52 U.S.C. § 20507
Requirements with respect to administration of voter registration
United States · Title 52 — VOTING AND ELECTIONS · Status: effective
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- 52 U.S.C. § 20507, Requirements with respect to administration of voter registration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/493344
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In the administration of voter registration for elections for Federal office, each State shall—
ensure that any eligible applicant is registered to vote in an election—
provide that the name of a registrant may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters except—
conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters by reason of—
inform applicants under sections 20504, 20505, and 20506 of this title of—
Any State program or activity to protect the integrity of the electoral process by ensuring the maintenance of an accurate and current voter registration roll for elections for Federal office—
shall not result in the removal of the name of any person from the official list of voters registered to vote in an election for Federal office by reason of the person’s failure to vote, except that nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit a State from using the procedures described in subsections (c) and (d) to remove an individual from the official list of eligible voters if the individual—
A State may meet the requirement of subsection (a)(4) by establishing a program under which—
if it appears from information provided by the Postal Service that—
Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to preclude—
A State shall not remove the name of a registrant from the official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal office on the ground that the registrant has changed residence unless the registrant—
A notice is described in this paragraph if it is a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card, sent by forwardable mail, on which the registrant may state his or her current address, together with a notice to the following effect:
A registrant who has moved from an address in the area covered by one polling place to an address in an area covered by a second polling place within the same registrar’s jurisdiction and the same congressional district and who has failed to notify the registrar of the change of address prior to the date of an election, at the option of the registrant—
In the case of a change of address, for voting purposes, of a registrant to another address within the same registrar’s jurisdiction, the registrar shall correct the voting registration list accordingly, and the registrant’s name may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters by reason of such a change of address except as provided in subsection (d).
A notice given pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include—
For the purposes of this section, the term “registrar’s jurisdiction” means—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Voter Registration Act of 1993
- Help America Vote Act of 2002