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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1279 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 101(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(2)) is amended by striking "as recommended in section 104" and inserting "as required under section 102(4)". (b) USE OF SINGLE APPLICATION FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT ELEC- TIONS.— Section 104 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-3) is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 104. USE OF SINGLE APPLICATION FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT ELEC- TIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL.—I f a State accepts and processes an official post card form (prescribed under section 101) submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter for simultaneous voter registration and absentee ballot application (in accordance with section 102(a)(4)) and the voter requests that the application be considered an application for an absentee ballot for each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State during that year, the State shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter for each subsequent election for Federal office held in the State during that year. "(b) EXCEPTION FOR VOTERS CHANGING REGISTRATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a voter registered to vote in a State for any election held after the voter notifies the State that the voter no longer wishes to be registered to vote in the State or after the State determines that the voter has registered to vote in another State. "(c) REVISION OF OFFICIAL POST CARD FORM. —The Presidential designee shall revise the official post card form (prescribed under section 101) to enable a voter using the form to— "(1) request an absentee ballot for each election for Federal office held in a State during a year; or "(2) request an absentee ballot for only the next scheduled election for Federal office held in a State. "(d) No EFFECT ON VOTER REMOVAL PROGRAMS. —Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent a State from removing any voter from the rolls of registered voters in the State under any program or method permitted under section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.". SEC. 1607. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES AS POLLING PLACES. (a) USE OF MILITARY FACILITIES. —Section 2670 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b) USE OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AS POLLING PLACES. —(1) Notwithstanding chapter 29 of title 18 (including sections 592 and 593 of such title) or any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may not (except as provided in paragraph (3)) prohibit the designation or use of a qualifying facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary as an official polling place for local, State, or Federal elections. "(2) A Department of Defense facility is a qualifying facility for purposes of this subsection if as of December 31, 2000— "(A) the facility is designated as an official polling place by a State or local election official; or "(B) the facility has been used as such an official polling place since January 1, 1996.

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