§20508 Federal Coordination and Regulations

Summary

The Election Assistance Commission must work with state chief election officers to make rules, create a mail voter registration form for federal elections, and give states information about their duties. The Commission must also send Congress, not later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, a report that looks at how this law affected federal election administration over the prior two years and that suggests improvements. The mail form can only ask for the ID and other facts needed to check eligibility, including past registration and the applicant’s signature. It must list each eligibility rule (including citizenship), require the applicant to say they meet those rules and to sign under penalty of perjury, and cannot require notarization. The form must print certain required items from section 20507(a)(5)(A) and (B) in the same style as the attestation, and must state that a decision not to register and the office where a person registers will be kept confidential and used only for voter registration purposes.