[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58764-58765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25393]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2018-OS-0091]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD (P&R)), Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), DoD.

ACTION: Information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Department of Defense, Office of the Chief Management 
Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center 
Drive, Mailbox #24 Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, ATTN: Sarah Gooch, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox 
10, Alexandria, VA 22350-5000 or call 703-588-1584.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Write-In Absentee 
Ballot (FWAB); Standard Form 186; OMB Control Number 0704-0502.

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    Needs and Uses: The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (UOCAVA), 52 U.S.C. 203, requires the Presidential designee 
(Secretary of Defense) to prescribe official forms, containing an 
absentee voter registration application, an absentee ballot request 
application and a backup ballot for use by the States to permit absent 
uniformed services voters and overseas voters to participate in 
general, special, primary and runoff elections for Federal office.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 1,200,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The authority for the States to collect personal information comes 
from UOCAVA. The burden for collecting this information resides in the 
States. The Federal government neither collects nor retains any 
personal information associated with these forms. The collected 
information will be used by election officials to process uniformed 
service members, spouses and overseas citizens who submit their 
information to register to vote, receive an absentee ballot or cast a 
write-in ballot. The collected information will be retained by election 
officials to provide election materials, including absentee ballots, to 
the uniformed services, their eligible family members and overseas 
voters during the form's eligibility period provided by State law. No 
information from the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) is 
collected or retained by the Federal government. The applicant is 
required to update and resubmit the information annually, whenever they 
change their mailing address or as otherwise required by State law. If 
the information is not submitted annually or whenever they change their 
mailing address, the applicant may not receive ballots for elections 
for Federal office in that calendar year.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2018-25393 Filed 11-20-18; 8:45 am]
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