[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5946 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5946

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
                     for election day registration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2008

   Mr. Ellison (for himself, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Walz of 
 Minnesota, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Filner, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. 
Watt, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
  Price of North Carolina, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Kagen) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
                     for election day registration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Election Day Registration Act''.

SEC. 2. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Registration.--Notwithstanding section 8(a)(1)(D) of 
        the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-
        6), each State shall permit any eligible individual on the day 
        of a Federal election--
                    ``(A) to register to vote in such election at the 
                polling place using a form that meets the requirements 
                under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration 
                Act of 1993; and
                    ``(B) to cast a vote in such election.
            ``(2) Exception.--The requirements under paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply to a State in which, under a State law in 
        effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of 
        this section, there is no voter registration requirement for 
        individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal 
        office.
    ``(b) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`eligible individual' means any individual who is otherwise qualified 
to vote in a Federal election in such State.
    ``(c) Effective Date.--Each State shall be required to comply with 
the requirements of subsection (a) for the regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office occurring in November 2008 and for any 
subsequent election for Federal office.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
15511) is amended by striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 
304''.
            (2) The table of contents of such Act is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 
                304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306; and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 
                303 the following new item:

``Sec. 304. Election day registration.''.
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