S 2842 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Save Voters Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 19, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 19, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act or the Save Voters Act

This bill prohibits a state from removing registrants from the official list of eligible voters unless it meets certain verification and notice requirements.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from removing a registrant from the official list of eligible voters unless it verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in federal elections. Further, a state is prohibited from considering failure to vote in an election or failure to respond to any election mail as evidence of ineligibility to vote.

Additionally, the bill requires a state to provide individual registrants who are removed with a notice, which must include the grounds for the removal and information on contesting the removal. Public notice must be provided after conducting any general program to remove the names of ineligible voters.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 19, 2023.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalSep 19, 2023
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalSep 19, 2023
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 19, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-VATim KaineOriginalSep 19, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalSep 19, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 19, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1Freedom to Vote ActRelated billJul 25, 2023
HR 11Freedom to Vote ActRelated billDec 17, 2024
S 2344Freedom to Vote ActRelated billJul 18, 2023
HR 8677Save Voters ActRelated billJun 11, 2024

Subjects

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  1. Sep 19, 2023Introduced in Senate

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