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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 1970 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for elections for Federal office. · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Protections against liability of individuals

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any individual who is not eligible to vote and who becomes registered to vote under this Act shall not be found on that basis to have made a false claim to citizenship or to have committed an act involving moral turpitude under Federal law, unless such individual affirmatively asserts that he or she is a United States citizen by signing a document that so states after the date of enactment of this Act.
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