Election Day Voter Registration Commission IL
Increase voter participation - strengthen democracy
some states have considered enacting legislation for election-day registration
The Massachusetts The 185th General Court General Court, which meets year round, is considering SB.2514 which would permit EDR. The bill was reported favorably by the Committee on Election Laws to the Senate Ways and Means Committee in February. If approved, EDR would begin in Massachusetts in 2011.
Not wanting to wait on state legislatures to act, U.S. Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis. and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., along with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced legislation (S.B.2959 S.B.2959 & H.B.5946 H.B.5946 ) in both houses of Congress to allow voters register and vote in the same day.
Not wanting to wait on state legislatures to act, U.S. Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis. and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., along with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced legislation (S.B.2959 S.B.2959 & H.B.5946 H.B.5946 ) in both houses of Congress to allow voters register and vote in the same day.
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