Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
Signed September 12, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 47227
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Directs federal departments, agencies, and other executive branch entities to cooperate with states in carrying out the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Agencies that fund or administer public assistance or disability services programs must, where practicable, give state agencies guidance on implementing voter registration requirements, help cover implementation costs where legally possible, and designate staff to provide technical assistance. The Secretary of Defense is directed to work with state election authorities to set up procedures allowing voter registration applications at Armed Forces recruitment offices. Agencies asked to be designated as voter registration agencies under the Act must agree to such designation when consistent with their legal authority and available funds, and must ensure their offices in each state have at least one required national voter registration form available to the public.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to ensure, as required by section 7(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg) (“the Act”), that departments, agencies, and other entities of the executive branch of the Federal Government cooperate with the States in carrying out the Act's requirements, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 12926 of September 12, 1994
Implementation of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, and in order to ensure, as required by
section 7(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg) (“the Act”), that
departments, agencies, and other entities of the
executive branch of the Federal Government cooperate
with the States in carrying out the Act's requirements,
it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Assistance to States. To the greatest extent
practicable, departments, agencies, and other entities
of the executive branch of the Federal Government that
provide, in whole or in part, funding, grants, or
assistance for, or with respect to the administration
of, any program of public assistance or services to
persons with disabilities within the meaning of section
7(a) of the Act shall: (a) provide, to State agencies
administering any such program, guidance for the
implementation of the requirements of section 7 of the
Act, including guidance for use and distribution of
voter registration forms in connection with
applications for service;
(b) assist each such State agency administering any
such program with the costs of implementation of the
Act, consistent with legal authority and the
availability of funds, and promptly indicate to each
State agency the extent to which such assistance will
be made available; and
(c) designate an office or staff to be available to
provide technical assistance to such State agencies.
Sec. 2. Armed Forces Recruitment Offices. The Secretary
of Defense is directed to work with the appropriate
State elections authorities in each State to develop
procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at
Armed Forces recruitment offices as required by section
7(c) of the Act.
Sec. 3. Acceptance of Designation. To the greatest
extent practicable, departments, agencies, or other
entities of the executive branch of the Federal
Government, if requested to be designated as a voter
registration agency pursuant to section 7(a)(3)(B)(ii)
of the Act, shall: (a) agree to such a designation if
agreement is consistent with the department's,
agency's, or entity's legal authority and availability
of funds; and
(b) ensure that all of its offices that are located
in a particular State will have available to the public
at least one of the national voter registration forms
that are required under the Act to be available in that
State.
(Presidential Sig.)>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 12, 1994.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed September 12, 1994. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.