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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2864
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States
to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal
office on the date of the election.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 1999
Mr. LUTHER (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr.
MINGE, Mr. SABO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. VENTO, Mr.
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. KLECZKA, Ms.
ESHOO, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. OWENS, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN,
Mr. STARK, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Ms. LEE) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion
A BILL
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to
require States to permit individuals to register to vote
in an election for Federal office on the date of the
election.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Same Day Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO PERMIT VOTER REGISTRA-
TION ON DATE OF ELECTION.
(a) DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES AS VOTER
REGISTRATION AGENCIES.—Section 7(a)(2) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–
5(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) each polling place in the State at which
ballots are cast in an election for Federal office
which is not otherwise designated as a voter reg-
istration agency under subparagraph (A) or (B) or
paragraph (3).’’.
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—Section 7(a) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) In the case of a polling place at which ballots
are cast in an election for Federal office which is des-
ignated as a voter registration agency, the following rules
shall apply:
‘‘(A) At the option of the State, the polling
place shall serve as a voter registration agency only
on the date of the election.
‘‘(B) On the date of the election, the polling
place may not make services available under this
section to any eligible applicant who does not cast a
ballot at the polling place on such date.
‘‘(C) Clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph
(6)(B) shall not apply with respect to any forms dis-
tributed by the polling place on the date of the elec-
tion.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(a)(1) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘agency,’’
and inserting ‘‘agency (other than an agency subject
to subparagraph (D)),’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C);
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) in the case of registration on the date
of the election at a polling place designated as
a voter registration agency under paragraph
(2)(C), if the valid voter registration form of
the applicant is accepted at the polling place;
and’’.
SEC. 3. TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO
STATE ELECTION OFFICIAL.
Section 7(d) of the National Voter Registration Act
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) In the case of a registration application accepted
on the date of an election by a voter registration agency
described in paragraph (2)(C), the agency shall transmit
the application to the appropriate State election official
at the time the agency transmits the ballots cast in the
election to the official.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-
eral office held during November 2000 and each subse-
quent election for Federal office.
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