National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)

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Page last updated 09/14/07

National Voter Registration Act (know as the NVRA or the Motor Voter Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973gg et seq.

The goal of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the "Motor Voter Act," was to makes it easier for all Americans to exercise their right to vote. One of the main purposes of the Act is to increase the historically low registration rates of minorities and persons with disabilities that have resulted from discrimination. Section 7 of the Motor Voter Act requires all offices of State-funded programs that are primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities to provide all program applicants with voter registration forms, to assist them in completing the forms, and to transmit completed forms to the appropriate State official.

• Text of the NVRA
• Overview of the NVRA

NVRA Resources

• Demos
  http://www.demos.org/page149.cfm

• Project Vote
  http://projectvote.org/our-work-pages/our-work/nvra-implementation-project.html

 

 
In this section:  

• Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
• Other Voting Laws
• Protection & Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) Materials
• General Disability Voting Resources
• Disability Election Day Resources
• Election Reform

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