[Federal Register: July 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 139)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Title and OMB Number: Survey of Local Registrars and Election 
Officials (NVRA), Post-Election Survey of Local

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Election Officials and Post-Election Survey of Overseas Citizens 
(UOCAVA); OMB Number 0704-0125.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement.
    Number of Respondents: 2,851.
    Responses per Respondents: 1.
    Annual Response: 2,851.
    Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 475.
    Needs and Uses: The federal responsibilities of 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, 
``The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986,'' 
(UOCAVA), and 42 U.S.C. 1973gg. ``The National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993,'' (NVRA), is administerted on behalf of the Secretary of 
Defense by the Federal Voting Assistance Program. UOCAVA requires a 
report to be submitted to the President and to Congress on the 
effectiveness of assistance under the Act, a statistical analysis of 
voter participation, and a description of State-Federal cooperation. 
The NVRA requires a biennial report to the Congress assessing the 
impact of the Act on the administration of elections for federal 
office, and recommendations for improvements in federal and state 
procedures, forms, and other matters affected by the Act. UOCAVA 
requires the states to allow uniformed services personnel, their family 
members, and overseas citizens to use absentee registration procedures 
and to vote by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff 
elections for federal office. The Act covers members of the Uniformed 
Services and the Merchant Marine to include the commissioned corps of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Public Health 
Service, and their eligible dependents, federal civilian employees 
overseas, and overseas U.S. citizens not affiliated with the federal 
government. The post-election survey is conducted on a statistically 
random basis to determine participation rates which are representative 
of all citizens covered by the Act, measure state-federal cooperation, 
and is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the overall absentee 
voting program. The information collected is used for overall program 
evaluation, management and improvement, and to compile the 
congressionally mandated reports to the President and Congress. The 
NVRA designates Armed Forces Recruitment Offices as voter registration 
agencies to assist voters in applying for registration in elections for 
federal offices. The NVRA requires a biennial report to the Congress 
assessing the impact of the Act on the administration of elections for 
federal office, determine improvements needed in federal and state 
procedures, and other effects of the Act.
    The NVRA survey is necessary to assess the impact of Armed Forces 
Recruiting Office implementation of voter registration under NVRA and 
for program evaluation and assessment purposes.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

    Dated: July 15, 1998.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 98-19361 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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