The National Voter Registration Act was passed in the early nineties.
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The NPR Politics PodcastSep 29, 2026
The NVRA was signed into law on May 20, 1993, which falls within the early nineties as the claim states. The extraction is faithful to the passage, which says the NVRA was "passed in the early nineties."
What was said
… talking about this sort of blanket ban on systematic removals in that 90 day window, there's a significant portion of the Republican Party that disagrees with that premise and really has been fighting in a lot of different ways against the law behind it, the NVRA, the National Voter Registration Act, which was passed in the early nineties. And so, you know, I think what will be interesting now is the different ways that the Trump administration or potentially Republican states could use, now that they can access SAVE again, could potentially use that to push the boundaries on how they can do …
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Supports. Multiple primary and tier1 sources state the National Voter Registration Act was passed in 1993 and signed by President Clinton on May 20, 1993.[1][3][4][5]
Supports. The House-passed engrossed bill record lists H.R. 2, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as passed in the House during the 103rd Congress, consistent with a 1993 enactment.[6]
Context. The PolitiFact fact-check also dates the NVRA to 1993 and describes it as building on the 1993 law, with the Act taking effect January 1, 1995 in most states.[2][4]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 primary
- 1Three False Claims About the Federal Voting Rights Billfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Biden order on voter registration tells federal agencies to ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3About The National Voter Registration Actjustice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation ...congress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 5The National Voter Registration Act at Fifteeneac.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6H.R. 2 (EH) - National Voter Registration Act of 1993govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
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