National Voter Registration Act

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United States federal statute election law

The National Voter Registration Act is a U.S. federal law designed to increase voter participation by simplifying and standardizing the process of registering to vote, including through motor vehicle agencies and mail-in registration.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
National Voter Registration Act of 1993	10
Motor Voter Act	3
National Voter Registration Act canonical	3
United States voting rights legislation	1
the National Voter Registration Act preempts Arizona’s additional documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for the federal form	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ election law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
aimsToReduce	barriers to voter registration ⓘ discriminatory voter registration practices ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Voter Registration Act ⓘ surface form: Motor Voter Act
appliesTo	elections for federal office ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 52 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision	Section 5 voter registration at motor vehicle agencies ⓘ Section 6 mail voter registration ⓘ Section 7 agency-based voter registration ⓘ Section 8 list maintenance requirements ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1993-05-20 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1995-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
encourages	coordination of voter registration with other government services ⓘ
enforcedBy	Civil Rights Division ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
exempts	North Dakota ⓘ certain states with same-day registration as of its enactment ⓘ
exemptsReason	North Dakota does not require voter registration ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal elections in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution
policyType	voting rights legislation ⓘ
primaryGoal	enhance voting rights protections ⓘ increase voter participation ⓘ increase voter registration ⓘ
prohibits	systematic voter purges within 90 days of a federal election ⓘ unreasonable removal of eligible voters from registration rolls ⓘ
protects	eligible voters from improper removal from registration lists ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 103-31 ⓘ
regulates	maintenance of voter registration lists ⓘ
relatedTo	Help America Vote Act ⓘ surface form: Help America Vote Act of 2002 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
requires	states to accept and use a federal mail voter registration form ⓘ states to offer mail-in voter registration ⓘ states to offer voter registration at motor vehicle agencies ⓘ voter registration opportunities at disability services offices ⓘ voter registration opportunities at public assistance agencies ⓘ
scope	nationwide application to most U.S. states ⓘ
shortName	NVRA ⓘ
signedBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
signingPresident	Bill Clinton ⓘ
subjectMatter	federal election administration ⓘ voter list maintenance ⓘ voter registration procedures ⓘ
typeOfReform	administrative election reform ⓘ
yearEnacted	1993 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

Voting Section → legalBasis → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Help America Vote Act → relatedTo → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

National Voter Registration Act → alsoKnownAs → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motor Voter Act

103rd United States Congress → enactedLaw → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

United States federal elections → subjectTo → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

DOJ Civil Rights Division Voting Section → legalBasis → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

NVRA → fullName → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

NVRA → acronymFor → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

NVRA → alsoKnownAs → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motor Voter Act

Title 52 of the United States Code → relatedTo → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

Public Law 107-252 → amends → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Public Law 103-31 → officialName → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Public Law 103-31 → title → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Public Law 103-31 → alsoKnownAs → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motor Voter Act

Public Law 94-73 → partOf → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States voting rights legislation

Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. → holding → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: the National Voter Registration Act preempts Arizona’s additional documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for the federal form

Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. → statuteInterpreted → National Voter Registration Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Voter Registration Act of 1993