WASHINGTON — Federal agencies this week will submit plans to the White House on ways to increase voter registration and participation as the deadline approaches for one of President Joe Biden’s key voting rights initiatives.
The White House has been tight-lipped on the specific plans that federal agencies are developing, but voting rights advocates say the most meaningful policy change would be enabling people to register to vote when they use federal websites to apply for student financial aid or health insurance.
Biden’s sweeping executive order in March instructed the head of every federal agency to submit within 200 days “a strategic plan outlining the ways identified under this review that the agency can promote voter registration and voter participation.” That deadline will be reached on Thursday.
