Because of the requirements of the NVRA, certain designated State agencies must ask clients who apply for their services if the clients wish to register to vote. This has resulted in some noncitizens' being asked, sometimes repeatedly, if they would like to register to vote. Since noncitizens are not eligible to vote, this raises two problems. First, it creates needless paperwork for workers in those offices that include voter registration services. Second, it may result in the registration of noncitizens, particularly in those cases in which clients applying for services or assistance do not understand the process, and simply sign all the forms put in front of them, including a form that asks if they want to register to vote. The director of the Bureau of Elections has testified that while his office knows of no instance in which a noncitizen actually has voted, in rare instances some have inadvertently been registered. In addition to the problems registration of a noncitizen may cause election clerks, the noncitizen unknowingly may place himself or herself in danger because registration by a noncitizen may become an issue in a deportation hearing. Under the bill, if someone submitted a written document (such as an application for benefits) indicating that he or she was not a U.S. citizen, a voter registration agency could not offer that person an opportunity to register. This would reduce the chances that a noncitizen could be registered to vote and relieve an administrative burden.