What Is Actually in HR1?
A nice summary from the Daily Kos; note especially the next-to-last item:
Automatic voter registration at an array of state agencies
Same-day voter registration
Online voter registration
Allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register so they'll be on the rolls when they turn 18
Allowing state colleges and universities to serve as registration agencies
Banning states from purging eligible voters' registration simply for infrequent voting
An Election Day holiday for federal workers
Two weeks of in-person early voting, including availability on Sundays and outside of normal business hours
Standardized hours within states for opening and closing polling places on Election Day, with exceptions to let cities set longer hours in municipal races
Prepaid postage on mail ballots
Allowing voters to turn in their mail ballot in person if they choose
Requiring states to establish nonpartisan redistricting commissions for congressional redistricting
Ending prison gerrymandering by counting prisoners at their last address (rather than where they're incarcerated) for the purposes of redistricting
Ending felony disenfranchisement for those on parole, probation, or post-sentence, and requiring such citizens to be supplied with registration forms and informed their voting rights have been restored
Expressing support for D.C. statehood (which is the subject of a separate bill)
Public financing for House campaigns in the form of matching small donations at a six-for-one rate
Expanded campaign finance disclosure requirements to mitigate Citizens United
Banning corporations from spending on campaign purposes unless the corporation has established a process for determining the political will of its shareholders
Making it a crime to mislead voters with the intention of preventing them from voting














