If a voter declares an impediment along with the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number and his or her date of birth, the voter's ballot should be counted.
The act explicitly declared that there was an "impediment to a marriage" if "both parties are of the same sex".
The new law passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly in June allows voters to use an alternative form of ID at the polls if they can declare a "reasonable impediment" that prevented them from presenting an appropriate photo ID.
In fact, when Effie was examined by doctors to ascertain her virginity before the annulment, they declared her "naturally and properly formed with no impediments" to sexual relations.
In almost every chapter he reminds his readers that throughout his life he has been treated rather well in England, his declared and open Jewishness viewed as neither an impediment nor a provocation.
There was no legal impediment to this attack; Germany had declared war on Portugal on 9 March 1916.
On 24 May 2011, the ESA publicly declared the design to be feasible, having found "no impediments or critical items" in the proposal.
Henry Morgenthau, America's Treasury secretary, declared that the conference should "do away with the economic evils the competitive devaluation and destructive impediments to trade which preceded the present war".
The businessman has a serious speech impediment, relies on a feeding tube and requires 24-hour care, but his doctor has not declared him incapacitated.
With this latest rallying cry, the Republican Party has disowned one of the greatest steps forward in American history, declared its disinterest in real solutions to the crises we now face, and set itself up as an impediment to future progress.
By that time a new US national security strategy declared that it could take armed (pre-emptive or preventive) action without UN authorisation; many in the Bush administration saw UN involvement as a potential impediment.
