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This bill would remove a federal law that has required states to offer easy ways for people to register to vote. The law being repealed set rules like allowing voter registration at motor vehicle offices and public assistance agencies, permitting mail-in registration forms, and setting standards for how states keep their voter lists. If this repeal became law, those federal requirements and standards would no longer apply and states would have more freedom to change how and where people can register to vote and how voter lists are maintained.
- Removes the federal rules that made voter registration available at places like DMVs and public assistance offices, and that allowed mail-in registration forms.
- Ends the federal standards for maintaining voter rolls, including how states update and remove names from their lists.
- Could make registering to vote easier in some states or harder in others, since states would decide their own rules without these federal requirements.
- The repeal must pass both the House and the Senate and be signed by the President to become law; until then, the current federal law stays in effect.
Official Summaries
This bill repeals the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The act established certain voter registration requirements for federal elections, such as the requirement for states to allow individuals to register to vote when they apply for a driver's license.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 55 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 55
To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Perry) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House
Administration
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A BILL
To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et
seq.) is repealed.
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