[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 22CFR40.104]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 40_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE 
 
                         Subpart K_Miscellaneous
 
Sec.  40.104  Unlawful voters.

    (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, an alien is ineligible 
for a visa if the alien has voted in violation of any Federal, State, or 
local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation.
    (b) Such alien shall not be considered to be ineligible under 
paragraph (a) of this section if each natural parent of the alien (or, 
in the case of an adopted alien, each adoptive parent of the alien) is 
or was a citizen (whether by birth or naturalization), the alien 
permanently resided in the United States prior to attaining the age of 
16, and the alien reasonably believed at the time of such violation that 
he or she was a citizen.

[70 FR 35527, June 21, 2005]