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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 507 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to clarify that a 

State may not use an individual’s failure to vote as the basis for initiating 

the procedures provided under such Act for the removal of the individual 

from the official list of registered voters in the State on the grounds 

that the individual has changed residence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2019 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Ms. SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. JONES, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 

clarify that a State may not use an individual’s failure 

to vote as the basis for initiating the procedures provided 

under such Act for the removal of the individual from 

the official list of registered voters in the State on the 

grounds that the individual has changed residence, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Automatically 

3 Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States 

4 Act’’ or the ‘‘Save Voters Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

6 The purposes of this Act are— 

7 (1) to prohibit States from removing individuals 

8 from an official list of registered voters due to 

9 changes in residence; and 

10 (2) to protect the right to vote by allowing vot11 ers who are automatically registered or had pre12 viously registered to vote in a State to update their 

13 address through the day of the election. 

14 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION THAT STATES MAY NOT USE FAIL15 URE TO VOTE AS BASIS FOR INITIATING PRO16 CEDURES TO REMOVE VOTERS FROM LIST OF 

17 REGISTERED VOTERS ON GROUNDS OF 

18 CHANGED RESIDENCE. 

19 (a) CRITERIA FOR CONFIRMATION OF VOTER REG20 ISTRATION.—Section 8(b) of the National Voter Registra21 tion Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(b)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

23 (1); 

24 (2) by striking the period at the end of para25 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) shall not use the failure of a registrant to 

4 vote or the failure of a registrant to respond to a no5 tice from the State as the basis for sending the reg6 istrant the notice described in subsection (d).’’. 

7 (b) CRITERIA FOR VOTER REMOVAL PROGRAM.— 

8 Section 8(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(d)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (4); and 

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(3) A State may not use the procedures de15 scribed in this subsection with respect to any reg16 istrant unless the State has first obtained objective 

17 and reliable evidence of the registrant’s change of 

18 residence. For purposes of this paragraph, the objec19 tive and reliable evidence of a registrant’s change of 

20 residence shall not include the failure of the reg21 istrant to vote or the failure of the registrant to re22 spond to a notice from the State.’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

24 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

25 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. STATE REGISTRATION PORTABILITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(e) of the National Voter 

3 Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(e)) is amend4 ed to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(e) PROCEDURE FOR VOTING FOLLOWING FAILURE

6 TO RETURN CARD.—Notwithstanding failure to notify the 

7 registrar of the change of address prior to the date of an 

8 election, a registrant who has moved from an address in 

9 the State to an address in the same State shall, upon oral 

10 or written affirmation by the registrant of the change of 

11 address before an election official, be permitted to vote 

12 (at the option of the voter)— 

13 ‘‘(1) at the polling place of the registrant’s cur14 rent address; or 

15 ‘‘(2) at a central location within the same reg16 istrar’s jurisdiction.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

18 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act. 

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