§ 8-302. Voting; verification of registration. 1. At all elections\nheld pursuant to the provisions of this chapter two inspectors\nrepresenting different political parties shall act together at all times\nin supervising the use of the registration records and in verifying the\nrights of persons to vote on the basis of such records.\n 2. The voter shall give the voter's name and the voter's residence\naddress to the inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly and distinctly\nannounce the name and residence of the voter.\n 2-a. If a voter's name appears in the ledger or computer generated\nregistration list with a notation indicating that the board of elections\nhas issued the voter an early mail, absentee, military or special\nballot, such voter shall not be permitted to vote on a voting machine at\nan early voting site or on election day but may vote by affidavit\nballot.\n 2-b. (a) If a voter's name appears in the ledger or computer generated\nregistration list with a notation indicating that the voter's identity\nwas not yet verified as required by the federal Help America Vote Act,\nthe inspector shall require that the voter produce one of the following\ntypes of identification before permitting the voter to cast his or her\nvote on the voting machine:\n (i) a driver's license or department of motor vehicles non-driver\nphoto ID card or other current and valid photo identification;\n (ii) a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government\ncheck, paycheck or other government document that shows the name and\naddress of the voter.\n (b) If the voter produces an identification document listed in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision, the inspector shall indicate so in\nthe ledger or computer generated registration list, the voter will be\ndeemed verified as required by the federal Help America Vote Act and the\nvoter shall be permitted to cast his or her vote on the voting machine.\n (c) If the voter does not produce an identification document listed in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision, the voter shall only be entitled to\nvote by affidavit ballot unless a court order provides otherwise.\n 3. (a) If an applicant is challenged, the board, without delay, shall\neither enter his name in the second section of the challenge report\ntogether with the other entries required to be made in such section\nopposite the applicant's name or make an entry next to the voter's name\nin the computer generated registration list or in the place provided in\nthe computer generated registration list.\n (b) A person who claims to have moved to a new address within the\nelection district in which he or she is registered to vote shall be\npermitted to vote in the same manner as other voters unless challenged\non other grounds. The inspectors shall enter the names and new addresses\nof all such persons in either the first section of the challenge report\nor in the place provided in the computer generated registration list and\nshall also enter the new address next to such person's address on such\ncomputer generated registration list. When the registration poll records\nof persons who have voted from new addresses within the same election\ndistrict are returned to the board of elections, such board shall change\nthe addresses on the face of such registration poll records without\ncompletely obliterating the old addresses and shall enter such new\naddresses and the new addresses for any such persons whose names were in\ncomputer generated registration lists into its computer records for such\npersons.\n (c) A person who claims a changed name shall be permitted to vote in\nthe same manner as other voters unless challenged on other grounds. The\ninspectors shall either enter the names of all such persons in the first\nsection of the challenge report or in the place provided in the computer\ngenerated registration list, in the form in which they are registered,\nfollowed in parentheses by the name as changed or enter the name as\nchange
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