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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5352 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5352

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit States 
 from disqualifying individuals convicted of criminal offenses, other 
than individuals convicted of murder, manslaughter, or sex crimes, from 
     registering to vote or voting in elections for Federal office.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2016

Mr. Grayson (for himself, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Conyers) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit States 
 from disqualifying individuals convicted of criminal offenses, other 
than individuals convicted of murder, manslaughter, or sex crimes, from 
     registering to vote or voting in elections for Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No One Can Take Away Your Right to 
Vote Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF 
              CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE OR 
              VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Prohibiting States From Disqualifying Individuals From 
Registering To Vote or Voting.--Section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Prohibiting Disqualification of Individuals Convicted of 
Certain Criminal Offenses From Registering To Vote or Voting in 
Elections for Federal Office.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
        State may not disqualify an individual who is not incarcerated 
        from registering to vote or voting in an election for Federal 
        office held in the State on the grounds that the individual is 
        convicted of a criminal offense, or is on probation or parole 
        related to such an offense.
            ``(2) Exception for certain offenses.--Paragraph (1) does 
        not apply to the criminal offenses of murder or manslaughter, 
        or to any sex crime, as such offenses and crimes are defined 
        under the laws of the State involved.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Procedures for Removal of 
Individuals From Official List of Eligible Voters.--Section 8(a)(3)(B) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``by 
reason of criminal conviction'' and inserting ``by reason of conviction 
of a criminal offense or crime described in subsection (j)(2)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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