= National Voter Registration Act = The '''National Voter Registration Act''' ('''NVRA''') established an obligation for simple [[UnitedStates/ElectionPolicy/VoterRegistration|voter registration]]. <> ---- == Description == States are required to accept the '''National Mail Voter Registration Form''' (or '''Federal Form''') as a valid registration. Furthermore, state DMVs (or equivalent) are required to offer voter registration within driver license processes. The law mandates that the [[UnitedStates/PostalService|USPS]] treat state election materials as though the states were nonprofits. Aside from North Dakota, which does not require [[UnitedStates/ElectionPolicy/VoterRegistration|voter registration]], five states are exempt because they have continuously offered same-day registration since the law took effect in 1994: * Idaho * Minnesota * New Hampshire * Wisconsin * Wyoming Maine is the lone state that had same-day registration at the time and since abolished it. The state does not claim exemption status. ---- == History == The act was signed into law by [[UnitedStates/BillClinton|Clinton]] in 1993. From 2004, Arizona held that no voter registration was valid if not accompanied by proof of citizenship, and thus rejected the Federal Form. The [[UnitedStates/SupremeCourt|Supreme Court]] ruled against the state in '''Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.''' (2013). ---- CategoryRicottone