II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2843 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 

for same day voter registration. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. KING, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, 

Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

BENNET, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CASEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN, and 

Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require 

States to provide for same day voter registration. 

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 ‘‘Same Day Registration 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 

8 Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 

2 sections 305 and 306, respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after section 303 the following 

4 new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 304. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—Each State shall permit 

8 any eligible individual on the day of a Federal elec9 tion and on any day when voting, including early 

10 voting, is permitted for a Federal election— 

11 ‘‘(A) to register to vote in such election at 

12 the polling place using a form that meets the 

13 requirements under section 9(b) of the National 

14 Voter Registration Act of 1993 (or, if the indi15 vidual is already registered to vote, to revise 

16 any of the individual’s voter registration infor17 mation); and 

18 ‘‘(B) to cast a vote in such election. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under 

20 paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, 

21 under a State law in effect continuously on and after 

22 the date of the enactment of this section, there is no 

23 voter registration requirement for individuals in the 

24 State with respect to elections for Federal office. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 

2 section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means, with respect 

3 to any election for Federal office, an individual who is oth4 erwise qualified to vote in that election. 

5 ‘‘(c) ENSURING AVAILABILITY OF FORMS.—The 

6 State shall ensure that each polling place has copies of 

7 any forms an individual may be required to complete in 

8 order to register to vote or revise the individual’s voter 

9 registration information under this section. 

10 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

12 each State shall be required to comply with the re13 quirements of this section for the regularly sched14 uled general election for Federal office occurring in 

15 November 2024 and for any subsequent election for 

16 Federal office. 

17 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR ELECTIONS BEFORE

18 NOVEMBER 2028.— 

19 ‘‘(A) ELECTIONS PRIOR TO NOVEMBER

20 2026 GENERAL ELECTION.—A State shall be 

21 deemed to be in compliance with the require22 ments of this section for the regularly scheduled 

23 general election for Federal office occurring in 

24 November 2024 and subsequent elections for 

25 Federal office occurring before the regularly 


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1 scheduled general election for Federal office in 

2 November 2026 if at least one location for each 

3 15,000 registered voters in each jurisdiction in 

4 the State meets such requirements, and such lo5 cation is reasonably located to serve voting pop6 ulations equitably across the jurisdiction. 

7 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ELECTIONS PRIOR TO

8 NOVEMBER 2028 GENERAL ELECTION.—If a 

9 State certifies to the Commission not later than 

10 November 3, 2026, that the State will not be in 

11 compliance with the requirements of this section 

12 for the regularly scheduled general election for 

13 Federal office occurring in November 2026 be14 cause it would be impracticable to do so and in15 cludes in the certification the reasons for the 

16 failure to meet such requirements, the State 

17 shall be deemed to be in compliance with the re18 quirements of this section for the regularly 

19 scheduled general election for Federal office in 

20 November 2026 and subsequent elections for 

21 Federal office occurring before the regularly 

22 scheduled general election for Federal office in 

23 November 2028, if at least one location for each 

24 15,000 registered voters in each jurisdiction in 

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1 cation is reasonably located to serve voting pop2 ulations equitably across the jurisdiction.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN4 FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, and 303’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 

7 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 

8 of such Act is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec10 tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 

11 306, respectively; and 

12 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec13 tion 303 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Same day registration.’’. 

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