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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1973e. Examination of applicants for registration
(a) Form of application; requisite allegation of nonregistration
The examiners for each political subdivision shall, at such
places as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
by regulation designate, examine applicants concerning their
qualifications for voting. An application to an examiner shall be
in such form as the Director may require and shall contain
allegations that the applicant is not otherwise registered to vote.
(b) Placement of eligible voters on official lists; transmittal of
lists
Any person whom the examiner finds, in accordance with
instructions received under section 1973g(b) of this title, to have
the qualifications prescribed by State law not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of the United States shall promptly be
placed on a list of eligible voters. A challenge to such listing
may be made in accordance with section 1973g(a) of this title and
shall not be the basis for a prosecution under section 1973j of
this title. The examiner shall certify and transmit such list, and
any supplements as appropriate, at least once a month, to the
offices of the appropriate election officials, with copies to the
Attorney General and the attorney general of the State, and any
such lists and supplements thereto transmitted during the month
shall be available for public inspection on the last business day
of the month and in any event not later than the forty-fifth day
prior to any election. The appropriate State or local election
official shall place such names on the official voting list. Any
person whose name appears on the examiner's list shall be entitled
and allowed to vote in the election district of his residence
unless and until the appropriate election officials shall have been
notified that such person has been removed from such list in
accordance with subsection (d) of this section: Provided, That no
person shall be entitled to vote in any election by virtue of
subchapters I-A to I-C of this chapter unless his name shall have
been certified and transmitted on such a list to the offices of the
appropriate election officials at least forty-five days prior to
such election.
(c) Certificate of eligibility
The examiner shall issue to each person whose name appears on
such a list a certificate evidencing his eligibility to vote.
(d) Removal of names from list by examiners
A person whose name appears on such a list shall be removed
therefrom by an examiner if (1) such person has been successfully
challenged in accordance with the procedure prescribed in section
1973g of this title, or (2) he has been determined by an examiner
to have lost his eligibility to vote under State law not
inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws of the United
States.
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