Introduction
In March 2021, Biden signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to step up their efforts to register voters. Considering the current state of the voting system in the US, this was a huge step forward. For the first time, the government gave millions of people the chance to register to vote effectively.
This voting executive order was a great innovation. It calls on federal and state governments to make it easy for people to register and vote.
There was the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), which was designed to get the government involved in voter registration but was not used much before 2021.
Biden’s executive order changed that. Many agencies have taken steps to make it easier for people to learn about voting and voter registration.
This is why the USCIS has a guideline to help people register to vote at its events for those just granted citizenship. This guideline has been recently updated.
Here is a bit of what you should know about the update.
What is new?
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made changes to their guideline which makes it easier for voters to sign up at their naturalization ceremonies.
The updated guidance restates that USCIS will let voters register at each ceremony. It also says that election officials from local or state offices can be invited to help out to register the new citizens to vote during the ceremony.
They can also invite government or nonprofit organizations that provide voting services to meet with these sets of voters.
The guidance goes on to say that USCIS will “encourage and support voting,” remove agency obstacles, and make registering easier.
USCIS has also added a new N-401 form where nonprofit bodies can submit one application per field office to be part of this process.
This update is in line with Executive Order 14019. It shows that the USCIS wants to make it simpler for people to get registered to vote, eliminate agency red tape, and help new citizens get registered to vote too.
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