchapter, so long as that law remains in effect, 
    all voters in the State may register to vote at the polling place at 
    the time of voting in a general election for Federal office.

(Pub. L. 103-31, Sec. 4, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 104-91, 
title I, Sec. 101(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 11, amended Pub. L. 104-
99, title II, Sec. 211, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 37.)

                       References in Text

    Upon the enactment of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. 
(b)(2), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 103-31, which was 
approved May 20, 1993.

                          Codification

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-91 is based on section 116(a) of H.R. 2076, 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives 
on Dec. 6, 1995, which was enacted into law by Pub. L. 104-91.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-91, as amended by Pub. L. 104-99, 
substituted ``August 1, 1994'' for ``March 11, 1993'' wherever 
appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 116(b) of H.R. 2076, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed 
by the House of Representatives on Dec. 6, 1995, and as enacted into law 
by Pub. L. 104-91, title I, Sec. 101(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 11, as 
amended by Pub. L. 104-99, title II, Sec. 211, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 
37, provided that: ``The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending 
this section] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 [Pub. L. 103-31].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 20 section 1094.
