Sec. 1071. Provision of annual voter assistance
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Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1566a the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following activities: In coordination with the Secretary of each military department— affirmatively offer, on an annual basis, each member of the armed forces on active duty (other than active duty for training) the opportunity, through the online system developed under paragraph (2), to— register to vote in an election for Federal office; update the member's voter registration information; or request an absentee ballot; and provide services to such members for the purpose of carrying out the activities in clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii)of subparagraph (A). Implement an online system that, to the extent practicable, is integrated with the existing systems of each of the military departments and that— provides an electronic means for carrying out the requirements of paragraph (1); in the case of an individual registering to vote in a State that accepts electronic voter registration and operates its own electronic voter registration system using a form that meets the requirements for mail voter registration forms under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)), directs such individual to that system; and in the case of an individual using the official post card form prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(2)) to register to vote and request an absentee ballot— pre-populates such official post card form with the personal information of such individual, and produces the pre-populated form and a pre-addressed envelope for use in transmitting such official post card form; or transmits the completed official post card form electronically to the appropriate State or local election officials. Implement a system (either independently or in conjunction with the online system under paragraph (2)) by which any change of address by a member of the armed forces on active duty who is undergoing a permanent change of station, deploying overseas for at least six months, or returning from an overseas deployment of at least six months automatically triggers a notification via electronic means to such member that— indicates that such member's voter registration or absentee mailing address should be updated with the appropriate State or local election officials; and includes instructions on how to update such voter registration using the online system developed under paragraph (2). The online system developed under subsection (a)(2) shall collect and store all data required to meet the reporting requirements of section 1071(b) of the Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 and section 105A(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)(2)) in a manner that complies with section 552a of title 5 (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974), and imposes no new record management burden on any military unit or military installation. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations implementing the requirements of subsection (a). Such regulations shall include procedures to inform those members of the armed forces on active duty (other than active duty for training) experiencing a change of address about the benefits of this section and the timeframe for requesting an absentee ballot to ensure sufficient time for State delivery of the ballot. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 80 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1566a the following new item: 1566b. Annual voter assistance. . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report on the status of the implementation of the requirements of section 1566b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1). The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— a detailed description of any specific steps already taken towards the implementation of the requirements of such section 1566b; a detailed plan for the implementation of such requirements, including milestones and deadlines for the completion of such implementation; the costs expected to be incurred in the implementation of such requirements; a description of how the annual voting assistance and system under subsection (a)(3) of such section will be integrated with Department of Defense personnel databases that track military servicemembers' address changes; an estimate of how long it will take an average member to complete the voter assistance process required under subsection (a)(1) of such section; an explanation of how the Secretary of Defense will collect reliable data on the utilization of the online system under subsection (a)(2) of such section; and a summary of any objections, concerns, or comments made by State or local election officials regarding the implementation of such section. In this subsection, the term relevant committees of Congress means— the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration of the Senate; and the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and House Administration of the House of Representatives.
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- 42 USC 1973gg–7(b)
- 42 USC 1973ff–4a(b)(2)
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Sec. 1071
Provision of annual voter assistance
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