State Sovereignty in Voting Act

Bill: 114-hr-951
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-02-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Intergovernmental relations

Postal service

State and local government operations

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>State Sovereignty in Voting Act</b></p> <p> Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a state to require an applicant for voter registration who uses the federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission to provide documentary evidence of citizenship as a condition of the state's acceptance of the form.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 951 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2015 Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Schweikert ) 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 permit a State to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide documentary evidence of citizenship as a condition of the State’s acceptance of the form.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Sovereignty in Voting Act . 2. Permitting States to require voter registration applicants using Federal mail form to submit documentary evidence of citizenship as condition of acceptance of application (a) In General Section 6(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20505(a)(1) ) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , except that a State may require an applicant who submits such form to provide documentary evidence of the applicant’s citizenship as a condition of the State’s acceptance of the form. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after the date of the enactment of this Act.