HR 580 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
National Voter Registration Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.(1973-01-03)
Plain Language Summary
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National Voter Registration Act - Establishes, within the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, the National Voter Registration Administration. Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Provides that the Administration shall establish and administer a national voter registration program for Federal elections; collect, analyze, and arrange for the publication and sale by the Government Printing Office of information concerning elections in the United States; provide assistance to State and local officials concerning the national voter registration program and election problems generally; prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on its activities, and on voter registration and elections generally in the United States immediately following each biennial general Federal election; and take such other action as it deems necessary and proper to carry out its duties and powers under the Act. Provides that an individual who is a qualified elector under State law except as to duration of residency but who is a resident of a State on and after the thi…
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