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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 156
To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Americans’ access
to the ballot box by establishing consistent standards and procedures
for voter registration and voting in elections for Federal office, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. F
ITZPATRICKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Ameri-
cans’ access to the ballot box by establishing consistent
standards and procedures for voter registration and vot-
ing in elections for Federal office, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Restoring Faith in Elections Act’’. 5
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(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 1
this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.
Sec. 103. Federal standards for reporting election results.
TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
Sec. 201. Short title; findings and purpose.
Sec. 202. Automatic registration of eligible individuals.
Sec. 203. Contributing agency assistance in registration.
Sec. 204. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible vot-
ers in existing records.
Sec. 205. Voter protection and security in automatic registration.
Sec. 206. Registration portability and correction.
Sec. 207. Payments and grants.
Sec. 208. Treatment of exempt States.
Sec. 209. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 210. Definitions.
Sec. 211. Effective date.
TITLE III—PROMOTING STANDARDIZED ADMINISTRATION OF
ELECTIONS
Sec. 301. Requiring parity in treatment of methods of voting.
Sec. 302. Requiring standard election administration procedures in all jurisdic-
tions in State.
TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCURACY OF VOTER REGISTRATION
LISTS
Sec. 401. Establishment of National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clear-
inghouse.
Sec. 402. Pre-election maintenance and certification of official voter registra-
tion list.
Sec. 403. Requiring applicants for motor vehicle driver’s licenses in new State
to indicate whether State serves as residence for voter registra-
tion purposes.
TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS 3
FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS 4
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 5
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Verifiable, Orderly, 6
and Timely Election Results Act’’. 7
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SEC. 102. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 2
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) is amended— 3
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 4
sections 305 and 306, respectively; and 5
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 6
new section: 7
‘‘SEC. 304. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 8
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—When otherwise permitted by 9
State law, any vote-by-mail system used in an election for 10
Federal office must be designed and implemented to en-11
sure a secure, uniform, and timely system to cast a mail- 12
in ballot in accordance with this section. 13
‘‘(b) R
EQUESTS.— 14
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Requests for a mail-in bal-15
lot under such system may be submitted electroni-16
cally or by postal mail using a standardized form ap-17
proved for such requests by the chief State election 18
official. 19
‘‘(2) R
EQUEST.—The form for such requests 20
must enable an election official who receives the re-21
quest to confirm— 22
‘‘(A) the identity of the individual submit-23
ting the request; 24
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‘‘(B) that the individual is validly reg-1
istered to vote in the jurisdiction where the re-2
quest is submitted; and 3
‘‘(C) that the individual continues to reside 4
at the physical address where the individual is 5
registered to vote (if different than the mailing 6
address where the ballot is requested to be 7
sent). 8
‘‘(3) D
EADLINE FOR SUBMISSION .—Such re-9
quest must be submitted by an individual and re-10
ceived by the office of the State or local election su-11
pervisor not later than 21 days before the date of 12
the election for Federal office. 13
‘‘(4) M
AILING OF BALLOTS.—Upon receipt of 14
such a request, the State or local election supervisor 15
shall fulfill the request by mailing a mail-in ballot to 16
the individual within 3 days. 17
‘‘(c) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR STATE ORLOCALELEC-18
TIONOFFICIALS.—The office of the State or local election 19
supervisor shall— 20
‘‘(1) record the total number of mail-in ballots 21
sent to voters pursuant to this section; and 22
‘‘(2) include a notation on the voter rolls main-23
tained by the office and provided to the individual 24
polling locations, which identifies that a voter has 25
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received a mail-in ballot and the date that mail-in 1
ballot was sent to the voter. 2
‘‘(d) B
ALLOTREQUIREMENTS.— 3
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—To be considered validly 4
cast and eligible to be counted in an election for 5
Federal office, a mail-in ballot must— 6
‘‘(A) be marked using blue or black ink, 7
and properly designate the individual’s vote for 8
each candidate; 9
‘‘(B) be signed by the individual using the 10
same signature the individual used to register 11
to vote; 12
‘‘(C) be dated; 13
‘‘(D) be received by the appropriate elec-14
tion official no later than the time polls close on 15
the date of the election; and 16
‘‘(E) include an attestation, signed by the 17
individual, that the individual submitting the 18
mail-in ballot is— 19
‘‘(i) the individual to whom the ballot 20
was mailed; 21
‘‘(ii) registered to vote in the jurisdic-22
tion where the ballot is being submitted; 23
and 24
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‘‘(iii) submitting the mail-in ballot in 1
lieu of casting a ballot in-person, and will 2
not attempt to cast a ballot in-person after 3
submitting the mail-in ballot. 4
‘‘(2) R
ETURN OF BALLOTS IN -PERSON.—An in-5
dividual may choose to return a mail-in ballot in-per-6
son to the polling place where the individual is reg-7
istered to vote in lieu of returning the ballot by mail. 8
‘‘(e) O
PTIONTOVOTEIN-PERSON.— 9
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—An individual who receives 10
a mail-in ballot with respect to an election for Fed-11
eral office may instead vote in-person in such elec-12
tion if the individual turns in the blank or incom-13
plete mail-in ballot received by the individual to the 14
polling location where the individual plans to vote in- 15
person. 16
‘‘(2) P
ROVISIONAL BALLOT.—If the individual 17
attempts to vote in-person but does not bring their 18
blank or incomplete mail-in ballot to the polling loca-19
tion, the individual shall be directed to complete a 20
provisional ballot. 21
‘‘(f) P
ERSONSPERMITTEDTOPOSSESSMAIL-IN 22
B
ALLOTS.— 23
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 24
person to possess or return a mail-in ballot com-25
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pleted by another person, except as provided in this 1
subsection. 2
‘‘(2) I
MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .— 3
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—A person may possess 4
or return a mail-in ballot completed by an im-5
mediate family member, provided that the per-6
son does not possess more than two such com-7
pleted mail-in ballots other than his or her own. 8
‘‘(B) D
EFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY 9
MEMBER.—In this paragraph, the term ‘imme-10
diate family member’ means the spouse, child, 11
parent, grandparent, or sibling of the person. 12
‘‘(3) C
AREGIVER.— 13
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—A caregiver may pos-14
sess or return a mail-in ballot completed by a 15
person under the supervision or care of the 16
caregiver, provided that the caregiver does not 17
possess more than two such completed mail-in 18
ballots other than his or her own. 19
‘‘(B) D
EFINITION OF CAREGIVER .—In this 20
paragraph, the term ‘caregiver’ means an indi-21
vidual who has the responsibility for the care of 22
an older individual, either voluntarily, by con-23
tract, by receipt of payment for care, or as a re-24
sult of the operation of law and means an indi-25
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vidual who provides (on behalf of such indi-1
vidual or of a public or private agency, organi-2
zation, or institution) compensated or uncom-3
pensated care to an older individual. 4
‘‘(4) I
NCIDENTAL POSSESSION EXCEPTED .— 5
The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply 6
to the incidental possession of mail-in ballots by a 7
postal worker or election official acting within the 8
scope of his or her official capacity. 9
‘‘(5) P
ENALTY.—Any person who violates this 10
subsection shall be fined under title 18, United 11
States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 12
both. 13
‘‘(g) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply 14
with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 15
date of the enactment of this section.’’. 16
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT RELATING TOEN-17
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 18
is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 19
304’’. 20
(c) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 21
of such Act is amended— 22
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-23
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 24
306; and 25
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(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-1
tion 303 the following new item: 2
‘‘Sec. 304. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.’’.
SEC. 103. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-
3
TION RESULTS. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 5
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended 6
by section 102(a), is amended— 7
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 8
sections 306 and 307, respectively; and 9
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 10
new section: 11
‘‘SEC. 305. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-12
TION RESULTS. 13
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The chief State election official 14
shall ensure that ballots validly cast in an election for Fed-15
eral office are able to be counted and reported in a timely 16
manner as follows: 17
‘‘(1) Mail-in ballots received prior to the date of 18
the election shall be counted beginning at least one 19
week prior to the date of the election. 20
‘‘(2) One hour after polls close on the date of 21
the election, each voting precinct shall report to the 22
chief State election official the following: 23
‘‘(A) The total number of mail-in ballots 24
received by the voting precinct. 25
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‘‘(B) The total number of ballots cast in- 1
person in the voting precinct. 2
‘‘(C) Of the ballots reported under sub-3
paragraphs (A) and (B), the number of such 4
ballots that have been counted and the number 5
of such ballots that remain to be counted. 6
‘‘(3) All ballots validly cast in an election for 7
Federal office shall be counted and reported within 8
24 hours after the conclusion of voting on the date 9
of the election. 10
‘‘(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply 11
with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 12
date of the enactment of this section.’’. 13
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT RELATING TOEN-14
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 15
21111), as amended by section 102(b), is amended by 16
striking ‘‘and 304’’ and inserting ‘‘304, and 305’’. 17
(c) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 18
of such Act, as amended by section 102(c), is amended— 19
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-20
tions 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 21
307; and 22
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-23
tion 304 the following new item: 24
‘‘Sec. 305. Federal standards for reporting election results.’’.
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TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER 1
REGISTRATION 2
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This title may be cited as the 4
‘‘Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2023’’. 5
(b) F
INDINGS ANDPURPOSE.— 6
(1) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 7
(A) the right to vote is a fundamental 8
right of citizens of the United States; 9
(B) it is the responsibility of the State and 10
Federal Governments to ensure that every eligi-11
ble citizen is registered to vote; 12
(C) existing voter registration systems can 13
be inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and con-14
fusing, with damaging effects on voter partici-15
pation in elections and disproportionate impacts 16
on young people, persons with disabilities, and 17
racial and ethnic minorities; and 18
(D) voter registration systems must be up-19
dated with 21st-century technologies and proce-20
dures to maintain their security. 21
(2) P
URPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— 22
(A) to establish that it is the responsibility 23
of government at every level to ensure that all 24
eligible citizens are registered to vote; 25
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(B) to enable the State and Federal Gov-1
ernments to register all eligible citizens to vote 2
with accurate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date pro-3
cedures; 4
(C) to modernize voter registration and list 5
maintenance procedures with electronic and 6
internet capabilities; and 7
(D) to protect and enhance the integrity, 8
accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility of the 9
electoral process for all eligible citizens. 10
SEC. 202. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI-11
VIDUALS. 12
(a) R
EQUIRINGSTATESTOESTABLISH ANDOPER-13
ATEAUTOMATICREGISTRATIONSYSTEM.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The chief State election offi-15
cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys-16
tem of automatic registration for the registration of 17
eligible individuals to vote for elections for Federal 18
office in the State, in accordance with the provisions 19
of this title. 20
(2) D
EFINITION.—The term ‘‘automatic reg-21
istration’’ means a system that registers an indi-22
vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in a 23
State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 24
information necessary for registration from govern-25
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ment agencies to election officials of the State so 1
that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 2
be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 3
in such elections. 4
(b) R
EGISTRATION OF VOTERSBASED ONNEW 5
A
GENCYRECORDS.—The chief State election official 6
shall— 7
(1) not later than 15 days after a contributing 8
agency has transmitted information with respect to 9
an individual pursuant to section 203, ensure that 10
the individual is registered to vote in elections for 11
Federal office in the State if the individual is eligible 12
to be registered to vote in such elections; and 13
(2) send written notice to the individual, in ad-14
dition to other means of notice established by this 15
part, of the individual’s voter registration status. 16
(c) O
NE-TIMEREGISTRATION OFVOTERSBASED ON 17
E
XISTINGCONTRIBUTINGAGENCYRECORDS.—The chief 18
State election official shall— 19
(1) identify all individuals whose information is 20
transmitted by a contributing agency pursuant to 21
section 204 and who are eligible to be, but are not 22
currently, registered to vote in that State; 23
(2) promptly send each such individual written 24
notice, in addition to other means of notice estab-25
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lished by this title, which shall not identify the con-1
tributing agency that transmitted the information 2
but shall include— 3
(A) an explanation that voter registration 4
is voluntary, but if the individual does not de-5
cline registration, the individual will be reg-6
istered to vote; 7
(B) a statement offering the opportunity to 8
decline voter registration through means con-9
sistent with the requirements of this title; 10
(C) in the case of a State in which affili-11
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-12
quired in order to participate in an election to 13
select the party’s candidate in an election for 14
Federal office, a statement offering the indi-15
vidual the opportunity to affiliate or enroll with 16
a political party or to decline to affiliate or en-17
roll with a political party, through means con-18
sistent with the requirements of this title; 19
(D) the substantive qualifications of an 20
elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 21
registration application form for elections for 22
Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 23
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 24
the consequences of false registration, and a 25
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statement that the individual should decline to 1
register if the individual does not meet all those 2
qualifications; 3
(E) instructions for correcting any erro-4
neous information; and 5
(F) instructions for providing any addi-6
tional information which is listed in the mail 7
voter registration application form for elections 8
for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9
9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 10
1993; 11
(3) ensure that each such individual who is eli-12
gible to register to vote in elections for Federal of-13
fice in the State is promptly registered to vote not 14
later than 45 days after the official sends the indi-15
vidual the written notice under paragraph (2), un-16
less, during the 30-day period which begins on the 17
date the election official sends the individual such 18
written notice, the individual declines registration in 19
writing, through a communication made over the 20
internet, or by an officially logged telephone commu-21
nication; and 22
(4) send written notice to each such individual, 23
in addition to other means of notice established by 24
this title, of the individual’s voter registration status. 25
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(d) TREATMENT OFINDIVIDUALSUNDER18 YEARS 1
OFAGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 2
as an eligible individual for purposes of this title on the 3
grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age 4
at the time a contributing agency receives information 5
with respect to the individual, so long as the individual 6
is at least 16 years of age at such time. 7
(e) C
ONTRIBUTINGAGENCYDEFINED.—In this part, 8
the term ‘‘contributing agency’’ means, with respect to a 9
State, an agency listed in section 203(e). 10
SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE IN REG-11
ISTRATION. 12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In accordance with this title, each 13
contributing agency in a State shall assist the State’s chief 14
election official in registering to vote all eligible individuals 15
served by that agency. 16
(b) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTING AGEN-17
CIES.— 18
(1) I
NSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA -19
TION.—With each application for service or assist-20
ance, and with each related recertification, renewal, 21
or change of address, or, in the case of an institu-22
tion of higher education, with each registration of a 23
student for enrollment in a course of study, each 24
contributing agency that (in the normal course of its 25
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operations) requests individuals to affirm United 1
States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 2
overall application for service or assistance) shall in-3
form each such individual who is a citizen of the 4
United States of the following: 5
(A) Unless that individual declines to reg-6
ister to vote, or is found ineligible to vote, the 7
individual will be registered to vote or, if appli-8
cable, the individual’s registration will be up-9
dated. 10
(B) The substantive qualifications of an 11
elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 12
registration application form for elections for 13
Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 14
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 15
the consequences of false registration, and the 16
individual should decline to register if the indi-17
vidual does not meet all those qualifications. 18
(C) In the case of a State in which affili-19
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-20
quired in order to participate in an election to 21
select the party’s candidate in an election for 22
Federal office, the requirement that the indi-23
vidual must affiliate or enroll with a political 24
party in order to participate in such an election. 25
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(D) Voter registration is voluntary, and 1
neither registering nor declining to register to 2
vote will in any way affect the availability of 3
services or benefits, nor be used for other pur-4
poses. 5
(2) O
PPORTUNITY TO DECLINE REGISTRATION 6
REQUIRED.—Each contributing agency shall ensure 7
that each application for service or assistance, and 8
each related recertification, renewal, or change of 9
address, or, in the case of an institution of higher 10
education, each registration of a student for enroll-11
ment in a course of study, cannot be completed until 12
the individual is given the opportunity to decline to 13
be registered to vote. 14
(3) I
NFORMATION TRANSMITTAL .—Upon the 15
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 16
date the contributing agency informs the individual 17
of the information described in paragraph (1), each 18
contributing agency shall electronically transmit to 19
the appropriate State election official, in a format 20
compatible with the statewide voter database main-21
tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 22
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), the following infor-23
mation, unless during such 30-day period the indi-24
vidual declined to be registered to vote: 25
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(A) The individual’s given name(s) and 1
surname(s). 2
(B) The individual’s date of birth. 3
(C) The individual’s residential address. 4
(D) Information showing that the indi-5
vidual is a citizen of the United States. 6
(E) The date on which information per-7
taining to that individual was collected or last 8
updated. 9
(F) If available, the individual’s signature 10
in electronic form. 11
(G) Information regarding the individual’s 12
affiliation or enrollment with a political party, 13
if the individual provides such information. 14
(H) Any additional information listed in 15
the mail voter registration application form for 16
elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant 17
to section 9 of the National Voter Registration 18
Act of 1993, including any valid driver’s license 19
number or the last 4 digits of the individual’s 20
social security number, if the individual pro-21
vided such information. 22
(c) A
LTERNATEPROCEDURE FOR CERTAINCON-23
TRIBUTINGAGENCIES.—With each application for service 24
or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-25
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newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-1
tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-2
dent for enrollment in a course of study, any contributing 3
agency that in the normal course of its operations does 4
not request individuals applying for service or assistance 5
to affirm United States citizenship (either directly or as 6
part of the overall application for service or assistance) 7
shall— 8
(1) complete the requirements of section 7(a)(6) 9
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 10
U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)); 11
(2) ensure that each applicant’s transaction 12
with the agency cannot be completed until the appli-13
cant has indicated whether the applicant wishes to 14
register to vote or declines to register to vote in elec-15
tions for Federal office held in the State; and 16
(3) for each individual who wishes to register to 17
vote, transmit that individual’s information in ac-18
cordance with subsection (b)(3). 19
(d) R
EQUIREDAVAILABILITY OFAUTOMATICREG-20
ISTRATIONOPPORTUNITYWITHEACHAPPLICATION FOR 21
S
ERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.—Each contributing agency 22
shall offer each individual, with each application for serv-23
ice or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-24
newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-25
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tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-1
dent for enrollment in a course of study, the opportunity 2
to register to vote as prescribed by this section without 3
regard to whether the individual previously declined a reg-4
istration opportunity. 5
(e) C
ONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES.— 6
(1) S
TATE AGENCIES.—In each State, each of 7
the following agencies shall be treated as a contrib-8
uting agency: 9
(A) Each agency in a State that is re-10
quired by Federal law to provide voter registra-11
tion services, including the State motor vehicle 12
authority and other voter registration agencies 13
under the National Voter Registration Act of 14
1993. 15
(B) Each agency in a State that admin-16
isters a program pursuant to title III of the So-17
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), title 18
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 19
et seq.), or the Patient Protection and Afford-20
able Care Act (Public Law 111–148). 21
(C) Each State agency primarily respon-22
sible for regulating the private possession of 23
firearms. 24
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(D) Each State agency primarily respon-1
sible for maintaining identifying information for 2
students enrolled at public secondary schools, 3
including, where applicable, the State agency 4
responsible for maintaining the education data 5
system described in section 6201(e)(2) of the 6
America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 7
9871(e)(2)). 8
(E) In the case of a State in which an in-9
dividual disenfranchised by a criminal convic-10
tion may become eligible to vote upon comple-11
tion of a criminal sentence or any part thereof, 12
or upon formal restoration of rights, the State 13
agency responsible for administering that sen-14
tence, or part thereof, or that restoration of 15
rights. 16
(F) Any other agency of the State which is 17
designated by the State as a contributing agen-18
cy. 19
(2) F
EDERAL AGENCIES.—In each State, each 20
of the following agencies of the Federal Government 21
shall be treated as a contributing agency with re-22
spect to individuals who are residents of that State 23
(except as provided in subparagraph (C)): 24
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(A) The Social Security Administration, 1
the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De-2
fense Manpower Data Center of the Depart-3
ment of Defense, the Employee and Training 4
Administration of the Department of Labor, 5
and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Serv-6
ices of the Department of Health and Human 7
Services. 8
(B) The Bureau of Citizenship and Immi-9
gration Services, but only with respect to indi-10
viduals who have completed the naturalization 11
process. 12
(C) In the case of an individual who is a 13
resident of a State in which an individual 14
disenfranchised by a criminal conviction under 15
Federal law may become eligible to vote upon 16
completion of a criminal sentence or any part 17
thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, 18
the Federal agency responsible for admin-19
istering that sentence or part thereof (without 20
regard to whether the agency is located in the 21
same State in which the individual is a resi-22
dent), but only with respect to individuals who 23
have completed the criminal sentence or any 24
part thereof. 25
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(D) Any other agency of the Federal Gov-1
ernment which the State designates as a con-2
tributing agency, but only if the State and the 3
head of the agency determine that the agency 4
collects information sufficient to carry out the 5
responsibilities of a contributing agency under 6
this section. 7
(3) I
NSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 8
Each institution of higher education that receives 9
Federal funds shall be treated as a contributing 10
agency in the State in which it is located, but only 11
with respect to students of the institution (including 12
students who attend classes online) who reside in the 13
State. An institution of higher education described 14
in the previous sentence shall be exempt from the 15
voter registration requirements of section 487(a)(23) 16
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 17
1094(a)(23)) if the institution is in compliance with 18
the applicable requirements of this part. 19
(4) P
UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 20
prior to the date of each election for Federal office 21
held in the State, the chief State election official 22
shall publish on the public website of the official an 23
updated list of all contributing agencies in that 24
State. 25
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(5) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—The chief State elec-1
tion official of each State, in collaboration with each 2
contributing agency, shall take appropriate measures 3
to educate the public about voter registration under 4
this section. 5
SEC. 204. ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE 6
IN REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN 7
EXISTING RECORDS. 8
(a) I
NITIALTRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—For 9
each individual already listed in a contributing agency’s 10
records as of the date of enactment of this Act, and for 11
whom the agency has the information listed in section 12
203(b)(3), the agency shall promptly transmit that infor-13
mation to the appropriate State election official in accord-14
ance with section 203(b)(3) not later than the effective 15
date described in section 211(a). 16
(b) T
RANSITION.—For each individual listed in a con-17
tributing agency’s records as of the effective date de-18
scribed in section 211(a) (but who was not listed in a con-19
tributing agency’s records as of the date of enactment of 20
this Act), and for whom the agency has the information 21
listed in section 203(b)(3), the Agency shall promptly 22
transmit that information to the appropriate State election 23
official in accordance with section 203(b)(3) not later than 24
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6 months after the effective date described in section 1
211(a). 2
SEC. 205. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO-3
MATIC REGISTRATION. 4
(a) P
ROTECTIONS FORERRORS INREGISTRATION.— 5
An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 6
law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication concerning 7
immigration status or naturalization, or subject to an alle-8
gation in any legal proceeding that the individual is not 9
a citizen of the United States on any of the following 10
grounds: 11
(1) The individual notified an election office of 12
the individual’s automatic registration to vote under 13
this title. 14
(2) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec-15
tions for Federal office but was automatically reg-16
istered to vote under this title. 17
(3) The individual was automatically registered 18
to vote under this title at an incorrect address. 19
(4) The individual declined the opportunity to 20
register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 21
citizenship, including through automatic registration, 22
under this title. 23
(b) L
IMITS ONUSE OFAUTOMATICREGISTRA-24
TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 25
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fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 1
to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in-2
cluding through automatic registration) under this title 3
may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 4
State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi-5
vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra-6
tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 7
alone. 8
(c) P
ROTECTION OFELECTIONINTEGRITY.—Noth-9
ing in subsection (a) or (b) may be construed to prohibit 10
or restrict any action under color of law against an indi-11
vidual who— 12
(1) knowingly and willfully makes a false state-13
ment to effectuate or perpetuate automatic voter 14
registration by any individual; or 15
(2) casts a ballot knowingly and willfully in vio-16
lation of State law or the laws of the United States. 17
(d) C
ONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES’ PROTECTION OFIN-18
FORMATION.—Nothing in this title authorizes a contrib-19
uting agency to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly dis-20
close any of the following: 21
(1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg-22
ister to vote or not to register to vote. 23
(2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 24
her citizenship. 25
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(3) Any information that a contributing agency 1
transmits pursuant to section 203(b)(3), except in 2
pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 3
(e) E
LECTIONOFFICIALS’ PROTECTION OFINFOR-4
MATION.— 5
(1) P
UBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED .— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-7
graph (B), with respect to any individual for 8
whom any State election official receives infor-9
mation from a contributing agency, the State 10
election officials shall not publicly disclose any 11
of the following: 12
(i) The identity of the contributing 13
agency. 14
(ii) Any information not necessary to 15
voter registration. 16
(iii) Any voter information otherwise 17
shielded from disclosure under State law or 18
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-19
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20
20507(a)). 21
(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-22
cial security number. 23
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 24
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 25
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(vi) The individual’s signature. 1
(vii) The individual’s telephone num-2
ber. 3
(viii) The individual’s email address. 4
(B) S
PECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS REG -5
ISTERED TO VOTE.—With respect to any indi-6
vidual for whom any State election official re-7
ceives information from a contributing agency 8
and who, on the basis of such information, is 9
registered to vote in the State under this part, 10
the State election officials shall not publicly dis-11
close any of the following: 12
(i) The identity of the contributing 13
agency. 14
(ii) Any information not necessary to 15
voter registration. 16
(iii) Any voter information otherwise 17
shielded from disclosure under State law or 18
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-19
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20
20507(a)). 21
(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-22
cial security number. 23
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 24
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 25
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(vi) The individual’s signature. 1
(2) V
OTER RECORD CHANGES .—Each State 2
shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make 3
available for public inspection and, where available, 4
photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records of 5
changes to voter records, including removals and up-6
dates. 7
(3) D
ATABASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS .— 8
The Director of the National Institute of Standards 9
and Technology shall, after providing the public with 10
notice and the opportunity to comment— 11
(A) establish standards governing the com-12
parison of data for voter registration list main-13
tenance purposes, identifying as part of such 14
standards the specific data elements, the 15
matching rules used, and how a State may use 16
the data to determine and deem that an indi-17
vidual is ineligible under State law to vote in an 18
election, or to deem a record to be a duplicate 19
or outdated; 20
(B) ensure that the standards developed 21
pursuant to this paragraph are uniform and 22
nondiscriminatory and are applied in a uniform 23
and nondiscriminatory manner; and 24
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(C) publish the standards developed pursu-1
ant to this paragraph on the Director’s website 2
and make those standards available in written 3
form upon request. 4
(4) S
ECURITY POLICY.—The Director of the 5
National Institute of Standards and Technology 6
shall, after providing the public with notice and the 7
opportunity to comment, publish privacy and secu-8
rity standards for voter registration information. 9
The standards shall require the chief State election 10
official of each State to adopt a policy that shall 11
specify— 12
(A) each class of users who shall have au-13
thorized access to the computerized statewide 14
voter registration list, specifying for each class 15
the permission and levels of access to be grant-16
ed, and setting forth other safeguards to pro-17
tect the privacy, security, and accuracy of the 18
information on the list; and 19
(B) security safeguards to protect personal 20
information transmitted through the informa-21
tion transmittal processes of section 203 or sec-22
tion 204, the online system used pursuant to 23
section 207, any telephone interface, the main-24
tenance of the voter registration database, and 25
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any audit procedure to track access to the sys-1
tem. 2
(5) S
TATE COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL 3
STANDARDS.— 4
(A) C
ERTIFICATION.—The chief executive 5
officer of the State shall annually file with the 6
Election Assistance Commission a statement 7
certifying to the Director of the National Insti-8
tute of Standards and Technology that the 9
State is in compliance with the standards re-10
ferred to in paragraphs (3) and (4). A State 11
may meet the requirement of the previous sen-12
tence by filing with the Commission a statement 13
which reads as follows: ‘‘lllll hereby 14
certifies that it is in compliance with the stand-15
ards referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 16
section 205 of the Automatic Voter Registration 17
Act of 2023.’’ (with the blank to be filled in 18
with the name of the State involved). 19
(B) P
UBLICATION OF POLICIES AND PRO -20
CEDURES.—The chief State election official of a 21
State shall publish on the official’s website the 22
policies and procedures established under this 23
section, and shall make those policies and pro-24
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cedures available in written form upon public 1
request. 2
(C) F
UNDING DEPENDENT ON CERTIFI -3
CATION.—If a State does not timely file the cer-4
tification required under this paragraph, it shall 5
not receive any payment under this title for the 6
upcoming fiscal year. 7
(D) C
OMPLIANCE OF STATES THAT RE -8
QUIRE CHANGES TO STATE LAW .—In the case 9
of a State that requires State legislation to 10
carry out an activity covered by any certifi-11
cation submitted under this paragraph, for a 12
period of not more than 2 years the State shall 13
be permitted to make the certification notwith-14
standing that the legislation has not been en-15
acted at the time the certification is submitted, 16
and such State shall submit an additional cer-17
tification once such legislation is enacted. 18
(f) R
ESTRICTIONS ONUSE OFINFORMATION.—No 19
person acting under color of law may discriminate against 20
any individual based on, or use for any purpose other than 21
voter registration, election administration, or enforcement 22
relating to election crimes, any of the following: 23
(1) Voter registration records. 24
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(2) An individual’s declination to register to 1
vote or complete an affirmation of citizenship under 2
section 203(b). 3
(3) An individual’s voter registration status. 4
(g) P
ROHIBITION ON THEUSE OFVOTERREGISTRA-5
TIONINFORMATION FOR COMMERCIALPURPOSES.—In-6
formation collected under this title shall not be used for 7
commercial purposes. Nothing in this subsection may be 8
construed to prohibit the transmission, exchange, or dis-9
semination of information for political purposes, including 10
the support of campaigns for election for Federal, State, 11
or local public office or the activities of political commit-12
tees (including committees of political parties) under the 13
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 14
SEC. 206. REGISTRATION PORTABILITY AND CORRECTION. 15
(a) C
ORRECTINGREGISTRATIONINFORMATION AT 16
P
OLLINGPLACE.—Notwithstanding section 302(a) of the 17
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), if 18
an individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal 19
office held in a State, the appropriate election official at 20
the polling place for any such election (including a location 21
used as a polling place on a date other than the date of 22
the election) shall permit the individual to— 23
(1) update the individual’s address for purposes 24
of the records of the election official; 25
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(2) correct any incorrect information relating to 1
the individual, including the individual’s name and 2
political party affiliation, in the records of the elec-3
tion official; and 4
(3) cast a ballot in the election on the basis of 5
the updated address or corrected information, and to 6
have the ballot treated as a regular ballot and not 7
as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 8
Act. 9
(b) U
PDATES TOCOMPUTERIZEDSTATEWIDEVOTER 10
R
EGISTRATIONLISTS.—If an election official at the poll-11
ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor-12
mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi-13
cial shall ensure that the address or information is 14
promptly entered into the computerized statewide voter 15
registration list in accordance with section 16
303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 17
(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 18
SEC. 207. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 19
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis-20
sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 21
State in implementing the requirements of this title (or, 22
in the case of an exempt State, in implementing its exist-23
ing automatic voter registration program). 24
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(b) ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 1
to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 2
to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 3
Commission may require, an application containing— 4
(1) a description of the activities the State will 5
carry out with the grant; 6
(2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 7
such activities without partisan bias and without 8
promoting any particular point of view regarding 9
any issue; and 10
(3) such other information and assurances as 11
the Commission may require. 12
(c) A
MOUNT OFGRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis-13
sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 14
eligible State under this section. In determining the 15
amounts of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 16
to providing funds for those activities which are most like-17
ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 18
title (or, in the case of an exempt State, which are most 19
likely to enhance the ability of the State to automatically 20
register individuals to vote through its existing automatic 21
voter registration program), including— 22
(1) investments supporting electronic informa-23
tion transfer, including electronic collection and 24
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transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 1
and the appropriate State election officials; 2
(2) updates to online or electronic voter reg-3
istration systems already operating as of the date of 4
the enactment of this Act; 5
(3) introduction of online voter registration sys-6
tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 7
previously exist; and 8
(4) public education on the availability of new 9
methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 10
and correcting registration. 11
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 12
(1) A
UTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 13
be appropriated to carry out this section— 14
(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 15
(B) such sums as may be necessary for 16
each succeeding fiscal year. 17
(2) C
ONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS .— 18
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 19
of this subsection shall remain available without fis-20
cal year limitation until expended. 21
SEC. 208. TREATMENT OF EXEMPT STATES. 22
(a) W
AIVER OFREQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro-23
vided in subsection (b), this title does not apply with re-24
spect to an exempt State. 25
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of this 1
title apply with respect to an exempt State: 2
(1) Section 206 (relating to registration port-3
ability and correction). 4
(2) Section 207 (relating to payments and 5
grants). 6
(3) Section 209(e) (relating to enforcement). 7
(4) Section 209(f) (relating to relation to other 8
laws). 9
SEC. 209. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 10
(a) A
CCESSIBILITY OFREGISTRATIONSERVICES.— 11
Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 12
it provides under this title are made available to individ-13
uals with disabilities to the same extent as services are 14
made available to all other individuals. 15
(b) T
RANSMISSIONTHROUGHSECURETHIRDPARTY 16
P
ERMITTED.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to 17
prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 18
third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 19
transmittal requirements of this title, so long as the data 20
transmittal complies with the applicable requirements of 21
this title, including the privacy and security provisions of 22
section 205. 23
(c) N
ONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION 24
OFSERVICES.—The services made available by contrib-25
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uting agencies under this title and by the State under sec-1
tions 205 and 206 shall be made in a manner consistent 2
with paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) of 3
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 4
20506(a)). 5
(d) N
OTICES.—Each State may send notices under 6
this title via electronic mail if the individual has provided 7
an electronic mail address and consented to electronic mail 8
communications for election-related materials. All notices 9
sent pursuant to this title that require a response must 10
offer the individual notified the opportunity to respond at 11
no cost to the individual. 12
(e) E
NFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 13
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat-14
ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 15
rights of action, shall apply with respect to this title in 16
the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 17
(f) R
ELATION TOOTHERLAWS.—Except as pro-18
vided, nothing in this title may be construed to authorize 19
or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, re-20
strict, or limit the application of any of the following: 21
(1) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 22
10301 et seq.). 23
(2) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-24
sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 25
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(3) The National Voter Registration Act of 1
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 2
(4) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 3
U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 4
SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 5
In this title, the following definitions apply: 6
(1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 7
means, with respect to a State, the individual des-8
ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-9
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 10
20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 11
State’s responsibilities under such Act. 12
(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 13
Assistance Commission. 14
(3) The term ‘‘exempt State’’ means a State 15
which, under law which is in effect continuously on 16
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, op-17
erates an automatic voter registration program 18
under which an individual is automatically registered 19
to vote in elections for Federal office in the State if 20
the individual provides the motor vehicle authority of 21
the State with such identifying information as the 22
State may require. 23
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 24
States and the District of Columbia. 25
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SEC. 211. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 2
(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 3
apply with respect to a State beginning January 1, 2025. 4
(b) W
AIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com-5
mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 6
State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 7
(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 8
in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 9
deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 10
reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ were 11
a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2027’’. 12
TITLE III—PROMOTING STAND-13
ARDIZED ADMINISTRATION 14
OF ELECTIONS 15
SEC. 301. REQUIRING PARITY IN TREATMENT OF METHODS 16
OF VOTING. 17
(a) R
EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-18
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 19
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-20
section (e); and 21
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-22
lowing new subsection: 23
‘‘(d) R
EQUIRINGPARITY INTREATMENT OF METH-24
ODS OFVOTING.— 25
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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each State and jurisdic-1
tion shall administer an election for Federal office 2
under standards which apply equally to all methods 3
of voting used in the election, including standards 4
relating to signature verification, and shall not pre-5
pay or otherwise subsidize the costs associated with 6
one method of voting in an election unless the State 7
or jurisdiction prepays or otherwise subsidizes the 8
costs associated with other methods of voting in the 9
election in an equivalent amount. 10
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS .—Para-11
graph (1) does not apply with respect to costs pre-12
paid or otherwise subsidized by a State or jurisdic-13
tion in providing accommodations for disabled voters 14
or in meeting the requirements of the Uniformed 15
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.’’. 16
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(e) of such Act, 17
as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 18
the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 19
that the requirements of subsection (d) shall apply with 20
respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-21
eral office held in November 2024 and each succeeding 22
election for Federal office.’’. 23
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SEC. 302. REQUIRING STANDARD ELECTION ADMINISTRA-1
TION PROCEDURES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS 2
IN STATE. 3
(a) R
EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-4
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082), as amended by 5
section 301(a), is amended— 6
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-7
section (f); and 8
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-9
lowing new subsection: 10
‘‘(e) R
EQUIRINGSTANDARDELECTIONADMINISTRA-11
TIONPROCEDURES INALLJURISDICTIONS.—Each State 12
shall ensure that the procedures used for the administra-13
tion of elections for Federal office in the State, including 14
the procedures used to determine the conditions under 15
which individuals may cast provisional ballots and the cri-16
teria for the acceptance and rejection of provisional bal-17
lots, are standardized and uniform for all jurisdictions in 18
the State which administer such elections.’’. 19
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(f) of such Act, 20
as redesignated by subsection (a) and as amended by sec-21
tion 301(b), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 22
inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e)’’. 23
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TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCU-1
RACY OF VOTER REGISTRA-2
TION LISTS 3
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DECONFLICTION 4
VOTING DATABASE AND CLEARINGHOUSE. 5
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 6
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the 7
National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clearing-8
house. 9
(b) P
URPOSE.—The National Deconfliction Voting 10
Database and Clearinghouse shall assist States in ensur-11
ing the integrity of elections for Federal office by serving 12
as a database and clearinghouse of voter registration 13
records and lists of eligible voters in elections for Federal 14
office, so that States may ensure that individual voters 15
are registered only in the one State in which they are dom-16
iciled, deceased voters are purged from voting rolls, and 17
only citizens of the United States vote in such elections. 18
(c) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 19
has the meaning given such term in the National Voter 20
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 21
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SEC. 402. PRE-ELECTION MAINTENANCE AND CERTIFI-1
CATION OF OFFICIAL VOTER REGISTRATION 2
LIST. 3
(a) R
EQUIRINGSTATETOCERTIFYCOMPLETION OF 4
P
ROGRAMTOREMOVEINELIGIBLEVOTERSPRIOR TO 5
D
ATE OFELECTION ANDTRANSFERCERTIFIEDLIST OF 6
E
LIGIBLEVOTERS TO CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 7
8(c)(2)(A) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 8
(52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘A 9
State shall complete’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eligible 10
voters’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than 90 11
days prior to the date of an election for Federal office, 12
each State and the chief State election official of each 13
State shall certify to the Election Assistance Commission 14
and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 15
that the State has completed a program to remove the 16
names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible 17
voters with respect to the election, and shall transfer to 18
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (for 19
inclusion in the National Deconfliction Voting Database 20
and Clearinghouse) the certified list of eligible voters in 21
the election.’’. 22
(b) P
ROVISION OFINFORMATION TO STATE AND 23
CISA
BYUNITEDSTATESPOSTALSERVICE ANDSOCIAL 24
S
ECURITYADMINISTRATION.—Section 8(c)(2) of such Act 25
(52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended— 26
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(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-1
paragraph (C); and 2
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-3
lowing new subparagraph: 4
‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days before the date of each 5
regularly scheduled general election for Federal office— 6
‘‘(i) the Postmaster General shall transmit to 7
the chief State election official of a State and the 8
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 9
change-of-address information on individuals who, 10
since the previous regularly scheduled general elec-11
tion for Federal office, are no longer residents of the 12
State; and 13
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Social Security Admin-14
istration shall transmit to the chief State election of-15
ficial and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-16
rity Agency information on individuals from the 17
State who have died since the previous regularly 18
scheduled general election for Federal office.’’. 19
(c) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 20
this section shall apply with respect to the regularly sched-21
uled general election for Federal office held in November 22
2024 and each succeeding election for Federal office. 23
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SEC. 403. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 1
DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-2
CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-3
DENCE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PUR-4
POSES. 5
(a) R
EQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS FOR LI-6
CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 7
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(d)) is amended— 8
(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 9
‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 10
(2) by adding at the end the following new 11
paragraph: 12
‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 13
each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li-14
cense in the State— 15
‘‘(i) to attest, under penalty of perjury, whether 16
the individual resides in another State or resided in 17
another State prior to applying for the license, and, 18
if so, to identify the State involved; and 19
‘‘(ii) to attest, under penalty of perjury, wheth-20
er the individual intends for the State to serve as 21
the individual’s residence for purposes of registering 22
to vote in elections for Federal office. 23
‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi-24
vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 25
the individual intends for the State to serve as the individ-26
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ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec-1
tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 2
motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi-3
vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 4
the chief State election official of such State that the indi-5
vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi-6
vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 7
elections for Federal office.’’. 8
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9
subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 10
occurring in 2023 or any succeeding year. 11
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