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House subcommittee opens review of NVRA, flags list-maintenance and citizenship verification gaps
Summary
A House Administration subcommittee hearing reviewed the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, focusing on ambiguous list-maintenance language, outdated record-access rules, and a cited Maryland case that the speaker said involved a noncitizen registering twice.
The House Administration Committee's Subcommittee on Elections opened an oversight hearing on modernizing the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), with the chair (identified only in the transcript as a member of Congress and a former secretary of state) urging updates to clarify list-maintenance rules, adapt record-access requirements for the digital era and examine recent citizenship-verification failures.
The subcommittee cited Election Assistance Commission figures showing that more than 86% of the eligible voting population are active registered voters, up from about 68% in 1992. The speaker said the hearing aims to "strengthen voter confidence in our election laws and improve election administration." The…
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