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§ 20503.
National procedures for voter registration for elections for Federal office
(a)
In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other Federal or State law, in addition to any other method of voter registration provided for under State law, each State shall establish procedures to register to vote in elections for Federal office—
(1)
by application made simultaneously with an application for a motor vehicle driver’s license pursuant to section 20504 of this title;
This chapter does not apply to a State described in either or both of the following paragraphs:
(1)
A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after
August 1, 1994
, there is no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to an election for Federal office.
(2)
A State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after
August 1, 1994
, or that was enacted on or prior to
August 1, 1994
, and by its terms is to come into effect upon the enactment of this chapter, so long as that law remains in effect, all voters in the State may register to vote at the polling place at the time of voting in a general election for Federal office.
Upon the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 103–31, which was approved
May 20, 1993
.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–91 is based on section 116(a) of H.R. 2076, One Hundred Fourth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on
“The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 [Pub. L. 103–31, see Tables for classification].”