[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 47227-47228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-22969]
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[Federal Register: September 14, 1994]
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Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 12926--Implementation of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993
Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 177
Wednesday, September 14, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
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.
[FR Doc. 94-22969
Filed 9-13-94; 11:21 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
Editorial note: For the President's statement on this
implementation, see issue 37 of the Weekly Compilation
of Presidential Documents.
