SAFE Act

Securing America's Fair Elections Act or the SAFE Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a state to require an applicant for voter registration who uses the federal mail voter registration application form developed by the Election Assistance Commission to provide additional information relating to the applicant's eligibility to register to vote in elections for federal office in the state (including information relating to the applicant's citizenship status) as a condition of the state's acceptance of the form.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2403 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2403

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses 
 the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the 
  Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide additional 
   information as a condition of the State's acceptance of the form.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2013

    Mr. Gingrey of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses 
 the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the 
  Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide additional 
   information as a condition of the State's acceptance of the form.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing America's Fair Elections 
Act'' or the ``SAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING STATES TO REQUIRE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICANTS 
              USING FEDERAL MAIL FORM TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
              AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-4(a)(1)) is amended by striking the 
period at the end and inserting the following: ``, except that a State 
may require an applicant who submits such form to provide additional 
information relating to the applicant's eligibility to register to vote 
in elections for Federal office in the State (including information 
relating to the applicant's citizenship status) as a condition of the 
State's acceptance of the form.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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