Citations

88. Please provide legal citations, where applicable, for each of the following areas, specifying which were applicable for the November 2004 general election and which address any changes since 2004. If these areas are covered instead by executive action (including orders, directives, regulations, or policies), please provide by e-mail to WatsonL@gao.gov if available electronically.
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  a. Registration application deadline
  b. Identification requirements for election day voting (including first time voters)
  c. Provisions related to paid voter registration drives (including drives that involve payment per application)
  d. Deadline for receipt of completed absentee ballot application (from both inside and outside the U.S.)
  e. Deadline for returning absentee ballot (from both inside the U.S. and outside the U.S.)
  f. Requirement for notaries or witnesses of voter signatures on absentee ballots
  g. Provision for permanent absentee status
  h. Condition or circumstances to qualify for absentee voting
  i. Provisions for processing and qualifying absentee ballots
  j. Early voting
  k. Requirements for local jurisdictions regarding the number and/or distribution of polling places
  l. Requirements for local jurisdictions regarding the number of voting machines for each precinct or polling place
  m. Election worker requirements for training
  n. Election worker requirements for testing or certification
  o. Requirements for local jurisdictions to use specific voting method (e.g., paper, lever, punchcard, DRE, optical scan)
  p. Requirements for local jurisdictions to use specific voting equipment (i.e., manufacturer/make/model)
  q. Requirements for voting system qualification by NASED
  r. Requirements for voting system certification by the state
  s. Requirements for testing of voting system
  t. Requirements for provisional voters to show identification
  u. Requirements regarding where a provisional voter needed to cast their vote in order for it to be counted
  v. Time period for certifying election results of federal and statewide elections
  w. Requirements regarding determining voter intent when counting the vote
  x. Requirements regarding how and whether to count machine unreadable ballots
  y. Requirements regarding tracking ballots that were unused, spoiled, rejected, or issued but not returned
  z. Requirements for local jurisdictions to conduct audits of vote counts
  aa. Circumstances when mandatory recount required (with respect to elections for elective office)
  bb. Person or entity allowed to request recounts
  cc. Entity responsible for recount process
   


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