Used in request and response messages. Used to include information about a voter’s identification that may be required in a registration request. Voter includes VoterId . AttestNoSuchId is used to attest that the voter has no ID of a specified type, thus it must be included with a value of true if attesting that the voter has no ID for that specified type. It can be included with a value of false to attest that the voter does have an ID of the specified type, in which case either StringValue or FileValue must be included; however, it is assumed to be false if not included. The StringValue and FileValue sub-elements are both optional, however at least one of them must be included. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description AttestNoSuchId 0..1 Boolean Used to attest that the voter has no ID. Assumed to be false if not present. DateOfIssuance 0..1 date Date the ID was issued. FileValue 0..1 File Used to include a file name for the ID. StringValue 0..1 String Used to include the ID as a string. Type 1 VoterIdType The type of voter ID. OtherType 0..1 String Used when Type value is other.
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Used in request and response messages. Used to include information about a voter’s identification that may be required in a registration request. Voter includes VoterId . AttestNoSuchId is used to attest that the voter has no ID of a specified type, thus it must be included with a value of true if attesting that the voter has no ID for that specified type. It can be included with a value of false to attest that the voter does have an ID of the specified type, in which case either StringValue or FileValue must be included; however, it is assumed to be false if not included. The StringValue and FileValue sub-elements are both optional, however at least one of them must be included. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description AttestNoSuchId 0..1 Boolean Used to attest that the voter has no ID. Assumed to be false if not present. DateOfIssuance 0..1 date Date the ID was issued. FileValue 0..1 File Used to include a file name for the ID. StringValue 0..1 String Used to include the ID as a string. Type 1 VoterIdType The type of voter ID. OtherType 0..1 String Used when Type value is other.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Voterid. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 21, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/voterid
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