To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes information with respect to the voter list maintenance activities of the State, and for other purposes.
Bill: H.R.8221 | Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. (R-AL)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill revises requirements related to public disclosure of official lists of eligible voters.
Currently, each state must maintain for public disclosure, for a minimum two-year period, all records pertaining to the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters. This bill requires these records to also include lists of the names and addresses of all registrants who were inactive (i.e., the registrant failed to respond to a notice about a change in residence) and the length of time each registrant was inactive.
The bill also requires each state to biennially submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes information about inactive registrants in the state.

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States 
to submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes 
 information with respect to the voter list maintenance activities of 
                   the State, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO VOTER LIST 
              MAINTENANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (i), by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The records maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
include lists of the names and addresses of all registrants in a State 
who were inactive according to the criteria described in subsection 
(d)(1)(B) and the length of time each such registrant has been inactive 
according to such criteria.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Reporting Requirements.--Not later than June 30 of each odd-
numbered year, each State shall submit to the Election Assistance 
Commission a report that includes, with respect to such State during 
the preceding 2-year period, the total number of--
            ``(1) registrants who were inactive according to the 
        criteria described in subsection (d)(1)(B) and the length of 
        time each such registrant has been inactive according to such 
        criteria;
            ``(2) registrants who voted in at least one of the prior 2 
        consecutive general elections for Federal office;
            ``(3) registrants removed from the list of official voters 
        in the State pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B);
            ``(4) notices sent to registrants pursuant to subsection 
        (d)(2); and
            ``(5) registrants who received a notice described in 
        paragraph (4) who responded to such notice.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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