High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2018 2018-06-28 Introduced in House High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2018

This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to designate public high schools as voter-registration agencies and require them to conduct annual voter-registration drives.

Specifically, a school shall aim to register all of its students who are:

  • enrolled in a class in American Government or Economics,
  • at least 17 years old as of April 10th of that year, and
  • eligible to register to vote in elections for federal office held in the state.

The Department of Education shall reimburse a school for reasonable costs incurred in carrying out a voter-registration drive.

At a school's request, the appropriate state election official may agree to provide the school with voting machines and related equipment for use in a student council or similar election held at the school.

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