Special requirements for voter registration
Title II — Protections and Best Practices for Protecting Access to Voting and Voter Registration for Unhoused Individuals
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(a) Treatment of shelters as voter registration agencies Section 7(a)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) all emergency shelters in the State under section 321 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11351).. (b) Permitting applicants To mark location of residence on Federal voter registration application forms and alternative forms used by States Section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20508(b)) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (3); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) include a drawing of an intersection on which the applicant may mark by hand the location of the applicant’s residence, including by writing in the names of the crossroads on the drawing and indicating any nearby landmarks.. (c) Permitting unhoused applicants To use unsheltered street location as address Section 8(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (5); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) permit an applicant who is an unhoused individual (defined for purposes of this paragraph as a homeless individual under section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)) to use an unsheltered street location as the individual’s place of residence for purposes of the application..