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Imposes stricter rules that bar removing registrants because they moved, requires "objective and reliable evidence" before removals, mandates rapid notice, and allows in‑State movers to affirm address and vote.
Official title: Amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to clarify that a State may not use an individual's failure to vote as the basis for initiating the procedures provided under such Act for the removal of the individual from the official list of registered voters in the State on the grounds that the individual has changed residence, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 9, 2025 by Alejandro Padilla · Last progress October 9, 2025
The bill substantially expands and protects voting access for people who move—enabling same‑day updates and routine retention of registrations—while shifting extra administrative burden, costs, and some verification risks onto state and local election officials.
Mobile and recently moved eligible voters (especially young adults, students, and middle‑class families) can remain on registration lists and are far less likely to be wrongly removed, preserving their ability to vote.
Voters who move can update their address and vote on or before election day—via same‑day address updates and/or an oral or written affirmation—so they can cast a regular ballot rather than be forced to use provisional ballots.
Voters who relocate within a State can choose to vote at their current polling place or at a central location, increasing convenience and access for people who moved shortly before an election.
State and local election offices (and therefore taxpayers) will face increased administrative burden and costs to implement continuous registrations, process same‑day updates and affirmations, meet faster notification requirements, and manage contest procedures.
Voters and local election workers may experience processing delays, longer lines, and precinct disruptions on election day because verifying same‑day address updates and processing oral/written affirmations takes staff time and can slow check‑in.
Keeping registrants on rolls unless objective evidence shows otherwise, and restricting removals based on nonvoting or mail nonresponse, could retain ineligible or outdated registrations longer—inflating lists and complicating administration and audits.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Prevents states from removing people from voter rolls only because they changed addresses and lets automatically-registered or previously registered voters update their address through election day. It tightens federal rules for when states may cancel a voter registration for federal elections by requiring "objective and reliable evidence" of ineligibility, limits using non-voting behavior as a basis for removal, requires prompt notice when removals happen, and expands options for voters who moved within a State to cast a ballot after affirming their new address.