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(a) An individual who will be qualified to vote at the next election may register by mail.
(b) To register by mail, an individual shall complete and sign the registration form and mail or deliver the form to the county clerk of the county in which the citizen resides.
(c) In order to register to vote in a particular election, the citizen shall:
(i) address the voter registration form to the county clerk; and
(ii) ensure that the voter registration form is received by the county clerk no later than 5 p.m. 11 calendar days before the date of the election.
(d) The citizen has effectively registered to vote under this section only when the county clerk's office has received a correctly completed voter registration form.
(2) Upon receipt of a timely, correctly completed voter registration form, the county clerk shall:
(a) accept and process the voter registration form;
(b) unless the individual named in the form is preregistering to vote:
(i) enter the applicant's name on the list of registered voters for the voting precinct in which the applicant resides; and
(ii) notify the individual that the individual is registered to vote in the upcoming election; and
(c) if the individual named in the form is preregistering to vote, comply with Section 20A-2-101.1.
(3) If the county clerk receives a correctly completed voter registration form after the deadline described in Subsection (1)(c), the county clerk shall, unless the individual is preregistering to vote:
(a) accept the application for registration; and
(b) if possible, promptly mail a notice to, or otherwise notify, the individual before the election, informing the individual that the individual will not be registered to vote in the pending election, unless the individual registers to vote by provisional ballot during the early voting period, if applicable, or on election day, in accordance with Section 20A-2-207.
(4) If the county clerk determines that a registration form received by mail or otherwise is incorrect because of an error or because the registration form is incomplete, the county clerk shall mail notice to the individual attempting to register or preregister, stating that the individual has not been registered or preregistered because of an error or because the registration form is incomplete.