Sec. 2. Right to vote of individuals convicted of criminal offense
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A State may not deny or abridge the right of an individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for Federal office on the grounds that the individual has been convicted of a criminal offense, and shall make such accommodations as the State considers necessary to enable an individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense to cast a ballot in such an election, including permitting the individual to vote by mail if the individual is unable to cast a ballot in person at a polling place.
For the purposes of voting in any election for Federal office, an individual who is absent from a State or jurisdiction because the individual is incarcerated shall not, solely by reason of that absence— be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State or jurisdiction; be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State or jurisdiction; or be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State or jurisdiction.