107 STAT. 82 PUBLIC LAW 103-31—MAY 20, 1993 (v) the statement, "If you believe that someone has interfered with your right to register or to dedine to register to vote, your right to privacy in deciding whether to register or in applying to register to vote, or your right to choose your own political party or other political pref- erence, you may file a complaint with .", the blank being filled by the name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate official to whom such a complaint should be addressed; and (C) provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the registration application form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance. (7) No information relating to a declination to register to vote in connection with an application made at an office described in paragraph (6) may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. (b) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR COOPERA- TION.— All departments, agencies, and other entities of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall, to the greatest extent practicable, cooperate with the States in carrying out subsection (a), and all nongovernmental entities are encouraged to do so. (c) ARMED FORCES RECRUITMENT OFFICES. — (1) Each State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly develop and implement procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at recruitment ofilces of the Armed Forces of the United States. (2) A recruitment office of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be considered to be a voter registration agency designated under subsection (a)(2) for all purposes of this Act. (d) TRANSMITTAL DEADLINE. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a completed registration application accepted at a voter registration agency shall be transmitted to the appropriate State election official not later than 10 days after the date of acceptance. (2) If a registration application is accepted within 5 days before the last day for registration to vote in an election, the application shall be transmitted to the appropriate State election official not later than 5 days after the date of acceptance. 42 USC 1973gg-6. SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) IN GENERAL.— In the administration of voter registration for elections for Federal office, each State shall— (1) ensure that any eligible applicant is registered to vote in an election— (A) in the case of registration with a motor vehicle application under section 5, if the valid voter registration form of the applicant is submitted to the appropriate State motor vehicle authority not later than the lesser of 30 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the election; (B) in the case of registration by mail under section 6, if the valid voter registration form of the applicant is postmarked not later than the lesser of 30 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the election;
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