Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 19466-19467 [2013-07485]

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• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19466-19467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07485]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID DoD-2013-OS-0061]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (OUSD(P&R)), Federal Voting Assistance Program, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and 
seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by May 31, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
    Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within 
this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow 
the instructions at https://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Director, 
Federal Voting Assistance Program, ATTN: Kathleen McDonnell, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox 10, Alexandria, Virginia 22350-5000, or call 571-
372-1168.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Federal Post Card 
Application (FPCA), Standard Form 76 (SF-76); OMB Control Number 0704-
TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to fulfill the requirement of the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee 
Voting Act (UOCAVA), 46 U.S.C. 1973ff wherein the Secretary of Defense 
is to prescribe an official postcard form, containing an absentee voter 
registration application and an absentee ballot request application for 
use by the States.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households: Uniformed Services 
members, eligible family members, U.S. citizens residing outside the 
U.S.
    Annual Burden Hours: 300,000.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are UOCAVA citizens who desire to apply for voter 
registration and/or request an absentee ballot from their state of 
residency. The information provided by these citizens is used by the 
states to determine if the citizen is a resident of a jurisdiction 
within that state, and therefore eligible to vote within that 
jurisdiction and to provide absentee ballots to these citizens for 
Federal elections held within each calendar year. This form is mandated 
by 42 U.S.C. 1973ff. The Department of Defense does not receive, 
collect nor maintain any data provided on the form by these citizens; 
this data is collected and maintained by the individual states. The 
burden in the collection of this data resides in the individual States. 
If the form is not provided, UOCAVA citizens may not be able to 
register to vote in their State of residency nor be able to request 
absentee ballots and thus may be disenfranchised from their right as a 
U.S. citizen to participate in the electoral process. The previous 
Federal Post Card Application is the edition dated 08-2011. The form 
has been

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updated for usability and consistency. The most significant changes on 
the form are as follows: Block 1 classification has been clarified to 
include activated National Guard members on State orders and U.S. 
citizens who have never resided in the United States. These individuals 
had previously been listed as U.S. citizens otherwise granted military/
overseas voting rights. The overseas citizen selection previously 
described as ``I am a U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S., and I do 
not intend to return'' has been reworded for citizens who are unsure of 
their future plans or are hesitant to sign that they do not intend to 
return to the country. The intent-to-return language remains on the 
form due to the October 2008 National Association Secretaries of State 
(NASS) Survey of State Statues that shows the majority of States have 
intent as a prerequisite for obtaining a State ballot. Block 7 has been 
reworded back to the 2005 FPCA language of ``my voting residence 
address'' to ensure military voters with more than one potential U.S. 
address are not registering in the wrong jurisdiction. Block 8 has been 
reworded to ``where to send my ballot'' to ensure voters are using 
their mailing address and not their U.S. voting address. The 
Affirmation has been modified so that voters do not have to reaffirm 
information already found on the form. The signature block has been 
highlighted and the text previously found on the signature and date 
lines has been moved below it so local election officials can easily 
read signatures and dates. The Agency Disclosure Statement has been 
added to the instruction page of the form as per OMB guidance.

    Dated: March 25, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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