<Li> Affirming the attorney general's authority to send federal observers in states subject to Section 4 to monitor elections in these states the proposal expands the attorney general's authority to send observers to jurisdictions with a history of discriminating against language minority groups . </Li> <P> As of June 2014 the proposed Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 was in limbo because there is no widespread support to amend the Voting Rights Act as it was by its re-authorization in 2006 by Congress . Both the House and Senate versions of the bill ultimately died in their respective Judiciary Committees . The House introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015 the following year . It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on the day it was introduced, but didn't move past the committee stage . The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2867), a similar measure to the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015, was introduced on June 24, 2015, but died with the end of the 114th United States Congress . The most recent legislative attempt, the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2017 (H.R. 3239), was introduced on July 13, 2017, and again referred to the House Judiciary Committee . </P> <P> New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand proposed to make online voter registration universal . Under her proposal states with existing online access would expand their system beyond those with state - issued IDs to allow more young people, seniors, minorities and the poor access and update their own voter records online . To ensure security, online systems will verify voter's eligibility by checking each person's personal information, like date of birth, Social Security, and address . According to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School in 2014 several states (California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah) and Washington, D.C. passed laws improving voter access, while laws restricting voter access was only passed by a minority of states in 2014 . Introduced and pending legislation to expand and improve access to registration and voting include as of December 2014 electronic transfer of voter registration information, online registration, portability i.e. the possibility to move a voter's registration with her when she moves to a new address within the same county or state, fail - safe protections, easier registration and voting for students, people with disabilities, military members and for voters who speak a language other than English as well as expansion of opportunities for voting registration and for early in - person voting . </P>

Which of the following is not a requirement for voting in texas as of september 2014