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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 4928 (Introduced in House) — To establish the National Office of New Americans, to reduce obstacles to United States citizenship, to support the i... · Sec. 313

Sec. 313. Voter protection and security in automatic registration

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An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal or State law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication concerning immigration status or naturalization, or subject to an allegation in any legal proceeding that the individual is not a citizen of the United States on any of the following grounds: The individual is not eligible to vote in elections for Federal office but— was automatically registered to vote under this title; or was automatically registered to vote under this part and subsequently voted without willful intent to do so unlawfully.
The individual was automatically registered to vote under this part at an incorrect address. The individual declined the opportunity to register to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship, including through automatic registration, under this part. The automatic registration of any individual or the fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (including through automatic registration) under this part may not be used as evidence against that individual in any State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an individual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registration may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony alone.
Nothing in this part authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly disclose any of the following, except to State election officials as directed in this part: An individual’s decision to decline to register to vote or not to register to vote. An individual’s decision not to affirm his or her citizenship. Any information that a contributing agency transmits pursuant to section 312(b)(3), except in pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business.
With respect to any individual for whom any State election official receives information from the Department of Homeland Security, the State election officials shall not publicly disclose any of the following: Any information not necessary to voter registration. Any voter information otherwise shielded from disclosure under State law or section 8(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(a) ). Any portion of the individual’s social security number. Any portion of the individual’s motor vehicle driver’s license number.
The individual’s signature. The individual’s telephone number. The individual’s email address.
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