SIMPLIFICATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS.

SEC. 1606. SIMPLIFICATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS. (a) Requirement for States To Accept Official Form for Simultaneous Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Application.— (1) In general.—Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking “general, special, primary, or runoff”; (ii) by inserting “and absentee ballot application” after “voter registration application”; (iii) by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end; (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) use the official post card form (prescribed under section 101) for simultaneous voter registration application and absentee ballot application.”. 115 STAT. 1279 (2) Conforming Amendment.—Section 101(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(2)) is amended by striking “as recommended in section 104” and inserting “as required under section 102(4)”. (b) Use of Single Application for All Subsequent Elections.—Section 104 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-3) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 104. USE OF SINGLE APPLICATION FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. “(a) In General.—If a State accepts and processes an official post card form (prescribed under section 101) submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter for simultaneous voter registration and absentee ballot application (in accordance with section 102(a)(4)) and the voter requests that the application be considered an application for an absentee ballot for each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State during that year, the State shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter for each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State during that year. “(b) Exception for Voters Changing Registration.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a voter registered to vote in a State for any election held after the voter notifies the State that the voter no longer wishes to be registered to vote in the State or after the State determines that the voter has registered to vote in another State. “(c) Revision of Official Post Card Form.—The Presidential designee shall revise the official post card form (prescribed under section 101) to enable a voter using the form to— “(1) request an absentee ballot for each election for Federal office held in a State during a year; or “(2) request an absentee ballot for only the next scheduled election for Federal office held in a State. “(d) No Effect on Voter Removal Programs.—Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent a State from removing any voter from the rolls of registered voters in the State under any program or method permitted under section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.”.