I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5707 
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 
OCTOBER 8, 2025 
Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Ms. BROWN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
FIELDS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. GOLD-
MAN of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LOIS 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. KEN-
NEDY of New York, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. CARSON) in-
troduced 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 reg-
istrant 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 evi-
dence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in such 
elections. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voter Purge Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM LIST 
OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 
(a) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 8 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 8A. CONDITIONS FOR REMOVAL OF VOTERS FROM 
OFFICIAL LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. 
‘‘(a) VERIFICATION ON BASIS OF OBJECTIVE AND 
RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRING
VERIFICATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, a State 
may not remove 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. 
‘‘(2) FACTORS NOT CONSIDERED AS OBJECTIVE 
AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE OF INELIGIBILITY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the following factors, or 
any combination thereof, shall not be treated as ob-
jective and reliable evidence of a registrant’s ineligi-
bility to vote: 
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‘‘(i) who sends written confirmation to 
the State that the registrant is no longer 
eligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdic-
tion in which the registrant was registered; 
or 
‘‘(ii) who is removed from the official 
list of eligible voters by reason of the death 
of the registrant. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 48 hours 
after conducting any general program to remove the 
names of ineligible voters from the official list of eli-
gible voters (as described in section 8(a)(4)), the 
State shall disseminate a public notice through such 
methods as may be reasonable to reach the general 
public (including by publishing the notice in a news-
paper of wide circulation or posting the notice on the 
websites of the appropriate election officials) that 
list maintenance is taking place and that registrants 
should check their registration status to ensure no 
errors or mistakes have been made. The State shall 
ensure that the public notice disseminated under this 
paragraph is in a format that is reasonably conven-
ient and accessible to voters with disabilities, includ-
ing voters who have low vision or are blind.’’. 
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(b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF NOTICES OF 
REMOVAL.—Section 8(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
20507(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) A State may not transmit a notice to a 
registrant under this subsection unless the State ob-
tains objective and reliable evidence (in accordance 
with the standards for such evidence which are de-
scribed in section 8A(a)(2)) that the registrant has 
changed residence to a place outside the registrar’s 
jurisdiction in which the registrant is registered.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 
1993.—Section 8(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
20507(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pro-
vide’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, pro-
vide’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘con-
duct’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, con-
duct’’. 
(2) HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002.—Section 
303(a)(4)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 
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‘‘, registrants’’ and inserting ‘‘, and subject to sec-
tion 8A of such Act, registrants’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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