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: 117-hr-8221
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2022-06-24
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill revises requirements related to public disclosure of official lists of eligible voters.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8221 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 24, 2022 Mr. Palmer 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 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.

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.