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. 4317), H3140 [23JN]

Repeal (see H.R. 83), H101 [9JA]

States: permit to include as part of mail voter registration forms requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship (see S. 3470), S5919 [12DE] (see H.R. 4316), H3140 [23JN]

——— repeal provisions other than those requiring States to remove names of ineligible voters from official lists and imposing penalties for fraudulent voter registration or voting activities (see H.R. 959), H825 [9FE]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (see S. 700), S714 [8MR] (see H.R. 1439), H1204 [8MR]

——— 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. 4318), H3140 [23JN]

——— ensure that only eligible American citizens may participate in Federal elections (see H.R. 4460), H3166 [3JY]

——— expand youth access to voting (see S. 2985), S4760 [28SE] (see H.R. 5293), H4204 [25AU]

——— prohibit States from registering individuals to vote in Federal elections unless they provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 487), H277 [24JA] (see H.R. 627), H509 [30JA]

——— prohibit States from removing registrants from list of eligible voters unless they verify that registrants are ineligible to vote in Federal elections (see S. 2842), S4589 [19SE]

——— provide information upon request which will enable States to verify citizenship status of voter registration applicants for Federal elections and remove noncitizens from list of voting registrants (see H.R. 3162), H2171 [9MY]

——— require inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications (see H.R. 5290), H4204 [25AU]

——— require individual who applies for motor vehicle driver’s license in new State to indicate whether new State is to serve as individual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2566), H1717 [10AP]

——— treat certain tax return preparers as voter registration agencies for purpose of distributing voter registration application forms (see H.R. 2629), H1725 [13AP]

Remarks in House

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (H.R. 1439), E193 [8MR]