American Bar Association

 

ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
August 1999

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association opposes legislation that would repeal the National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) and, as a means of increasing the number of persons registered to vote and the number of registered voters actually voting in federal, state, territorial, and local elections, supports:

i) Voter registration by mail.
ii) Additional registration facilities at locations that are easily accessible and open during convenient times to the public.
iii) Provision by employers of the necessary time and opportunity for employees to exercise their civic responsibilities to vote.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association supports governmental procedures to prevent fraud in the voter registration process as set forth in the Ballot Integrity Standards Applying to Election Officials, dated August 1989.