States regularly "purge" their voter rolls — removing people who are believed to have moved, died, or become ineligible. This bill would set stricter rules for those removals by requiring states to verify, with objective and reliable evidence, that a voter is actually ineligible before removing them. Simply not voting, not responding to a mailed notice, or failing to take any other action would not be enough by itself to justify removal. States would also have to notify removed voters within 48 hours and issue public notices when conducting large-scale list maintenance.
Congressional Summary
Voter Purge Protection Act This bill prohibits a state from removing registrants from the official list of eligible voters unless it meets certain verification and notice requirements.Specifically, the bill prohibits a state from removing a registrant from the official list of eligible voters unless it verifies, on the basis of objective and reliable evidence, that the registrant is ineligible to vote in federal elections. Further, a state is prohibited from considering failure to vote in an election or failure to respond to a notice as evidence of ineligibility to vote.Additionally, the bill requires a state to provide individual registrants who are removed with a notice, which must include the grounds for the removal and information on contesting the removal. Public notice must be provided after conducting any general program to remove the names of ineligible voters.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-10-08
- Date Added
- 2026-04-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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