[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 37 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
[Page 1758]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12926--Implementation of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993

September 12, 1994

    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.
                                     William Jefferson Clinton
The White House,
September 12, 1994.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:21 a.m., September 
13, 1994]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
September 14.