,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ejg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjai,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,brown1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1
 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4        
,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4    
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,jones1 and ,ms4         
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,national ,voter ,registration ,act 
of #aiic 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 residence1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,automatically ,voiding ,eligible       
,voters ,off ,their ,enlisted ,rolls in 

,states ,act or the ,save ,voters ,act4 
#b4 ,purpose ,the purposes of this ,act 
are--  7#a7 to prohibit ,states from    
removing individuals from an official   
list of registered voters due to changes
 in residence2 and  7#b7 to protect the 
right to vote by allowing voters who are
 automatically registered or had        
previously registered to vote in a      
,state to update their address through  
the day of the election4  #c4           
,clarification that ,states may not use 
failure to vote as basis for initiating 
procedures to remove voters from list of
 registered voters on grounds of changed
 residence  7a7 ,criteria for           
confirmation of voter registration      
,section #h7;b7 of the ,national ,voter 
,registration ,act of #aiic 7#eb        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjejg7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by striking and at the end of paragraph 
7#a72  7#b7 by striking the period at   
the end of paragraph 7#b7 and inserting 
2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#c7 shall

 not use the failure of a registrant to 
vote or the failure of a registrant to  
respond to a notice from the ,state as  
the basis for sending the registrant the
 notice described in subsection 7d74  4 
7b7 ,criteria for voter removal program 
,section #h7;d7 of such ,act 7#eb       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjejg7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as      
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 ,a ,state may not use  
the procedures described in this        
subsection with respect to any          
registrant unless the ,state has first  
obtained objective and reliable evidence
 of the registrant's change of          
residence4 ,for purposes of this        
paragraph1 the objective and reliable   
evidence of a registrant's change of    
residence shall not include the failure 
of the registrant to vote or the failure
 of the registrant to respond to a      
notice from the ,state4  4  7c7         
,effective date ,the amendments made by 

this section shall take effect on the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4  #d4
 ,state registration portability  7a7   
,in general ,section #h7;e7 of the      
,national ,voter ,registration ,act of  
#aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejg7;e77 is     
amended to read as follows3  7e7        
,procedure for voting following failure 
,to return card ,notwithstanding failure
 to notify the registrar of the change  
of address prior to the date of an      
election1 a registrant who has moved    
from an address in the ,state to an     
address in the same ,state shall1 upon  
oral or written affirmation by the      
registrant of the change of address     
before an election official1 be         
permitted to vote 7at the option of the 
voter7--  7#a7 at the polling place of  
the registrant's current address2 or    
7#b7 at a central location within the   
same registrar's jurisdiction4  4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
this section shall take effect on the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4