[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1952 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1952

  To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modify the 
                   procedures for change of address.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2015

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modify the 
                   procedures for change of address.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR CHANGE OF 
              ADDRESS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8(e) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993(52 U.S.C. 20507(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Notwithstanding failure to notify the registrar of 
        the change of address prior to the date of an election, a 
        registrant who has moved from an address in the State to an 
        address in the same State shall, upon oral or written 
        affirmation by the registrant of the change of address before 
        an election official, be permitted to vote (at the option of 
        the voter) at either--
                    ``(A) the polling place of the registrant's current 
                address; or
                    ``(B) a central location within the same 
                registrar's jurisdiction.''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on January 1, 2017.
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