(c) When the examiner determines that the listed person has lost his eligibility to vote under State law not inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws of the United States and in accordance with the instructions concerning loss of eligibility to vote prescribed by the Commission after consultation with the Attorney General which shall be set out in Appendix D to this part and incorporated in and made a part of this section.

APPENDIX D

This appendix sets out the bases for loss of eligibility to vote and removal from an eligibility list.

ALABAMA

A person loses his eligibility to vote in elections in the State of Alabama if:

(1) He is no longer a legal resident of the State of Alabama or the county for which he is listed (a person may not vote in a county or precinct in which he is not a resident, but when a person removes from one precinct or ward to another precinct or ward within the same county, town, or city within three months before an election, he may vote in the precinct or ward from which he so removed);

(2) He dies;

(3) He is convicted of treason, murder, arson, embezzlement, malfeasance in office, larceny, receiving stolen property, obtaining property or money under false pretenses, perjury, subornation of perjury, robbery, assault with intent to rob, burglary, forgery, bribery, assault and battery on wife, bigamy, living in adultery, sodomy, incest, rape, crime against nature, or any crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, or of any infamous crime or crime involving moral turpitude, or vagrancy or being a tramp, or selling or offering to sell his vote or the vote of another, or of buying or offering to buy the vote of another, or of making or offering to make false return in any election by the people or in any primary election to procure the nomination or election of any person to any office, or of suborning any witness or registrar to secure the registration of any person as an elector, and has not been subsequently pardoned with restoration of his right to vote specifically expressed in the pardon;

(4) He is declared legally insane by a court and has not been subsequently declared legally sane or competent by a court; or (5) He loses his citizenship in the United States or the State of Alabama.

A person loses his eligibility to vote in municipal elections only, if he is no longer a legal resident of his city or town. Loss of eligibility to vote in a municipal election because of change of such residence does not result in loss of eligibility in any other election.

GEORGIA

A person loses his eligibility to vote in elections in the State of Georgia if:

(1) He is no longer a legal resident of the State of Georgia or the county for which he is listed;

(2) He dies;

(3) He is convicted of treason against the State, embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or of any crime involving moral turpitude, punishable by the laws of Georgia with imprisonment in the penitentiary, and has not been subsequently pardoned;

(4) He is declared legally insane or idiotic by a court and has not been subsequently declared legally sane or competent by a court;

or

(5) He loses his citizenship in the United States or the State of Georgia.

A person loses his eligibility to vote in municipal elections only, if he is no longer a legal resident of his city or town. Loss of eligibility to vote in a municipal election because of change of such residence does not result in loss of eligibility in any other election.

LOUISIANA

A person loses his eligibility to vote in elections in the State of Louisiana if:

(1) He is no longer a legal resident of the State of Louisiana or the parish for which he is listed, however the removal from one parish to another does not deprive a person of the right to remain listed in the parish from which he has removed for the purpose of voting for district officers to be elected in a district which includes the parish to which he has removed, or for State officers, whether the parish is in the same district or not, until he has acquired the right to register or be listed and vote for such officers in the parish to which he has removed (the removal of a person from one precinct to another in the same parish does not deprive him of his right to remain listed in the parish from which he has removed until three months after the removal);

(2) He dies;

(3) (a) He is convicted of any crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary and has not been subsequently pardoned with the express restoration of the franchise, or (b) he is convicted of a felony and has not subsequently received a pardon and full restoration of franchise.

(4) He is declared legally incompetent or insane by a court and has not been subsequently restored to legal competency or sanity by a court;

(5) He is dishonorably discharged from the Louisiana National Guard or the milltary service of the United States and has not been reinstated;

(6) He deserts from the military service of the United States or the militia of the State of Louisiana, when called forth by the Governor or, in time of invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, by the President of the United

States and has not returned to the command from which he deserted, made good the time lost in desertion, and served out the term of his original enlistment;

(7) He becomes an inmate of any charitable institution, except the Soldiers Home and the United States Marine Hospital at Carville; or

(8) He loses his citizenship in the United States or the State of Louisiana.

A person loses his eligibility to vote in municipal elections only, if he is no longer a legal resident of his city or town. Loss of eligibility to vote in a municipal election because of change of such residence does not result in loss of eligibility in any other election.

MISSISSIPPI

A person loses his eligibility to vote in elections in the State of Mississippi if:

(1) He is no longer a legal resident of the State of Mississippi or the election district for which he is listed;

(2) He dies;

(3) He is convicted of arson, bigamy, bribery, burglary, embezzlement, forgery, obtaining money for goods under false pretenses, perjury, or theft and has not had his right to vote restored by the legislature;

(4) He is declared legally insane by a court and has not been subsequently declared legally sane or competent by a court; or

(5) He loses his citizenship in the United States.

A person loses his eligibility to vote in municipal elections only, if he (1) is no longer a legal resident of his city or town, or (2) if he has, within two years before the next municipal election, been convicted within the municipality of violating the liquor laws of the State or the municipality, or (3) is at the time of the municipal election in default for taxes due the municipality for the two preceding years. Loss of eligibility to vote in a municipal election because of change of such residence or such conviction or such default in taxes does not result in loss of eligibility in any other election.

SOUTH CAROLINA

A person loses his eligibility to vote in elections in the State of South Carolina if: (1) He is no longer a legal resident of the State of South Carolina or the county for which he is listed;

(2) He dies;

(3) He is convicted of burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife-beating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, larceny, challenging or accepting a challenge to duel with a deadly weapon, or crimes against the election laws and his right to vote has not been restored by pardon;

(4) He is declared legally insance, idiotic or incompetent by a court and has not subsequently been declared legally sane or competent by a court;

(5) He becomes a pauper supported at public expense; or

(6) He loses his citizenship in the United States or the State of South Carolina.

A person loses his eligibility to vote in municipal elections only if he is no longer a legal resident of his city or town. Loss of eligibility to vote in a municipal election because of change of residence does not result in a loss of eligibility in any other election.

(7) He fails to register in accordance with State law requiring general registration of all previously registered voters every 10th year. However, he does not lose his eligibility to vote if he has attempted to register in accordance with State law and his application was rejected without legal cause or solely because his prior registration was by listing by an Examiner.

NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER Citations affecting this Appendix D, see List of Sections Affected.

§ 801.403 Procedure for removals determined by examiners.

An examiner may remove the name of a listed person as authorized by § 801.402 (c) only after:

(a) Giving the person a notice of the proposed removal of his name stating the reason why the removal is proposed and offering the person an opportunity to answer the notice of proposed removal in person or in writing or both within ten days after his receipt of that notice; and

(b) Considering all available evidence concerning the person's loss of eligibility to vote, including any timely answer submitted by the person.

§ 801.404 Notification of removals.

When an examiner removes the name of a person from an eligibility list he shall notify the person, the appropriate election officials, the Attorney General, and the attorney general of the State of that removal and the reason therefor.

Subpart E-Voting Complaint § 801.501 Scope.

This subpart prescribes the procedure for filing and processing a complaint under the Act that a person was not permitted to vote.

§ 801.502 Making a complaint.

A person who has been listed on an eligibility list or registered by an ap

propriate election official and who is eligible to vote but has not been permitted to vote may make a complaint regarding that denial to an examiner for the political subdivision where the denial occurred. The complaint may be either oral or in writing and must be made within 48 hours after the closing of the polls.

§ 801.503 Processing a complaint.

The examiner to whom a complaint is

made shall promptly ascertain whether

the complaint is well founded. If the examiner determines the complaint is not well founded he shall notify the person who complained of his determination and take no further action on the complaint. If the examiner determines that the complaint is well founded the examiner shall notify the person and the Attorney General of his determination and of the reason for that determination and furnish the Attorney General with any papers or evidence relating to the complaint.

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§ 901.1

Purposes of the Act.

In the Declaration of Objecitves for Older Americans (section 101 of the Older Americans Act of 1965), the Congress found and declared that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States and of the several States and their political subdivisions to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives:

(a) An adequate income in retirement in accordance with the American standard of living.

(b) The best possible physical and mental health which science can make

132 F.R. 20811, Dec. 27, 1967.

available and without regard to economic status.

(c) Suitable housing, independently selected, designed, and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford.

(d) Full restorative services for those who require institutional care.

(e) Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age.

(f) Retirement in health, honor, dignity-after years of contribution to the economy.

(g) Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, and recreational opportunities.

(h) Efficient community services which provide social assistance in a coordinated manner and which are readily available when needed.

(i) Immediate benefit from proven research knowledge which can sustain and improve health and happiness.

(j) Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual initiative in planning and managing their own lives. § 901.2

Definitions.

(a) "Act" means the Older Americans Act of 1965, Public Law 89-73, approved July 14, 1965.

(b) "Administration on Aging" means the Administration on Aging established under the provisions of the Act in the