Voter Registration Act

Summary

Voter Registration Act - Establishes a Voter Registration Administration within the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to establish and administer a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections. Directs the Administration prior to January 1, 1978, to prepare, by a door to door canvass, a list of all persons qualified to vote in Federal elections for each registration jurisdiction. Provides that registration jurisdictions which use the Administration's list of eligible voters as its official voter registration list shall allow qualified persons to register on election day. Sets forth procedures for such registration. Directs the Administration to establish a National Clearinghouse of Registration Cancellations and Address Changes to which all cancellations or address changes shall be sent. Provides that no list of individuals registered to vote in any Federal election may be made available to or received by any person for any nongovernmental purpose. Directs that a violation of such restriction shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000, or imprisonment not to exceed one year or both. Prohibits the Federal Government from maintaining a centralized voter registration list. Provides that any person who knowingly give false information for the purposes of establishing his eligibility to vote shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years or both. States that any person who deprives or attempts to deprive any person of any right under this act shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 July 1975

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