Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3091
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2017-06-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

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Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill requires states to obtain certain information before removing a registrant from the official list of eligible voters for federal elections when the removal is based on cross-checking voter information with other states. The bill also requires (1) the state to notify a registrant of the pending removal; and (2) the removal to be completed no later than&nbsp;six months before an election, where currently&nbsp;a removal may be completed 90 days before.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3091 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2017 Mr. Pocan (for himself and Mr. Conyers ) 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 limit the authority of State election officials to remove registrants from the official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal office in the State on the basis of interstate cross-checks, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017 . 2. Conditions on removal of registrants from official list of eligible voters on basis of interstate cross-checks (a) Minimum information required for removal under cross-Check Section 8(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (F); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraphs: (B) To the extent that the program carried out by a State under subparagraph (A) to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters uses information obtained in an interstate cross-check, the State may not remove the name of the voter from such a list unless— (i) the State obtained the voter’s full name (including the voter’s middle name, if any) and date of birth, and the last 4 digits of the voter’s social security number, in the interstate cross-check; or (ii) the State obtained documentation from the ERIC system that the voter is no longer a resident of the State. (C) Prior to removing the name of a voter from the official lists of eligible voters on the basis of information obtained in an interstate cross-check, the State shall transmit a notification to the voter that the voter is to be removed from the list on the basis of such information, and shall include in the notification the identification of the State from which the information was obtained. (D) The State shall ensure that any personally-identifiable information relating to a voter that is obtained in an interstate cross-check is secured and maintained in a manner that does not permit any person other than the appropriate State election official to determine the identity of the voter. (E) In this paragraph— (i) the term interstate cross-check means the transmission of information from an election official in one State to an election official of another State; and (ii) the term ERIC system means the system operated by the Electronic Registration Information Center to share voter registration information and voter identification information among participating States. . (b) Requiring completion of cross-Checks not later than 6 months prior to election Subparagraph (A) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2) ) is amended by striking not later than 90 days and inserting the following: not later than 90 days (or, in the case of a program in which the State uses interstate cross-checks, not later than 6 months) . (c) Conforming amendment Subparagraph (F) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2) ) is amended by striking Subparagraph (A) and inserting This paragraph . (d) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the expiration of the 6-month period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.