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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="3-601.1" title_number="3" title_name="Voter Registration" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Resolution of Registration Disputes and Challenges">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “clerical error” means an inadvertent mistake in a voter registration record made by an election official or an automatic voter registration agency.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Administrator or an election director shall make the determination whether an error in a voter registration record is a clerical error.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the State Administrator or election director determines that a clerical error has been made, the State Administrator or election director shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cause the error to be corrected; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>promptly notify the voter of the correction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On election day, if it is alleged that the name of a registered voter is missing from the precinct register because of a clerical error, the chief election judge shall contact the State Board or local board to determine whether a clerical error has been made.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the State Administrator or election director determines that the absence of the name from the precinct register is the result of a clerical error, the State Administrator or election director shall authorize the chief election judge to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue a blank voter authority card to the affected voter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allow the affected voter to vote after the affected voter completes the voter authority card and provides any other documentation required by the State Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
