Sec. 314. Voter protection and security in automatic registration
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An individual may 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 the ground that 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 title and subsequently voted without willful intent to do so unlawfully; was automatically registered to vote under this title at an incorrect address; or declined the opportunity to register to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship, including through automatic registration, under this title.
The automatic registration of any individual, an individual’s declination to register to vote, or an individual’s failure to make an affirmation of citizenship under this title may not be used as evidence against that individual in any State or Federal law enforcement proceeding. An individual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registration may be conclusively demonstrated by the individual’s testimony. Nothing in this title may be construed to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly disclose, except to State election officials, as authorized under this title— an individual’s decision to decline to register to vote or to not register to vote; an individual’s decision to not affirm his or her citizenship; or any information that a contributing agency transmits pursuant to section 313(c), except in pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business.
State election officials may not publicly disclose, with respect to any individual for whom any a State election official receives information from the Department of Homeland Security— any information that is 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; or the individual’s email address.
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