NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Election Assistance Commission: require States to submit report that includes information on voter list maintenance activities (see H.R. 8221), H5918 [24JN]

States: permit to include as part of mail voter registration forms requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship (see H.R. 8223), H5918 [24JN]

Voting: clarify authority of States to remove noncitizens from voting rolls and require States to maintain separate voter registration lists for noncitizens (see H.R. 7959), H5332 [7JN]

——— eliminate reliance on Postal Service change of address information for purpose of removing ineligible voters from official list of voters in States (see H.R. 8222), H5918 [24JN]

——— expand youth access to voting (see S. 4500), S3200 [11JY] (see H.R. 8341), H5974 [12JY]

——— prohibit States from removing registrants from list of eligible voters unless they verify that registrants are ineligible to vote in Federal elections (see S. 4886), S4856 [20SE]

——— require States to implement processes under which individuals who are 16 years old may apply to register to vote in Federal elections and make grants to increase involvement of minors in elections (see S. 4085), S2154 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (S. 136), S76 [6JA]