119-s2820

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2820 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2820

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
 for same day voter registration.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 16, 2025

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Bennet, 
 Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
 Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kim, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, 
 Mr. Schiff, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
 Administration

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 A BILL

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
 for same day voter registration.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Same Day Registration Act''.

SEC. 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, 305, and 306 as sections 
 305, 306, and 307, respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after 

section 303 the following new 
 section:

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SEC. 304. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.

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    (a) In General.--
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    (1) Registration.--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--
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        (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) ) (or, if the individual 
 is already registered to vote, to revise any of the 
 individual's voter registration information); and
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        (B) to cast a vote in such election.
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    (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.
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    (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.
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            (c) Ensuring Availability of Forms.--The State shall ensure that 
each polling place has copies of any forms an individual may be 
required to complete in order to register to vote or revise the 
individual's voter registration information under this section.
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            (d) Effective Date.--
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    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph

    (2) , each State 
 shall be required to comply with the requirements of this 
 section for the regularly scheduled general election for 
 Federal office occurring in November 2026 and for any 
 subsequent election for Federal office.
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    (2) Special rules for elections before november 2030.--
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        (A) Elections prior to november 2028 general 
 election.--A State shall be deemed to be in compliance 
 with the requirements of this section for the regularly 
 scheduled general election for Federal office occurring 
 in November 2026 and subsequent elections for Federal 
 office occurring before the regularly scheduled general 
 election for Federal office in November 2028 if not 
 fewer than 1 location for each 15,000 registered voters 
 in each jurisdiction in the State meets such 
 requirements, and such location is reasonably located 
 to serve voting populations equitably across the 
 jurisdiction.
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        (B) Additional elections prior to november 2030 
 general election.--If a State certifies to the 
 Commission not later than November 7, 2028, that the 
 State will not be in compliance with the requirements 
 of this section for the regularly scheduled general 
 election for Federal office occurring in November 2028 
 because it would be impracticable to do so and includes 
 in the certification the reasons for the failure to 
 meet such requirements, the State shall be deemed to be 
 in compliance with the requirements of this section for 
 the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
 office in November 2028 and subsequent elections for 
 Federal office occurring before the regularly scheduled 
 general election for Federal office in November 2030, 
 if not fewer than 1 location for each 15,000 registered 
 voters in each jurisdiction in the State meets such 
 requirements, and such location is reasonably located 
 to serve voting populations equitably across the 
 jurisdiction.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--

Section 401 of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ``sections 301, 302, 
303, and 304'' and inserting ``subtitle A of title III''.
            (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--

    (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304, 
 305, and 306 as relating to sections 305, 306, and 307, 
 respectively;

    (2) in the item relating to 

section 305, as so 
 redesignated, by striking ``Confirming access'' and inserting 
 ``Access''; and

    (3) by inserting after the item relating to 

section 303 the 
 following new item:

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Sec. 304. Same day registration.''.
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