A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modify the procedures for change of address.

Bill: 114-s-1952
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-08-05
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-08-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to revise requirements for notifying a voting registrar of a change of address before the date of an election.</p> <p>If a registrant has failed to notify the registrar of a change of address within a state before an election day, the registrant shall nevertheless, upon an oral or written affirmation before an election official, be permitted to vote at either the polling place of the registrant's current address or a central location within the same registrar's jurisdiction.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1952 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2015 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modify the procedures for change of address.

1. Modification of voter registration procedures for change of address (a) In general Section 8(e) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993( 52 U.S.C. 20507(e) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: (1) Notwithstanding failure to notify the registrar of the change of address prior to the date of an election, a registrant who has moved from an address in the State to an address in the same State shall, upon oral or written affirmation by the registrant of the change of address before an election official, be permitted to vote (at the option of the voter) at either— (A) the polling place of the registrant's current address; or (B) a central location within the same registrar's jurisdiction. ; and (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2017.