[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4887
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide
for same day voter registration.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 20, 2022
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, Ms. Cortez Masto,
Mr. Merkley, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Warren, Mr. Casey, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Menendez, Mr. King, Mr. Durbin,
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Carper) 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 voter 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.--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 (or, if the individual is already
registered to vote, to revise any of the individual's
voter registration information); 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) Ensuring Availability of Forms.--The State shall ensure that
each polling place has copies of any forms an individual may be
required to complete in order to register to vote or revise the
individual's voter registration information under this section.
``(d) Effective Date.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), each State
shall be required to comply with the requirements of this
section for the regularly scheduled general election for
Federal office occurring in November 2024 and for any
subsequent election for Federal office.
``(2) Special rules for elections before november 2028.--
``(A) Elections prior to november 2026 general
election.--A State shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the requirements of this section for the regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office occurring
in November 2024 and subsequent elections for Federal
office occurring before the regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office in November 2026 if at
least one location for each 15,000 registered voters in
each jurisdiction in the State meets such requirements,
and such location is reasonably located to serve voting
populations equitably across the jurisdiction.
``(B) Additional elections prior to november 2028
general election.--If a State certifies to the
Commission not later than November 3, 2026, that the
State will not be in compliance with the requirements
of this section for the regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office occurring in November 2026
because it would be impracticable to do so and includes
in the certification the reasons for the failure to
meet such requirements, the State shall be deemed to be
in compliance with the requirements of this section for
the regularly scheduled general election for Federal
office in November 2026 and subsequent elections for
Federal office occurring before the regularly scheduled
general election for Federal office in November 2028,
if at least one location for each 15,000 registered
voters in each jurisdiction in the State meets such
requirements, and such location is reasonably located
to serve voting populations equitably across the
jurisdiction.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ``sections 301, 302,
and 303'' and inserting ``subtitle A of title III''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents of such Act is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and
305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the
following new item:
``Sec. 304. Same day registration.''.
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