motor voter law

American  

noun

1. a law that enables prospective voters to register when they obtain or renew a driver's license.

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Etymology

Origin of motor voter law

First recorded in 1990–93

Example Sentences

Oregon’s Motor Voter law and vote-by-mail system have been credited for boosting participation in elections the state.

From Seattle Times

Regarding voting rights — an increasingly contentious issue following former President Donald Trump’s false claims that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020 — a bill has been introduced that would automatically register people on Oregon’s Medicaid plan to vote, expanding on the state’s Motor Voter law.

From Seattle Times

He said the numbers have really ramped up since Oregon’s “motor voter” law went into effect in 2015.

From Seattle Times

Those include: the so-called “motor voter” law allowing millions of Californians to register merely by keeping their driver’s licenses up to date; an “automatic registration” rule that assures voters remain on the voting rolls even when they move from one county to another; a measure permitting new voters to register on election day; and more marginal reforms, like one allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register, making them automatically eligible to vote when they turn 18.

From Los Angeles Times

But then Democrats in Congress pushed through the 1993 "Motor Voter" law that required states to let people register to vote when they got their drivers' licenses.

From Salon