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Voter Registration Efficiency Act
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require an individual who applies for a motor vehicle driver's license in a new State to indicate whether the new State is to serve as the individual's residence for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal voter registration law to require individuals applying for a motor vehicle driver's license in a new state to indicate whether that state will be their residence for voter registration purposes in federal elections, and whether they previously lived in another state. If an applicant indicates the new state will be their voter registration residence, the motor vehicle authority must notify the previous state's election officials that the person no longer intends to use that state for voter registration. The changes would take effect for elections occurring in 2024 and beyond.
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Actions (3)
- Sep 12, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections. · house
- Apr 10, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Apr 10, 2023 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2023
Mrs. McClain introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require an individual who applies for a motor vehicle driver’s license in a new State to indicate whether the new State is to serve as the individual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
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 “Voter Registration Efficiency Act”.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDICATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESIDENCE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES.
(a) Requirements for Applicants for Licenses.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking “Any change” and inserting “(1) Any change”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s license in the State—
“(i) to indicate whether the individual resides in another State or resided in another State prior to applying for the license, and, if so, to identify the State involved; and
“(ii) to indicate whether the individual intends for the State to serve as the individual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office.
“(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an individual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that the individual intends for the State to serve as the individual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office, the authority shall notify the motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the individual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify the chief State election official of such State that the individual no longer intends for that State to serve as the individual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections occurring in 2024 or any succeeding year. <all>
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