3.0.0 2751 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z 2023-01-11T13:25:43Z Senate S S 2014-07-31 113 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T20:47:56Z Same Day Registration Act of 2013 113 280 HR 2013-01-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS Same Day Registration Act 113 532 S 2013-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2014-07-31 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. N Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liability Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government buildings, facilities, and property Indian lands and resources rights Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media State and local finance State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-19T18:30:25Z Rural and Tribal Voter Rights Act - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make a payment each fiscal year to each state which meets early voting location distribution plan development requirements for ensuring that eligible voters have adequate access to early voting locations.

Requires a state or local election official to provide at least one one early voting location on tribal land when requested by the tribal government.

Requires each state to, after reasonable notice and public hearings, adopt and submit to the Commission a plan which provides for the equitable distribution of early voting locations.

Requires each state to make early voting available to any eligible voter for at least 10 days before an election for federal office.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior to permit a state to designate facilities of the respective agencies located in the state as voter registration agencies.

Requires each state to permit any eligible individual on the same day as a federal election and on any day when voting, including early voting, is permitted for a federal election to: (1) register to vote in the election, and (2) cast a vote in it.

Requires each state to provide a secure online interface available to the public on a public, government website that allows any eligible individual to register electronically to vote or to update their voter registration.

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for declaratory or injunctive relief as necessary to carry out this Act. Allows any aggrieved person a private right of action, too.

]]> Rural and Tribal Voter Rights Act Display Title Rural and Tribal Voter Rights Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide payments to States for activities to expand early voting access, provide for an equitable distribution of early voting polling locations, including early voting polling locations on Indian tribal land, and to implement voter registration reforms for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural and Tribal Voter Rights Act Introduced in Senate 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2751is/xml/BILLS-113s2751is.xml 2014-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.