Sec. 2. Automatic voter registration through State motor vehicle authorities
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Section 5 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20504 ) is amended to read as follows: Each State’s motor vehicle authority, upon receiving the identifying information described in paragraph
(2)with respect to any individual who requests services from the authority, shall transmit the identifying information to the appropriate State election official. The identifying information described in this paragraph with respect to any individual is as follows: The individual’s legal name. The individual’s age. The individual’s residence. The individual’s citizenship status. The individual’s electronic signature. A State may not use any identifying information regarding an individual’s citizenship status which is transmitted under this subsection for any purpose other than determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in elections for Federal office. Upon receiving the identifying information with respect to an individual under subsection (a), the appropriate State election official shall issue a notification to the individual containing— a statement that, unless the individual notifies the election official prior to the expiration of the 21-calendar day period which begins on the date the official issued the notification that the individual declines to be registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State, the individual shall be considered to have completed and submitted a voter registration application for purposes of this Act; and a description of the process by which the individual may decline to be registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State. Upon the expiration of the 21-calendar day period which begins on the date the appropriate State election official issues a notification to an individual under subsection (b)(1), the official shall ensure that the individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless— the official determines that the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections; prior to the expiration of such 21-calendar day period, the individual notifies the official that the individual declines to be registered to vote in such elections; or the individual is already registered to vote in such elections. This section shall apply with respect to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as this section applies to a State. . Section 8(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(1)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: in the case of registration through a motor vehicle authority under section 5, if the identifying information with respect to the individual is transmitted by the authority to the appropriate State election official under section 5(a)(1) not later than the lesser of 30 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the election; . Section 4(a)(1) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20503(a)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: through the State motor vehicle authority pursuant to section 5; .
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