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S 1139 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation State and local government operations

Same Day Registration Act

Introduced: April 30, 2015 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Apr 30, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Same Day Registration Act

Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states with a voter registration requirement to make same-day voter registration available at the polling place on the date of election itself (or on the day of voting under early voting).

What's happening now April 30, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 12 Related bill Voter Empowerment Act of 2015
  • HR 3276 Related bill Same Day Registration Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 15, 2016
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Jul 14, 2016
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 14, 2016
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 13, 2016
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 12, 2016
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 18, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1139: Same Day Registration Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1139/
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"S. 1139: Same Day Registration Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1139/.
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S. 1139, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1139/.
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