Sec. 1903. 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 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 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 identity and attesting that the individual is eligible 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).
The Commission shall develop 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 for use by election officials in States which are subject to paragraph (1). A State which is subject to paragraph
(1)shall— make copies of the pre-printed version of the statement described in paragraph (1)(A) which is prepared by the Commission available at polling places for election officials to distribute to individuals who desire to vote in person; and include a copy of such pre-printed version of the statement with each blank absentee or other ballot transmitted to an individual who desires to vote by mail. An individual who presents or submits a sworn written statement in accordance with subsection (a)(1) shall be permitted to cast a ballot in the election in the same manner as an individual who presents identification. 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 302(b)(2) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21082(b)(2) ), as amended by section 1072(b) and section 1202(b), is amended— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (G); by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(H)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: in the case of a State that 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, information on how an individual may meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement in accordance with section 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. . The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 1903
Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting
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