Citizen Ballot Protection Act
This bill allows a state to include on its mail voter registration application form a requirement that the applicant provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement 
 that applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Citizen Ballot Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTENTS OF STATE MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(a) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, except that a State 
        may, in addition to the criteria stated in section 9(b), 
        require that an applicant provide proof that the applicant is a 
        citizen of the United States'' after ``elections for Federal 
        office''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and such form may 
        include a requirement that the applicant provide proof that the 
        applicant is a citizen of the United States'' after ``elections 
        for Federal office''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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Citizen Ballot Protection Act
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.
Citizen Ballot Protection Act
Rep. Palmer, Gary J.