[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 7439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02691]



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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION


Publication of EAC Decision Regarding State Requests To Include 
Additional Proof-of-Citizenship Instructions on the National Mail Voter 
Registration Form

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to 
be published in the Federal Register this notice in reference to the 
Memorandum Of Decision Concerning State Requests To Include Additional 
Proof-Of-Citizenship Instructions On The National Mail Voter 
Registration Form (Docket No. Eac 2013 0004). The decision, issued 
January 17, 2014, is posted on the EAC Web site at www.eac.gov 
(shortened link: http://1.usa.gov/1mdWASw), and also on the Federal 
eRulemaking portal, www.regulations.gov, at the following link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EAC-2013-0004-0429. Arizona, 
Georgia, and Kansas had sought to modify the state-specific 
instructions on the National Mail Voter Registration Form (``Federal 
Form'') to require that, as a precondition to registering to vote in 
Federal elections in those states, applicants must provide additional 
proof of their United States citizenship beyond that currently required 
by the Federal Form. For the reasons set forth in the decision, the 
Commission denied the states' requests.

DATES: This notice is effective upon publication in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Whitener, Telephone 301-563-3919 
or 1-866-747-1471 (toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The EAC's decision followed a Federal court order in a 
lawsuit brought by Kansas and Arizona challenging the EAC's earlier 
deferral of a decision on those states' requests to modify the Federal 
Form's state-specific instructions. See Kobach v. EAC, No. 5:13-cv-4095 
(D. Kan. Dec. 13, 2013). The district court directed the Commission to 
take final action on Kansas's and Arizona's requests by January 17, 
2014. Because Georgia's request presented similar issues, the EAC also 
decided to take final action on that request. Before issuing its 
decision, the EAC solicited public comment on all three states' 
requests, see 78 Fed. Reg. 77666-67 (Dec. 24, 2013), and reviewed and 
considered all comments received.

    Dated: February 4, 2014.
Alice Miller,
Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive Director, U.S. Election 
Assistance Commission.
[FR Doc. 2014-02691 Filed 2-6-14; 8:45 am]
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