[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 624 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 624
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide
for same day registration.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 28, 2019
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Markey,
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tester, Mr. Van Hollen, and
Mr. Wyden) 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 Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide
for same 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 ``Same Day Registration Act''.
SEC. 2. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.
(a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52
U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305
and 306, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following new
section:
``SEC. 304. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.
``(a) In General.--
``(1) Registration.--Notwithstanding section 8(a)(1)(D) of
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C.
20507(a)(1)(D)), each State shall permit any eligible
individual on the day of a Federal election and on any day when
voting, including early voting, is permitted for 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 (52 U.S.C. 20508(b)); 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, with respect to any election for Federal
office, an individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in that
election.
``(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 2020 and for any
subsequent election for Federal office.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 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,
respectively; and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section
303 the following new item:
``Sec. 304. Same day registration.''.
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