115 STAT. 1274 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 50 USC 2301 note. in the same manner as to members of the National Commission on Terrorism under that paragraph.". (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to periods of service on the advisory panel under section 1405 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE XVI- -UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTING Sec. 1601. Sense of Congress regarding the importance of voting. Sec. 1602. Voting assistance programs. Sec. 1603. Guarantee of residency for military personnel. Sec. 1604. Electronic voting demonstration project. Sec. 1605. Governors' reports on implementation of recommendations for changes in State law made under Federal Voting Assistance Program. Sec. 1606. Simplification of voter registration and absentee ballot application procedures for absent uniformed services and overseas voters. Sec. 1607. Use of certain Department of Defense facilities as polUng places. 42 USC 1973ff SEC. 1601. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF note. VOTING. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —It is the sense of Congress that each person who is an administrator of a Federal, State, or local election— (1) should be aware of the importance of the ability of each uniformed services voter to exercise the right to vote; and (2) should perform that person's duties as an election administrator with the intent to ensure that— (A) each uniformed services voter receives the utmost consideration and cooperation when voting; (B) each valid ballot cast by such a voter is duly counted; and (C) all eligible American voters, regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, the language they speak, or the resources of the community in which they live, should have an equal opportunity to cast a vote and to have that vote counted. (b) UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTER DEFINED.— In this section, the term "uniformed services voter" means— (1) a member of a uniformed service (as defined in section 101(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code) in active service; (2) a member of the merchant marine (as defined in section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6)); and (3) a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) who is qualified to vote. SEC. 1602. VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL. —(1) Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^§ 1566. Voting assistance: compliance assessments; assistance "(a) REGULATIONS. — The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to require that the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
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