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52 U.S.C. § 20508 — Federal coordination and regulations
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**(a) In general** The Election Assistance Commission—
(1) in consultation with the chief election officers of the States, shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3);
(2) in consultation with the chief election officers of the States, shall develop a mail voter registration application form for elections for Federal office;
(3) not later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, shall submit to the Congress a report assessing the impact of this chapter on the administration of elections for Federal office during the preceding 2-year period and including recommendations for improvements in Federal and State procedures, forms, and other matters affected by this chapter; and
(4) shall provide information to the States with respect to the responsibilities of the States under this chapter.
**(b) Contents of mail voter registration form** The mail voter registration form developed under subsection (a)(2)—
(1) may require only such identifying information (including the signature of the applicant) and other information (including data relating to previous registration by the applicant), as is necessary to enable the appropriate State election official to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process;
(2) shall include a statement that—
(A) specifies each eligibility requirement (including citizenship);
(B) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement; and
(C) requires the signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury;
(3) may not include any requirement for notarization or other formal authentication; and
(4) shall include, in print that is identical to that used in the attestation portion of the application—
(i)
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**(a) In general** The Election Assistance Commission—
(1) in consultation with the chief election officers of the States, shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out paragraphs (2) and (3);
(2) in consultation with the chief election officers of the States, shall develop a mail voter registration application form for elections for Federal office;
(3) not later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, shall submit to the Congress a report assessing the impact of this chapter on the administration of elections for Federal office during the preceding 2-year period and including recommendations for improvements in Federal and State procedures, forms, and other matters affected by this chapter; and
(4) shall provide information to the States with respect to the responsibilities of the States under this chapter.
**(b) Contents of mail voter registration form** The mail voter registration form developed under subsection (a)(2)—
(1) may require only such identifying information (including the signature of the applicant) and other information (including data relating to previous registration by the applicant), as is necessary to enable the appropriate State election official to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process;
(2) shall include a statement that—
(A) specifies each eligibility requirement (including citizenship);
(B) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each such requirement; and
(C) requires the signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury;
(3) may not include any requirement for notarization or other formal authentication; and
(4) shall include, in print that is identical to that used in the attestation portion of the application—
(i) the information required in section 20507(a)(5)(A) and (B) of this title;
(ii) a statement that, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact that the applicant has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and
(iii) a statement that if an applicant does register to vote, the office at which the applicant submits a voter registration application will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.
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**(a) Membership**
(1) **In general** — The Commission shall have four members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) **Recommendations** — Before the initial appointment of the members of the Commission and before the appointment of any individual to fill a vacancy on the Commission, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each submit to the President a candidate recommendation with respect to each vacancy on the Commission affiliated with the political party of the Member of Congress involved.
(3) **Qualifications** — Each member of the Commission shall have experience with or expertise in election administration or the study of elections.
(4) **Date of appointment** — The appointments of the members of the Commission shall be made not later than 120 days after October 29, 2002.
**(b) Term of service**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), members shall serve for a term of 4 years and may be reappointed for not more than one additional term.
(2) **Terms of initial appointees** — As designated by the President at the time of nomination, of the members first appointed—
(A) two of the members (not more than one of whom may be affiliated with the same political party) shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
(B) two of the members (not more than one of whom may be affiliated with the same political party) shall be appointed for a term of 4 years.
(3) **Vacancies**
(A) *In general* — A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall be subject to any conditions which applied with respec
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1973gg–7 was editorially reclassified as [section 20508 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20508&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.
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TITLE 52—VOTING AND ELECTIONS
§ 20508
Section is comprised of section 8 of Pub. L. 103–31.
Subsec. (h) of section 8 of Pub. L. 103–31 enacted section
3629 of Title 39, Postal Service, and amended sections
2401 and 3627 of Title 39.
AMENDMENTS
2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–252 inserted before pe-
riod at end ‘‘, except that nothing in this paragraph
may be construed to prohibit a State from using the
procedures described in subsections (c) and (d) to re-
move an individual from the official list of eligible vot-
ers if the individual—
‘‘(A) has not either notified the applicable registrar
(in person or in writing) or responded during the pe-
riod described in subparagraph (B) to the notice sent
by the applicable registrar; and then
‘‘(B) has not voted or appeared to vote in 2 or more
consecutive general elections for Federal office’’.
§ 20508. Federal coordination and regulations
(a) In general
The Election Assistance Commission—
(1) in consultation with the chief election of-
ficers of the States, shall prescribe such regu-
lations as are necessary to carry out para-
graphs (2) and (3);
(2) in consultation with the chief election of-
ficers of the States, shall develop a mail voter
registration application form for elections for
Federal office;
(3) not later than June 30 of each odd-num-
bered year, shall submit to the Congress a re-
port assessing the impact of this chapter on
the administration of elections for Federal of-
fice during the preceding 2-year period and in-
cluding recommendations for improvements in
Federal and State procedures, forms, and
other matters affected by this chapter; and
(4) shall provide information to the States
with respect to the responsibilities of the
States under this chapter.
(b) Contents of mail vo
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