H.R. 5707 — Voter Purge Protection Act

This section amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to establish new section 8A, which prohibits states from removing any registrant from the official list of eligible voters for federal elections unless the state verifies ineligibility based on objective and reliable evidence. (Factors not qualifying as such evidence include the registrant's failure to vote in any election, failure to respond to a notice under NVRA section 8(d) unless returned undeliverable, or failure to take other voting-related actions.) It further requires states to send individual notice of any removal (with grounds, contest procedures, and a contact phone number) within 48 hours, except for removals based on the registrant's confirmed ineligibility or death; and to issue public notice after any general list maintenance program under NVRA section 8(a)(4), using accessible methods such as newspapers or election websites. The section also amends NVRA section 8(d) to prohibit notices of potential residence changes unless based on objective and reliable evidence under new section 8A(a)(2); makes NVRA section 8(a)(3) and (4)—which limit removals and require list maintenance programs—expressly subject to section 8A; and makes a conforming change to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to subject its voter list maintenance requirements to NVRA section 8A. (NVRA section 8 generally requires states to make reasonable efforts to remove ineligible voters, such as the deceased or those who have moved, from voter rolls while protecting eligible voters from improper removal; thus, these changes restrict the use of voter inactivity or non-response for list maintenance and enhance post-removal notifications.) The amendments take effect upon enactment.