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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8677 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit a State 

from removing the name of any registrant from the official list of 

voters eligible to vote in elections for Federal office in the State unless 

the State verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that 

the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. BROWN) 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 

prohibit a State from removing the name of any registrant from the official list of voters eligible to vote 

in elections for Federal office in the State unless the 

State verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in such 

elections. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Voters Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM LIST 

2 OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 

3 (a) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The National Voter 

4 Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.) is 

5 amended by inserting after section 8 the following new 

6 section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 8A. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM 

8 OFFICIAL LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 

9 ‘‘(a) VERIFICATION ON BASIS OF OBJECTIVE AND

10 RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REQUIRING VERIFICATION.—Notwith12 standing any other provision of this Act, a State 

13 may not remove the name of any registrant from the 

14 official list of voters eligible to vote in elections for 

15 Federal office in the State unless the State verifies, 

16 on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that 

17 the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections. 

18 ‘‘(2) FACTORS NOT CONSIDERED AS OBJECTIVE

19 AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.—For 

20 purposes of paragraph (1), the following factors, or 

21 any combination thereof, shall not be treated as ob22 jective and reliable evidence of a registrant’s ineligi23 bility to vote: 

24 ‘‘(A) The failure of the registrant to vote 

25 in any election. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The failure of the registrant to re2 spond to any notice sent under section 8(d), un3 less the notice has been returned as undeliver4 able. 

5 ‘‘(C) The failure of the registrant to take 

6 any other action with respect to voting in any 

7 election or with respect to the registrant’s sta8 tus as a registrant. 

9 ‘‘(b) NOTICE AFTER REMOVAL.— 

10 ‘‘(1) NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL REMOVED.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 48 

12 hours after a State removes the name of a reg13 istrant from the official list of eligible voters for 

14 any reason, the State shall send notice of the 

15 removal to the former registrant, and shall in16 clude in the notice the grounds for the removal 

17 and information on how the former registrant 

18 may contest the removal or be reinstated, in19 cluding a telephone number for the appropriate 

20 election official. 

21 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

22 does not apply in the case of a registrant— 

23 ‘‘(i) who sends written confirmation to 

24 the State that the registrant is no longer 

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1 tion in which the registrant was registered; 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(ii) who is removed from the official 

4 list of eligible voters by reason of the death 

5 of the registrant. 

6 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 48 hours 

7 after conducting any general program to remove the 

8 names of ineligible voters from the official list of eli9 gible voters (as described in section 8(a)(4)), the 

10 State shall disseminate a public notice through such 

11 methods as may be reasonable to reach the general 

12 public (including by publishing the notice in a news13 paper of wide circulation or posting the notice on the 

14 websites of the appropriate election officials) that 

15 list maintenance is taking place and that registrants 

16 should check their registration status to ensure no 

17 errors or mistakes have been made. The State shall 

18 ensure that the public notice disseminated under this 

19 paragraph is in a format that is reasonably conven20 ient and accessible to voters with disabilities, includ21 ing voters who have low vision or are blind.’’. 

22 (b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF NOTICES OF

23 REMOVAL.—Section 8(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

24 20507(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(4) A State may not transmit a notice to a 

2 registrant under this subsection unless the State ob3 tains objective and reliable evidence (in accordance 

4 with the standards for such evidence which are de5 scribed in section 8A(a)(2)) that the registrant has 

6 changed residence to a place outside the registrar’s 

7 jurisdiction in which the registrant is registered.’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF

10 1993.—Section 8(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

11 20507(a)) is amended— 

12 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pro13 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, pro14 vide’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘con16 duct’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, con17 duct’’. 

18 (2) HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002.—Section 

19 303(a)(4)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 

20 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘, registrants’’ and inserting ‘‘, and subject to sec22 tion 8A of such Act, registrants’’. 


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1 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

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

3 of this Act. 

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