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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3201 

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, 2019 

Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, and 

Mr. RUSH) 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, 


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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. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM LIST 

6 OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 

7 (a) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The National Voter 

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

9 amended by inserting after section 8 the following new 

10 section: 

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

12 OFFICIAL LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 

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

14 RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) REQUIRING VERIFICATION.—Notwith16 standing any other provision of this Act, a State 

17 may not remove the name of any registrant from the 

18 official list of voters eligible to vote in elections for 

19 Federal office in the State unless the State verifies, 

20 on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that 

21 the registrant is ineligible to vote in such elections. 

22 ‘‘(2) FACTORS NOT CONSIDERED AS OBJECTIVE

23 AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.—For 

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

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1 jective and reliable evidence of a registrant’s ineligi2 bility to vote: 

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

4 in any election. 

5 ‘‘(B) The failure of the registrant to re6 spond to any notice sent under section 8(d), un7 less the notice has been returned as undeliver8 able. 

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

10 any other action with respect to voting in any 

11 election or with respect to the registrant’s sta12 tus as a registrant. 

13 ‘‘(b) NOTICE AFTER REMOVAL.— 

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

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

16 hours after a State removes the name of a reg17 istrant from the official list of eligible voters for 

18 any reason, the State shall send notice of the 

19 removal to the former registrant, and shall in20 clude in the notice the grounds for the removal 

21 and information on how the former registrant 

22 may contest the removal or be reinstated, in23 cluding a telephone number for the appropriate 

24 election official. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

2 does not apply in the case of a registrant— 

3 ‘‘(i) who sends written confirmation to 

4 the State that the registrant is no longer 

5 eligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdic6 tion in which the registrant was registered; 

7 or 

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

9 list of eligible voters by reason of the death 

10 of the registrant. 

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

12 after conducting any general program to remove the 

13 names of ineligible voters from the official list of eli14 gible voters (as described in section 8(a)(4)), the 

15 State shall disseminate a public notice through such 

16 methods as may be reasonable to reach the general 

17 public (including by publishing the notice in a news18 paper of wide circulation or posting the notice on the 

19 websites of the appropriate election officials) that 

20 list maintenance is taking place and that registrants 

21 should check their registration status to ensure no 

22 errors or mistakes have been made. The State shall 

23 ensure that the public notice disseminated under this 

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1 ient and accessible to voters with disabilities, includ2 ing voters who have low vision or are blind.’’. 

3 (b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF NOTICES OF

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

5 20507(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new paragraph: 

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

8 registrant under this subsection unless the State ob9 tains objective and reliable evidence (in accordance 

10 with the standards for such evidence which are de11 scribed in section 8A(a)(2)) that the registrant has 

12 changed residence to a place outside the registrar’s 

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

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF

16 1993.—Section 8(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

17 20507(a)) is amended— 

18 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pro19 vide’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, pro20 vide’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘con22 duct’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, con23 duct’’. 

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

25 303(a)(4)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 


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1 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘, registrants’’ and inserting ‘‘, and subject to sec3 tion 8A of such Act, registrants’’. 

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

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

6 of this Act. 

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