Sec. 3. Voter registration and assistance
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide a mail voter registration application form to each veteran— who seeks to enroll in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system (including enrollment in a medical center, a community living center, a community-based outpatient center, or a domiciliary of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system), at the time of such enrollment; and who is enrolled in such health care system— at any time when there is a change in the enrollment status of the veteran; and at any time when there is a change in the address of the veteran. The Secretary shall provide to each veteran described in subsection
(a)the same degree of information and assistance with voter registration as is provided by the Department with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance. The Secretary shall accept completed voter registration application forms for transmittal to the appropriate State election official. Subject to subparagraph (B), a completed voter registration application form accepted at a medical center, community living center, community-based outpatient center, or domiciliary of the Department shall be transmitted to the appropriate State election official not later than 10 days after the date of acceptance. If a completed voter registration application form 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 Secretary shall ensure that the information and assistance with voter registration that is provided under subsection
(b)will not— seek to influence an applicant’s political preference or party registration; display any such political preference or party allegiance; make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or make any statement to an applicant or take any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits. No information relating to registering to vote, or a declination to register to vote, under this section may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this section or section 4 may provide written notice of the violation to the Director of the facility of the Department health care system involved or to the Secretary. The Director or the Secretary shall respond to a written notice provided under the preceding sentence within 20 days of receipt of such written notice. If the violation is not corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under subparagraph (A), the aggrieved person may provide written notice of the violation to the Attorney General and the Election Assistance Commission. The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this section or section 4.