Sec. 2. Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: Except as provided in subsection (c), if a State has in effect a requirement that an individual present identification as a condition of receiving and casting a ballot in an election for Federal office, the State shall permit the individual to meet the requirement— in the case of an individual who desires to vote in person, by presenting the appropriate State or local election official with a sworn written statement, signed by the individual under penalty of perjury, attesting to the individual’s identification and attesting that the individual is registered to vote in the election; or in the case of an individual who desires to vote by mail, by submitting with the ballot the statement described in subparagraph (A).
A State which is subject to paragraph
(1)shall— prepare a pre-printed version of the statement described in paragraph (1)(A) which includes a blank space for an individual to provide a name and signature; make copies of the pre-printed version available at polling places for election officials to distribute to individuals who desire to vote in person; and include a copy of the pre-printed version with each blank absentee or other ballot transmitted to an individual who desires to vote by mail. A State may not require an individual who presents or submits a sworn written statement in accordance with subsection (a)(1) to cast a provisional ballot in the election under section 302. Subsections
(a)and
(b)do not apply with respect to any individual described in paragraph
(1)of section 303(b) who is required to meet the requirements of paragraph
(2)of such section. . Section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking and 303 and inserting 303, and 303A . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 303A. Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements. .
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Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting
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