Same Day Registration Act

Bill: 115-s-360
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Same Day Registration Act</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on any day voting is permitted.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 360 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2017 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Tester , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Menendez , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Cortez Masto , and Mr. Van Hollen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day registration.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Same Day Registration Act . 2. Same day registration (a) In general Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 and 306, respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new section: 304. Same day registration (a) In general (1) Registration Notwithstanding section 8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(1)(D) ), each State shall permit any eligible individual on the day of a Federal election and on any day when voting, including early voting, is permitted for a Federal election— (A) to register to vote in such election at the polling place using a form that meets the requirements under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20508(b) ); and (B) to cast a vote in such election. (2) Exception The requirements under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this section, there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal office. (b) Eligible individual For purposes of this section, the term eligible individual means, with respect to any election for Federal office, an individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in that election. (c) Effective date Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office occurring in November 2018 and for any subsequent election for Federal office. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking and 303 and inserting 303, and 304 . (2) The table of contents of such Act is amended— (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 304. Same day registration. .