118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain requirements for voter registration with respect to District of Columbia elections, and for other purposes.
July 6, 2023
Mr. Norman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain requirements for voter registration with respect to District of Columbia elections, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Voter List Maintenance Act”.
SEC. 2. Requirements for voter registration with respect to District of Columbia elections.
(a) Requirements.—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:
“SEC. 304. Requirements for voter registration in District of Columbia elections.
“(a) Annual list maintenance.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia shall carry out annually a program to remove ineligible persons from the official list of persons registered to vote in the District of Columbia, as required by section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) and pursuant to the procedures described in subparagraph (B).
“(B) REMOVAL FROM VOTER ROLLS.—In the case of a registrant from the official list of eligible voters in District of Columbia elections who has failed to vote in a District of Columbia election during a period of two consecutive years, the District of Columbia shall send to such registrant a notice described in section 8(d)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(d)(2)) and shall remove the registrant from the official list of eligible voters in District of Columbia elections if—
“(i) the registrant fails to respond to such notice; and
“(ii) the registrant has not voted or appeared to vote in a District of Columbia election during the period beginning the date such notice is sent and ending the later of 4 years after the date such notice is sent or after two consecutive District of Columbia general elections have been held.
“(2) TIMING.—In the case of a year during which a regularly scheduled District of Columbia election is held, the District of Columbia shall carry out the program described in paragraph (1) not later than 90 days prior to the date of the election.
“(b) Prohibiting same-Day registration.—The District of Columbia may not permit an individual to vote in a District of Columbia election unless, not later than 30 days prior to the date of the election, the individual is duly registered to vote in the election.
“(c) District of Columbia election defined.—In this section, the term ‘District of Columbia election’ means any election for public office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.”.
(b) Conforming amendment relating to enforcement.—Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking “and 303” and inserting “303, and 304”.
(c) Clerical amendment.—The table of contents of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item:
“Sec. 304. Requirements for voter registration in District of Columbia elections.”.