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[CITE: 42USC1973gg-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
               SUBCHAPTER I-H--NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION
 
Sec. 1973gg-4. Mail registration


(a) Form

    (1) Each State shall accept and use the mail voter registration 
application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant 
to section 1973gg-7(a)(2) of this title for the registration of voters 
in elections for Federal office.
    (2) In addition to accepting and using the form described in 
paragraph (1), a State may develop and use a mail voter registration 
form that meets all of the criteria stated in section 1973gg-7(b) of 
this title for the registration of voters in elections for Federal 
office.
    (3) A form described in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be accepted and 
used for notification of a registrant's change of address.

(b) Availability of forms

    The chief State election official of a State shall make the forms 
described in subsection (a) of this section available for distribution 
through governmental and private entities, with particular emphasis on 
making them available for organized voter registration programs.

(c) First-time voters

    (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a State may by law require a person to 
vote in person if--
        (A) the person was registered to vote in a jurisdiction by mail; 
    and
        (B) the person has not previously voted in that jurisdiction.

    (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a person--
        (A) who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the 
    Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act [42 U.S.C. 
    1973ff et seq.];
        (B) who is provided the right to vote otherwise than in person 
    under section 1973ee-1(b)(2)(B)(ii) of this title; or
        (C) who is entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any 
    other Federal law.

(d) Undelivered notices

    If a notice of the disposition of a mail voter registration 
application under section 1973gg-6(a)(2) of this title is sent by 
nonforwardable mail and is returned undelivered, the registrar may 
proceed in accordance with section 1973gg-6(d) of this title.

(Pub. L. 103-31, Sec. 6, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 79.)

                       References in Text

    The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to 
in subsec. (c)(2)(A), is Pub. L. 99-410, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 924, 
which is classified principally to subchapter I-G (Sec. 1973ff et seq.) 
of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title note set out under section 1973ff of this title and 
Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1973gg-2, 1973gg-6 of this 
title.
