Does everyone who registers to vote by mail after January 1, 2003, have to produce identification when they vote for the first time in a federal election after January 1, 2004?
Sections 303(b)(3)(A)-(C) of HAVA create certain exemptions from the identification requirements for first-time, mail-in voters who register to vote for federal elections after January 1, 2003. An applicant who provides the specified identification documents with his or her registration application or who provides his or her driver license number or last four digits of their social security number, and the State is able to match this information against an existing state record, is exempt from the requirement to show identification the first time he or she votes in a federal election after January 1, 2004. These exemptions relate only to the means by which mail-in registrants may comply with HAVA’s identification requirements. In addition, persons entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the UOCAVA, or entitled to vote other than in person under the VAEHA are exempt from HAVA’s identification requirements. Our state allows a voter to sign an affidavit as to his or her identity and the
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