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32-310. Voter registration;State Department of Education; Department of Health and Human Services; duties;confidentiality; persons involved in registration; status; delivery of applications;when; registration; when.(1) The State Departmentof Education and the Department of Health and Human Services shall providethe opportunity to register to vote at the time of application, review, orchange of address for the following programs, as applicable: (a) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; (b)the medicaid program; (c) the WIC program as defined in section 71-2225; (d)the aid to dependent children program; (e) the vocational rehabilitation program;and (f) any other public assistance program or program primarily for the purposeof providing services to persons with disabilities. If the application, review,or change of address is accomplished through an agent or contractor of thedepartment, the agent or contractor shall provide the opportunity to registerto vote. Any information on whether an applicant registers or declines toregister and the agency at which he or she registers shall be confidentialand shall only be used for voter registration purposes.(2) The department, agent, or contractor shall make the mail-inregistration application described in section 32-320 available at the timeof application, review, or change of address and shall provide assistance,if necessary, to the applicant in completing the application to register tovote. The department shall retain records indicating whether an applicantaccepted or declined the opportunity to register to vote.(3) Department personnel, agents, and contractors involvedin the voter registration process pursuant to this section shall not be considereddeputy registrars or agents or employees of the election commissioner or countyclerk.(4) The applicant may return the completed voter registrationapplication to the department, agent, or contractor or may personally mailor deliver the application to the election commissioner or county clerk asprovided in section 32-321. If the applicant returns the completed applicationto the department, agent, or contractor, the department, agent, or contractorshall deliver the application to the election commissioner or county clerkof the county in which the office of the department, agent, or contractoris located not later than ten days after receipt by the department, agent,or contractor, except that if the application is returned to the department,agent, or contractor within five days prior to the third Friday precedingany election, it shall be delivered not later than five days after the dateit is returned. The election commissioner or county clerk shall, if necessary,forward the application to the election commissioner or county clerk of thecounty in which the applicant resides within such prescribed time limits.The application shall be completed and returned to the department, agency,or contractor by the close of business on the third Friday preceding any electionto be registered to vote at such election. A registration application receivedafter the deadline shall not be processed by the election commissioner orcounty clerk until after the election.(5) The departments shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulationsto ensure compliance with this section. SourceLaws 1994, LB 76, § 72; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 93; Laws 1997, LB 764, § 33; Laws 2005, LB 566, § 9; Laws 2007, LB296, § 51; Laws 2009, LB288, § 1.