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GAO-13-90R 1 (2012-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpbg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JGAO Accountablty *Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 October 4, 2012 The Honorable Patrick Leahy Chairman Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Richard Durbin Chairman Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Bernard Sanders United States Senate The Honorable Bill Nelson United States Senate Subject: ELECTIONS: State Laws Addressing Voter Registration and Voting on or before Election Day This report responds to your request that we review state laws on selected issues addressing voter registration and voting on or before Election Day. As described below and detailed in the enclosures, this report provides information on state identification requirements for voting, state provisions for alternative methods of voting before Election Day, and state requirements for third-party voter registration organizations. In the United States, authority to regulate elections is shared by federal, state, and local officials. Congressional authority to regulate elections derives from various constitutional sources, depending upon the type of election,1 and Congress has passed legislation in major functional areas of the voting process, such as voter registration, as well as prohibitions against discriminatory voting practices. However, the responsibility for the administration of state and federal elections resides at the state level, and states regulate various aspects of elections including, for example, registration procedures, absentee and 1See GAO, Elections: The Scope of Congressional Authority in Election Administration, GAO-01-470 (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 13, 2001). GAO-13-90R Elections

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