Conditions on removal of registrants from official list of eligible voters on basis of interstate cross-checks

(a) Minimum information required for removal under cross-Check Section 8(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraphs: (B) To the extent that the program carried out by a State under subparagraph (A) to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters uses information obtained in an interstate cross-check, in addition to any other conditions imposed under this Act on the authority of the State to remove the name of the voter from such a list, the State may not remove the name of the voter from such a list unless— (i) the State obtained the voter’s full name (including the voter’s middle name, if any) and date of birth, and the last 4 digits of the voter’s Social Security number, in the interstate cross-check; or (ii) the State obtained documentation from the ERIC system that the voter is no longer a resident of the State. (C) In this paragraph— (i) the term interstate cross-check means the transmission of information from an election official in one State to an election official of another State; and (ii) the term ERIC system means the system operated by the Electronic Registration Information Center to share voter registration information and voter identification information among participating States.. (b) Requiring completion of cross-Checks not later than 6 months prior to election Subparagraph (A) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended by striking not later than 90 days and inserting the following: not later than 90 days (or, in the case of a program in which the State uses interstate cross-checks, not later than 6 months). (c) Conforming amendment Subparagraph (D) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking Subparagraph (A) and inserting This paragraph. (d) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the expiration of the 6-month period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.