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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 5746 (EAH) — 117 HR 5746 EAH: Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act · Sec. 1028

Sec. 1028. Permitting voter registration application form to serve as application for absentee ballot

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Section 5(c) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20504(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— by striking and at the end of subparagraph (D); by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(E)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: at the option of the applicant, shall serve as an application to vote by absentee ballot in the next election for Federal office held in the State and in each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of an individual who is treated as having applied for an absentee ballot in the next election for Federal office held in the State and in each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State under paragraph (2)(F), such treatment shall remain effective until the earlier of such time as— the individual is no longer registered to vote in the State; or the individual provides an affirmative written notice revoking such treatment. The treatment of an individual as having applied for an absentee ballot in the next election for Federal office held in the State and in each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State under paragraph (2)(F) shall not be revoked on the basis that the individual has not voted in an election .
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