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HR 2840 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Citizenship and naturalization Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles State and local government operations

Automatic Voter Registration Act

Introduced: June 8, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 8, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Automatic Voter Registration Act

This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require state motor vehicle authorities, upon receiving certain identifying information with respect to an individual requesting motor vehicle authority services, to transmit the information to the state election official. The state election official shall then notify the individual that unless the individual declines to be registered to vote in federal elections in the state, the individual shall be automatically registered unless the individual does not meet voter registration eligibility requirements or is already registered to vote.

A state may not use any identifying information regarding an individual's citizenship status for any purpose other than determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in federal elections.

What's happening now June 8, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 83
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jul 27, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Jul 25, 2018
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 25, 2018
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 14, 2018
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Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Jun 14, 2018
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Gomez, Jimmy
California · Apr 25, 2018
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 15, 2018
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Oct 12, 2017
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 27, 2017
D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 14, 2017
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 14, 2017
D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 14, 2017
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 5, 2017
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 5, 2017
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 5, 2017
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 5, 2017
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Aug 25, 2017
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Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2017
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 28, 2017
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 28, 2017
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Torres, Norma J.
California · Jul 28, 2017
D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 18, 2017
Walz, Timothy
· Jul 18, 2017
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jul 12, 2017
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 22, 2017
D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jun 22, 2017
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Jun 15, 2017
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jun 15, 2017
LEVIN, SANDER
· Jun 15, 2017
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 15, 2017
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 12, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· Jun 12, 2017
D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jun 8, 2017
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Aguilar, Pete
California · Jun 8, 2017
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jun 8, 2017
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Jun 8, 2017
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jun 8, 2017
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jun 8, 2017
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 8, 2017
D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jun 8, 2017
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 8, 2017
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 8, 2017
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 8, 2017
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Jun 8, 2017
Delaney, John
· Jun 8, 2017
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 8, 2017
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jun 8, 2017
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jun 8, 2017
Esty, Elizabeth
· Jun 8, 2017
D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jun 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2840: Automatic Voter Registration Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2840/
MLA
"H.R. 2840: Automatic Voter Registration Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2840/.
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H.R. 2840, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2840/.
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