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Duty of Secretary of Homeland Security to Notify Election Officials of Naturalization

Section 5 · Sec. 5 ·

What this chapter is about

This part tells Homeland Security to tell the states when someone becomes a citizen.

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The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“Upon receiving information that an individual has become a naturalized citizen of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promptly provide notice of such information to the appropriate chief election official of the State in which such individual is domiciled.”

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, Sec. 5

The duty runs to the state where the new citizen lives. The Act does not say what the state official is to do with the notice.

What the document actually says

“Upon receiving information that an individual has become a naturalized citizen of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall promptly provide notice of such information to the appropriate chief election official of the State in which such individual is domiciled.”

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

A person becomes a citizen. Homeland Security hears of it. It must pass the word to their state. It must do so fast.

What this is about

People who become citizens can vote. States may hold old records saying they could not. This bill tells Homeland Security to pass the news on. It must do so quickly. The bill does not say how many days that means.

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What this page covers, and what it leaves out

The notification duty.

Nothing else.

The Act says promptly and does not set a number of days.