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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2457 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States 

to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal 

office on the date of the election. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2007 

Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. BACA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. CARSON, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. CLARKE, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

KIND, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 

NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TOWNS, 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, 

Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HODES, and Ms. WOOLSEY) 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 States to permit individuals to register to vote 

in an election for Federal office on the date of the 

election. 

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 ‘‘Same-Day Voter Reg3 istration Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO PERMIT VOTER REGISTRA5 TION ON DATE OF ELECTION. 

6 (a) DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES AS VOTER

7 REGISTRATION AGENCIES.—Section 7(a)(2) of the Na8 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg– 

9 5(a)(2)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara11 graph (A); 

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub13 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(C) each polling place in the State at which 

17 ballots are cast in an election for Federal office 

18 which is not otherwise designated as a voter reg19 istration agency under subparagraph (A) or (B) or 

20 paragraph (3).’’. 

21 (b) SPECIAL RULES.—Section 7(a) of such Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(8) In the case of a polling place at which ballots 

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1 ignated as a voter registration agency, the following rules 

2 shall apply: 

3 ‘‘(A) At the option of the State, the polling 

4 place shall serve as a voter registration agency only 

5 on the date of the election. 

6 ‘‘(B) On the date of the election, the polling 

7 place may not make services available under this 

8 section to any eligible applicant who does not cast a 

9 ballot at the polling place on such date. 

10 ‘‘(C) Clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 

11 (6)(B) shall not apply with respect to any forms dis12 tributed by the polling place on the date of the elec13 tion.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(a)(1) of 

15 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(1)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘agency,’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘agency (other than an agency subject 

18 to subparagraph (D)),’’; 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara20 graph (C); 

21 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub22 paragraph (E); and 

23 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol24 lowing new subparagraph: 


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1 ‘‘(D) in the case of registration on the date 

2 of the election at a polling place designated as 

3 a voter registration agency under paragraph 

4 (2)(C), if the valid voter registration form of 

5 the applicant is accepted at the polling place; 

6 and’’. 

7 SEC. 3. TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO 

8 STATE ELECTION OFFICIAL. 

9 Section 7(d) of the National Voter Registration Act 

10 of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5(d)) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

12 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(3) In the case of a registration application accepted 

16 on the date of an election by a voter registration agency 

17 described in paragraph (2)(C), the agency shall transmit 

18 the application to the appropriate State election official 

19 at the time the agency transmits the ballots cast in the 

20 election to the official.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

22 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

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1 eral office held during November 2008 and each subse2 quent election for Federal office. 

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