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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 160
5	5	To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Americans’ access
6	6	to the ballot box by establishing consistent standards and procedures
7	7	for voter registration and voting in elections for Federal office, and
8	8	for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JANUARY3, 2025
11	11	Mr. F
12	12	ITZPATRICKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
13	13	Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee
14	14	on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
15	15	mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
16	16	as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Ameri-
19	19	cans’ access to the ballot box by establishing consistent
20	20	standards and procedures for voter registration and vot-
21	21	ing in elections for Federal office, and for other pur-
22	22	poses.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
26	26	(a) S
27	27	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
28	28	‘‘Restoring Faith in Elections Act’’. 5
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32	32	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 1
33	33	this Act is as follows: 2
34	34	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
35	35	TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS
36	36	Sec. 101. Short title.
37	37	Sec. 102. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.
38	38	Sec. 103. Federal standards for reporting election results.
39	39	TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
40	40	Sec. 201. Short title; findings and purpose.
41	41	Sec. 202. Automatic registration of eligible individuals.
42	42	Sec. 203. Contributing agency assistance in registration.
43	43	Sec. 204. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible vot-
44	44	ers in existing records.
45	45	Sec. 205. Voter protection and security in automatic registration.
46	46	Sec. 206. Registration portability and correction.
47	47	Sec. 207. Payments and grants.
48	48	Sec. 208. Treatment of exempt States.
49	49	Sec. 209. Miscellaneous provisions.
50	50	Sec. 210. Definitions.
51	51	Sec. 211. Effective date.
52	52	TITLE III—PROMOTING STANDARDIZED ADMINISTRATION OF
53	53	ELECTIONS
54	54	Sec. 301. Requiring parity in treatment of methods of voting.
55	55	Sec. 302. Requiring standard election administration procedures in all jurisdic-
56	56	tions in State.
57	57	TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCURACY OF VOTER REGISTRATION
58	58	LISTS
59	59	Sec. 401. Establishment of National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clear-
60	60	inghouse.
61	61	Sec. 402. Pre-election maintenance and certification of official voter registra-
62	62	tion list.
63	63	Sec. 403. Requiring applicants for motor vehicle driver’s licenses in new State
64	64	to indicate whether State serves as residence for voter registra-
65	65	tion purposes.
66	66	TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS 3
67	67	FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS 4
68	68	SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 5
69	69	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Verifiable, Orderly, 6
70	70	and Timely Election Results Act’’. 7
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74	74	SEC. 102. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 1
75	75	(a) I
76	76	NGENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 2
77	77	Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended 3
78	78	by section 2(a) of the COCOA Act of 2024, is amended— 4
79	79	(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 5
80	80	sections 306 and 307, respectively; and 6
81	81	(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 7
82	82	new section: 8
83	83	‘‘SEC. 305. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 9
84	84	‘‘(a) I
85	85	NGENERAL.—When otherwise permitted by 10
86	86	State law, any vote-by-mail system used in an election for 11
87	87	Federal office must be designed and implemented to en-12
88	88	sure a secure, uniform, and timely system to cast a mail- 13
89	89	in ballot in accordance with this section. 14
90	90	‘‘(b) R
91	91	EQUESTS.— 15
92	92	‘‘(1) I
93	93	N GENERAL.—Requests for a mail-in bal-16
94	94	lot under such system may be submitted electroni-17
95	95	cally or by postal mail using a standardized form ap-18
96	96	proved for such requests by the chief State election 19
97	97	official. 20
98	98	‘‘(2) R
99	99	EQUEST.—The form for such requests 21
100	100	must enable an election official who receives the re-22
101	101	quest to confirm— 23
102	102	‘‘(A) the identity of the individual submit-24
103	103	ting the request; 25
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107	107	‘‘(B) that the individual is validly reg-1
108	108	istered to vote in the jurisdiction where the re-2
109	109	quest is submitted; and 3
110	110	‘‘(C) that the individual continues to reside 4
111	111	at the physical address where the individual is 5
112	112	registered to vote (if different than the mailing 6
113	113	address where the ballot is requested to be 7
114	114	sent). 8
115	115	‘‘(3) D
116	116	EADLINE FOR SUBMISSION .—Such re-9
117	117	quest must be submitted by an individual and re-10
118	118	ceived by the office of the State or local election su-11
119	119	pervisor not later than 21 days before the date of 12
120	120	the election for Federal office. 13
121	121	‘‘(4) M
122	122	AILING OF BALLOTS.—Upon receipt of 14
123	123	such a request, the State or local election supervisor 15
124	124	shall fulfill the request by mailing a mail-in ballot to 16
125	125	the individual within 3 days. 17
126	126	‘‘(c) R
127	127	EQUIREMENTS FOR STATE ORLOCALELEC-18
128	128	TIONOFFICIALS.—The office of the State or local election 19
129	129	supervisor shall— 20
130	130	‘‘(1) record the total number of mail-in ballots 21
131	131	sent to voters pursuant to this section; and 22
132	132	‘‘(2) include a notation on the voter rolls main-23
133	133	tained by the office and provided to the individual 24
134	134	polling locations, which identifies that a voter has 25
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138	138	received a mail-in ballot and the date that mail-in 1
139	139	ballot was sent to the voter. 2
140	140	‘‘(d) B
141	141	ALLOTREQUIREMENTS.— 3
142	142	‘‘(1) I
143	143	N GENERAL.—To be considered validly 4
144	144	cast and eligible to be counted in an election for 5
145	145	Federal office, a mail-in ballot must— 6
146	146	‘‘(A) be marked using blue or black ink, 7
147	147	and properly designate the individual’s vote for 8
148	148	each candidate; 9
149	149	‘‘(B) be signed by the individual using the 10
150	150	same signature the individual used to register 11
151	151	to vote; 12
152	152	‘‘(C) be dated; 13
153	153	‘‘(D) be received by the appropriate elec-14
154	154	tion official no later than the time polls close on 15
155	155	the date of the election; and 16
156	156	‘‘(E) include an attestation, signed by the 17
157	157	individual, that the individual submitting the 18
158	158	mail-in ballot is— 19
159	159	‘‘(i) the individual to whom the ballot 20
160	160	was mailed; 21
161	161	‘‘(ii) registered to vote in the jurisdic-22
162	162	tion where the ballot is being submitted; 23
163	163	and 24
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167	167	‘‘(iii) submitting the mail-in ballot in 1
168	168	lieu of casting a ballot in-person, and will 2
169	169	not attempt to cast a ballot in-person after 3
170	170	submitting the mail-in ballot. 4
171	171	‘‘(2) R
172	172	ETURN OF BALLOTS IN -PERSON.—An in-5
173	173	dividual may choose to return a mail-in ballot in-per-6
174	174	son to the polling place where the individual is reg-7
175	175	istered to vote in lieu of returning the ballot by mail. 8
176	176	‘‘(e) O
177	177	PTIONTOVOTEIN-PERSON.— 9
178	178	‘‘(1) I
179	179	N GENERAL.—An individual who receives 10
180	180	a mail-in ballot with respect to an election for Fed-11
181	181	eral office may instead vote in-person in such elec-12
182	182	tion if the individual turns in the blank or incom-13
183	183	plete mail-in ballot received by the individual to the 14
184	184	polling location where the individual plans to vote in- 15
185	185	person. 16
186	186	‘‘(2) P
187	187	ROVISIONAL BALLOT.—If the individual 17
188	188	attempts to vote in-person but does not bring their 18
189	189	blank or incomplete mail-in ballot to the polling loca-19
190	190	tion, the individual shall be directed to complete a 20
191	191	provisional ballot. 21
192	192	‘‘(f) P
193	193	ERSONSPERMITTEDTOPOSSESSMAIL-IN 22
194	194	B
195	195	ALLOTS.— 23
196	196	‘‘(1) I
197	197	N GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 24
198	198	person to possess or return a mail-in ballot com-25
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202	202	pleted by another person, except as provided in this 1
203	203	subsection. 2
204	204	‘‘(2) I
205	205	MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .— 3
206	206	‘‘(A) I
207	207	N GENERAL.—A person may possess 4
208	208	or return a mail-in ballot completed by an im-5
209	209	mediate family member, provided that the per-6
210	210	son does not possess more than two such com-7
211	211	pleted mail-in ballots other than his or her own. 8
212	212	‘‘(B) D
213	213	EFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY 9
214	214	MEMBER.—In this paragraph, the term ‘imme-10
215	215	diate family member’ means the spouse, child, 11
216	216	parent, grandparent, or sibling of the person. 12
217	217	‘‘(3) C
218	218	AREGIVER.— 13
219	219	‘‘(A) I
220	220	N GENERAL.—A caregiver may pos-14
221	221	sess or return a mail-in ballot completed by a 15
222	222	person under the supervision or care of the 16
223	223	caregiver, provided that the caregiver does not 17
224	224	possess more than two such completed mail-in 18
225	225	ballots other than his or her own. 19
226	226	‘‘(B) D
227	227	EFINITION OF CAREGIVER .—In this 20
228	228	paragraph, the term ‘caregiver’ means an indi-21
229	229	vidual who has the responsibility for the care of 22
230	230	an older individual, either voluntarily, by con-23
231	231	tract, by receipt of payment for care, or as a re-24
232	232	sult of the operation of law and means an indi-25
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236	236	vidual who provides (on behalf of such indi-1
237	237	vidual or of a public or private agency, organi-2
238	238	zation, or institution) compensated or uncom-3
239	239	pensated care to an older individual. 4
240	240	‘‘(4) I
241	241	NCIDENTAL POSSESSION EXCEPTED .— 5
242	242	The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply 6
243	243	to the incidental possession of mail-in ballots by a 7
244	244	postal worker or election official acting within the 8
245	245	scope of his or her official capacity. 9
246	246	‘‘(5) P
247	247	ENALTY.—Any person who violates this 10
248	248	subsection shall be fined under title 18, United 11
249	249	States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 12
250	250	both. 13
251	251	‘‘(g) E
252	252	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply 14
253	253	with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 15
254	254	date of the enactment of this section.’’. 16
255	255	(b) C
256	256	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT RELATING TOEN-17
257	257	FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 18
258	258	21111), as amended by section 2(b) of the COCOA Act 19
259	259	of 2024, is amended by striking ‘‘and 304’’ and inserting 20
260	260	‘‘304, and 305’’. 21
261	261	(c) C
262	262	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 22
263	263	of such Act, as amended by section 2(c) of the COCOA 23
264	264	Act of 2024, is amended— 24
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268	268	(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-1
269	269	tions 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 2
270	270	307; and 3
271	271	(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-4
272	272	tion 304 the following new item: 5
273	273	‘‘Sec. 305. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.’’.
274	274	SEC. 103. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-
275	275	6
276	276	TION RESULTS. 7
277	277	(a) I
278	278	NGENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 8
279	279	Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended 9
280	280	by section 102(a), is amended— 10
281	281	(1) by redesignating sections 306 and 307 as 11
282	282	sections 307 and 308, respectively; and 12
283	283	(2) by inserting after section 305 the following 13
284	284	new section: 14
285	285	‘‘SEC. 306. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-15
286	286	TION RESULTS. 16
287	287	‘‘(a) I
288	288	NGENERAL.—The chief State election official 17
289	289	shall ensure that ballots validly cast in an election for Fed-18
290	290	eral office are able to be counted and reported in a timely 19
291	291	manner as follows: 20
292	292	‘‘(1) Mail-in ballots received prior to the date of 21
293	293	the election shall be counted beginning at least one 22
294	294	week prior to the date of the election. 23
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298	298	‘‘(2) One hour after polls close on the date of 1
299	299	the election, each voting precinct shall report to the 2
300	300	chief State election official the following: 3
301	301	‘‘(A) The total number of mail-in ballots 4
302	302	received by the voting precinct. 5
303	303	‘‘(B) The total number of ballots cast in- 6
304	304	person in the voting precinct. 7
305	305	‘‘(C) Of the ballots reported under sub-8
306	306	paragraphs (A) and (B), the number of such 9
307	307	ballots that have been counted and the number 10
308	308	of such ballots that remain to be counted. 11
309	309	‘‘(3) All ballots validly cast in an election for 12
310	310	Federal office shall be counted and reported within 13
311	311	24 hours after the conclusion of voting on the date 14
312	312	of the election. 15
313	313	‘‘(b) E
314	314	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply 16
315	315	with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 17
316	316	date of the enactment of this section.’’. 18
317	317	(b) C
318	318	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT RELATING TOEN-19
319	319	FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20
320	320	21111), as amended by section 102(b), is amended by 21
321	321	striking ‘‘and 305’’ and inserting ‘‘305, and 306’’. 22
322	322	(c) C
323	323	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 23
324	324	of such Act, as amended by section 102(c), is amended— 24
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328	328	(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-1
329	329	tions 306 and 307 as relating to sections 307 and 2
330	330	308; and 3
331	331	(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-4
332	332	tion 305 the following new item: 5
333	333	‘‘Sec. 306. Federal standards for reporting election results.’’.
334	334	TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER 6
335	335	REGISTRATION 7
336	336	SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 8
337	337	(a) S
338	338	HORTTITLE.—This title may be cited as the 9
339	339	‘‘Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2025’’. 10
340	340	(b) F
341	341	INDINGS ANDPURPOSE.— 11
342	342	(1) F
343	343	INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 12
344	344	(A) the right to vote is a fundamental 13
345	345	right of citizens of the United States; 14
346	346	(B) it is the responsibility of the State and 15
347	347	Federal Governments to ensure that every eligi-16
348	348	ble citizen is registered to vote; 17
349	349	(C) existing voter registration systems can 18
350	350	be inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and con-19
351	351	fusing, with damaging effects on voter partici-20
352	352	pation in elections and disproportionate impacts 21
353	353	on young people, persons with disabilities, and 22
354	354	racial and ethnic minorities; and 23
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358	358	(D) voter registration systems must be up-1
359	359	dated with 21st-century technologies and proce-2
360	360	dures to maintain their security. 3
361	361	(2) P
362	362	URPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— 4
363	363	(A) to establish that it is the responsibility 5
364	364	of government at every level to ensure that all 6
365	365	eligible citizens are registered to vote; 7
366	366	(B) to enable the State and Federal Gov-8
367	367	ernments to register all eligible citizens to vote 9
368	368	with accurate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date pro-10
369	369	cedures; 11
370	370	(C) to modernize voter registration and list 12
371	371	maintenance procedures with electronic and 13
372	372	internet capabilities; and 14
373	373	(D) to protect and enhance the integrity, 15
374	374	accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility of the 16
375	375	electoral process for all eligible citizens. 17
376	376	SEC. 202. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI-18
377	377	VIDUALS. 19
378	378	(a) R
379	379	EQUIRINGSTATESTOESTABLISH ANDOPER-20
380	380	ATEAUTOMATICREGISTRATIONSYSTEM.— 21
381	381	(1) I
382	382	N GENERAL.—The chief State election offi-22
383	383	cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys-23
384	384	tem of automatic registration for the registration of 24
385	385	eligible individuals to vote for elections for Federal 25
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389	389	office in the State, in accordance with the provisions 1
390	390	of this title. 2
391	391	(2) D
392	392	EFINITION.—The term ‘‘automatic reg-3
393	393	istration’’ means a system that registers an indi-4
394	394	vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in a 5
395	395	State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 6
396	396	information necessary for registration from govern-7
397	397	ment agencies to election officials of the State so 8
398	398	that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 9
399	399	be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 10
400	400	in such elections. 11
401	401	(b) R
402	402	EGISTRATION OF VOTERSBASED ONNEW 12
403	403	A
404	404	GENCYRECORDS.—The chief State election official 13
405	405	shall— 14
406	406	(1) not later than 15 days after a contributing 15
407	407	agency has transmitted information with respect to 16
408	408	an individual pursuant to section 203, ensure that 17
409	409	the individual is registered to vote in elections for 18
410	410	Federal office in the State if the individual is eligible 19
411	411	to be registered to vote in such elections; and 20
412	412	(2) send written notice to the individual, in ad-21
413	413	dition to other means of notice established by this 22
414	414	part, of the individual’s voter registration status. 23
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418	418	(c) ONE-TIMEREGISTRATION OFVOTERSBASED ON 1
419	419	E
420	420	XISTINGCONTRIBUTINGAGENCYRECORDS.—The chief 2
421	421	State election official shall— 3
422	422	(1) identify all individuals whose information is 4
423	423	transmitted by a contributing agency pursuant to 5
424	424	section 204 and who are eligible to be, but are not 6
425	425	currently, registered to vote in that State; 7
426	426	(2) promptly send each such individual written 8
427	427	notice, in addition to other means of notice estab-9
428	428	lished by this title, which shall not identify the con-10
429	429	tributing agency that transmitted the information 11
430	430	but shall include— 12
431	431	(A) an explanation that voter registration 13
432	432	is voluntary, but if the individual does not de-14
433	433	cline registration, the individual will be reg-15
434	434	istered to vote; 16
435	435	(B) a statement offering the opportunity to 17
436	436	decline voter registration through means con-18
437	437	sistent with the requirements of this title; 19
438	438	(C) in the case of a State in which affili-20
439	439	ation or enrollment with a political party is re-21
440	440	quired in order to participate in an election to 22
441	441	select the party’s candidate in an election for 23
442	442	Federal office, a statement offering the indi-24
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447	447	a political party or to decline to affiliate or en-1
448	448	roll with a political party, through means con-2
449	449	sistent with the requirements of this title; 3
450	450	(D) the substantive qualifications of an 4
451	451	elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 5
452	452	registration application form for elections for 6
453	453	Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 7
454	454	of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 8
455	455	the consequences of false registration, and a 9
456	456	statement that the individual should decline to 10
457	457	register if the individual does not meet all those 11
458	458	qualifications; 12
459	459	(E) instructions for correcting any erro-13
460	460	neous information; and 14
461	461	(F) instructions for providing any addi-15
462	462	tional information which is listed in the mail 16
463	463	voter registration application form for elections 17
464	464	for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 18
465	465	9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 19
466	466	1993; 20
467	467	(3) ensure that each such individual who is eli-21
468	468	gible to register to vote in elections for Federal of-22
469	469	fice in the State is promptly registered to vote not 23
470	470	later than 45 days after the official sends the indi-24
471	471	vidual the written notice under paragraph (2), un-25
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475	475	less, during the 30-day period which begins on the 1
476	476	date the election official sends the individual such 2
477	477	written notice, the individual declines registration in 3
478	478	writing, through a communication made over the 4
479	479	internet, or by an officially logged telephone commu-5
480	480	nication; and 6
481	481	(4) send written notice to each such individual, 7
482	482	in addition to other means of notice established by 8
483	483	this title, of the individual’s voter registration status. 9
484	484	(d) T
485	485	REATMENT OFINDIVIDUALSUNDER18 YEARS 10
486	486	OFAGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 11
487	487	as an eligible individual for purposes of this title on the 12
488	488	grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age 13
489	489	at the time a contributing agency receives information 14
490	490	with respect to the individual, so long as the individual 15
491	491	is at least 16 years of age at such time. 16
492	492	(e) C
493	493	ONTRIBUTINGAGENCYDEFINED.—In this part, 17
494	494	the term ‘‘contributing agency’’ means, with respect to a 18
495	495	State, an agency listed in section 203(e). 19
496	496	SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE IN REG-20
497	497	ISTRATION. 21
498	498	(a) I
499	499	NGENERAL.—In accordance with this title, each 22
500	500	contributing agency in a State shall assist the State’s chief 23
501	501	election official in registering to vote all eligible individuals 24
502	502	served by that agency. 25
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506	506	(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTING AGEN-1
507	507	CIES.— 2
508	508	(1) I
509	509	NSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA -3
510	510	TION.—With each application for service or assist-4
511	511	ance, and with each related recertification, renewal, 5
512	512	or change of address, or, in the case of an institu-6
513	513	tion of higher education, with each registration of a 7
514	514	student for enrollment in a course of study, each 8
515	515	contributing agency that (in the normal course of its 9
516	516	operations) requests individuals to affirm United 10
517	517	States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 11
518	518	overall application for service or assistance) shall in-12
519	519	form each such individual who is a citizen of the 13
520	520	United States of the following: 14
521	521	(A) Unless that individual declines to reg-15
522	522	ister to vote, or is found ineligible to vote, the 16
523	523	individual will be registered to vote or, if appli-17
524	524	cable, the individual’s registration will be up-18
525	525	dated. 19
526	526	(B) The substantive qualifications of an 20
527	527	elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 21
528	528	registration application form for elections for 22
529	529	Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 23
530	530	of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 24
531	531	the consequences of false registration, and the 25
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535	535	individual should decline to register if the indi-1
536	536	vidual does not meet all those qualifications. 2
537	537	(C) In the case of a State in which affili-3
538	538	ation or enrollment with a political party is re-4
539	539	quired in order to participate in an election to 5
540	540	select the party’s candidate in an election for 6
541	541	Federal office, the requirement that the indi-7
542	542	vidual must affiliate or enroll with a political 8
543	543	party in order to participate in such an election. 9
544	544	(D) Voter registration is voluntary, and 10
545	545	neither registering nor declining to register to 11
546	546	vote will in any way affect the availability of 12
547	547	services or benefits, nor be used for other pur-13
548	548	poses. 14
549	549	(2) O
550	550	PPORTUNITY TO DECLINE REGISTRATION 15
551	551	REQUIRED.—Each contributing agency shall ensure 16
552	552	that each application for service or assistance, and 17
553	553	each related recertification, renewal, or change of 18
554	554	address, or, in the case of an institution of higher 19
555	555	education, each registration of a student for enroll-20
556	556	ment in a course of study, cannot be completed until 21
557	557	the individual is given the opportunity to decline to 22
558	558	be registered to vote. 23
559	559	(3) I
560	560	NFORMATION TRANSMITTAL .—Upon the 24
561	561	expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 25
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564	564	•HR 160 IH
565	565	date the contributing agency informs the individual 1
566	566	of the information described in paragraph (1), each 2
567	567	contributing agency shall electronically transmit to 3
568	568	the appropriate State election official, in a format 4
569	569	compatible with the statewide voter database main-5
570	570	tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 6
571	571	Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), the following infor-7
572	572	mation, unless during such 30-day period the indi-8
573	573	vidual declined to be registered to vote: 9
574	574	(A) The individual’s given name(s) and 10
575	575	surname(s). 11
576	576	(B) The individual’s date of birth. 12
577	577	(C) The individual’s residential address. 13
578	578	(D) Information showing that the indi-14
579	579	vidual is a citizen of the United States. 15
580	580	(E) The date on which information per-16
581	581	taining to that individual was collected or last 17
582	582	updated. 18
583	583	(F) If available, the individual’s signature 19
584	584	in electronic form. 20
585	585	(G) Information regarding the individual’s 21
586	586	affiliation or enrollment with a political party, 22
587	587	if the individual provides such information. 23
588	588	(H) Any additional information listed in 24
589	589	the mail voter registration application form for 25
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593	593	elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant 1
594	594	to section 9 of the National Voter Registration 2
595	595	Act of 1993, including any valid driver’s license 3
596	596	number or the last 4 digits of the individual’s 4
597	597	social security number, if the individual pro-5
598	598	vided such information. 6
599	599	(c) A
600	600	LTERNATEPROCEDURE FOR CERTAINCON-7
601	601	TRIBUTINGAGENCIES.—With each application for service 8
602	602	or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-9
603	603	newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-10
604	604	tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-11
605	605	dent for enrollment in a course of study, any contributing 12
606	606	agency that in the normal course of its operations does 13
607	607	not request individuals applying for service or assistance 14
608	608	to affirm United States citizenship (either directly or as 15
609	609	part of the overall application for service or assistance) 16
610	610	shall— 17
611	611	(1) complete the requirements of section 7(a)(6) 18
612	612	of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 19
613	613	U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)); 20
614	614	(2) ensure that each applicant’s transaction 21
615	615	with the agency cannot be completed until the appli-22
616	616	cant has indicated whether the applicant wishes to 23
617	617	register to vote or declines to register to vote in elec-24
618	618	tions for Federal office held in the State; and 25
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622	622	(3) for each individual who wishes to register to 1
623	623	vote, transmit that individual’s information in ac-2
624	624	cordance with subsection (b)(3). 3
625	625	(d) R
626	626	EQUIREDAVAILABILITY OFAUTOMATICREG-4
627	627	ISTRATIONOPPORTUNITYWITHEACHAPPLICATION FOR 5
628	628	S
629	629	ERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.—Each contributing agency 6
630	630	shall offer each individual, with each application for serv-7
631	631	ice or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-8
632	632	newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-9
633	633	tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-10
634	634	dent for enrollment in a course of study, the opportunity 11
635	635	to register to vote as prescribed by this section without 12
636	636	regard to whether the individual previously declined a reg-13
637	637	istration opportunity. 14
638	638	(e) C
639	639	ONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES.— 15
640	640	(1) S
641	641	TATE AGENCIES.—In each State, each of 16
642	642	the following agencies shall be treated as a contrib-17
643	643	uting agency: 18
644	644	(A) Each agency in a State that is re-19
645	645	quired by Federal law to provide voter registra-20
646	646	tion services, including the State motor vehicle 21
647	647	authority and other voter registration agencies 22
648	648	under the National Voter Registration Act of 23
649	649	1993. 24
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653	653	(B) Each agency in a State that admin-1
654	654	isters a program pursuant to title III of the So-2
655	655	cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), title 3
656	656	XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 4
657	657	et seq.), or the Patient Protection and Afford-5
658	658	able Care Act (Public Law 111–148). 6
659	659	(C) Each State agency primarily respon-7
660	660	sible for regulating the private possession of 8
661	661	firearms. 9
662	662	(D) Each State agency primarily respon-10
663	663	sible for maintaining identifying information for 11
664	664	students enrolled at public secondary schools, 12
665	665	including, where applicable, the State agency 13
666	666	responsible for maintaining the education data 14
667	667	system described in section 6201(e)(2) of the 15
668	668	America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 16
669	669	9871(e)(2)). 17
670	670	(E) In the case of a State in which an in-18
671	671	dividual disenfranchised by a criminal convic-19
672	672	tion may become eligible to vote upon comple-20
673	673	tion of a criminal sentence or any part thereof, 21
674	674	or upon formal restoration of rights, the State 22
675	675	agency responsible for administering that sen-23
676	676	tence, or part thereof, or that restoration of 24
677	677	rights. 25
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681	681	(F) Any other agency of the State which is 1
682	682	designated by the State as a contributing agen-2
683	683	cy. 3
684	684	(2) F
685	685	EDERAL AGENCIES.—In each State, each 4
686	686	of the following agencies of the Federal Government 5
687	687	shall be treated as a contributing agency with re-6
688	688	spect to individuals who are residents of that State 7
689	689	(except as provided in subparagraph (C)): 8
690	690	(A) The Social Security Administration, 9
691	691	the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De-10
692	692	fense Manpower Data Center of the Depart-11
693	693	ment of Defense, the Employee and Training 12
694	694	Administration of the Department of Labor, 13
695	695	and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Serv-14
696	696	ices of the Department of Health and Human 15
697	697	Services. 16
698	698	(B) The Bureau of Citizenship and Immi-17
699	699	gration Services, but only with respect to indi-18
700	700	viduals who have completed the naturalization 19
701	701	process. 20
702	702	(C) In the case of an individual who is a 21
703	703	resident of a State in which an individual 22
704	704	disenfranchised by a criminal conviction under 23
705	705	Federal law may become eligible to vote upon 24
706	706	completion of a criminal sentence or any part 25
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710	710	thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, 1
711	711	the Federal agency responsible for admin-2
712	712	istering that sentence or part thereof (without 3
713	713	regard to whether the agency is located in the 4
714	714	same State in which the individual is a resi-5
715	715	dent), but only with respect to individuals who 6
716	716	have completed the criminal sentence or any 7
717	717	part thereof. 8
718	718	(D) Any other agency of the Federal Gov-9
719	719	ernment which the State designates as a con-10
720	720	tributing agency, but only if the State and the 11
721	721	head of the agency determine that the agency 12
722	722	collects information sufficient to carry out the 13
723	723	responsibilities of a contributing agency under 14
724	724	this section. 15
725	725	(3) I
726	726	NSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 16
727	727	Each institution of higher education that receives 17
728	728	Federal funds shall be treated as a contributing 18
729	729	agency in the State in which it is located, but only 19
730	730	with respect to students of the institution (including 20
731	731	students who attend classes online) who reside in the 21
732	732	State. An institution of higher education described 22
733	733	in the previous sentence shall be exempt from the 23
734	734	voter registration requirements of section 487(a)(23) 24
735	735	of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 25
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739	739	1094(a)(23)) if the institution is in compliance with 1
740	740	the applicable requirements of this part. 2
741	741	(4) P
742	742	UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 3
743	743	prior to the date of each election for Federal office 4
744	744	held in the State, the chief State election official 5
745	745	shall publish on the public website of the official an 6
746	746	updated list of all contributing agencies in that 7
747	747	State. 8
748	748	(5) P
749	749	UBLIC EDUCATION.—The chief State elec-9
750	750	tion official of each State, in collaboration with each 10
751	751	contributing agency, shall take appropriate measures 11
752	752	to educate the public about voter registration under 12
753	753	this section. 13
754	754	SEC. 204. ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE 14
755	755	IN REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN 15
756	756	EXISTING RECORDS. 16
757	757	(a) I
758	758	NITIALTRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—For 17
759	759	each individual already listed in a contributing agency’s 18
760	760	records as of the date of enactment of this Act, and for 19
761	761	whom the agency has the information listed in section 20
762	762	203(b)(3), the agency shall promptly transmit that infor-21
763	763	mation to the appropriate State election official in accord-22
764	764	ance with section 203(b)(3) not later than the effective 23
765	765	date described in section 211(a). 24
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769	769	(b) TRANSITION.—For each individual listed in a con-1
770	770	tributing agency’s records as of the effective date de-2
771	771	scribed in section 211(a) (but who was not listed in a con-3
772	772	tributing agency’s records as of the date of enactment of 4
773	773	this Act), and for whom the agency has the information 5
774	774	listed in section 203(b)(3), the Agency shall promptly 6
775	775	transmit that information to the appropriate State election 7
776	776	official in accordance with section 203(b)(3) not later than 8
777	777	6 months after the effective date described in section 9
778	778	211(a). 10
779	779	SEC. 205. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO-11
780	780	MATIC REGISTRATION. 12
781	781	(a) P
782	782	ROTECTIONS FORERRORS INREGISTRATION.— 13
783	783	An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 14
784	784	law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication concerning 15
785	785	immigration status or naturalization, or subject to an alle-16
786	786	gation in any legal proceeding that the individual is not 17
787	787	a citizen of the United States on any of the following 18
788	788	grounds: 19
789	789	(1) The individual notified an election office of 20
790	790	the individual’s automatic registration to vote under 21
791	791	this title. 22
792	792	(2) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec-23
793	793	tions for Federal office but was automatically reg-24
794	794	istered to vote under this title. 25
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798	798	(3) The individual was automatically registered 1
799	799	to vote under this title at an incorrect address. 2
800	800	(4) The individual declined the opportunity to 3
801	801	register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 4
802	802	citizenship, including through automatic registration, 5
803	803	under this title. 6
804	804	(b) L
805	805	IMITS ONUSE OFAUTOMATICREGISTRA-7
806	806	TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 8
807	807	fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 9
808	808	to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in-10
809	809	cluding through automatic registration) under this title 11
810	810	may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 12
811	811	State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi-13
812	812	vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra-14
813	813	tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 15
814	814	alone. 16
815	815	(c) P
816	816	ROTECTION OFELECTIONINTEGRITY.—Noth-17
817	817	ing in subsection (a) or (b) may be construed to prohibit 18
818	818	or restrict any action under color of law against an indi-19
819	819	vidual who— 20
820	820	(1) knowingly and willfully makes a false state-21
821	821	ment to effectuate or perpetuate automatic voter 22
822	822	registration by any individual; or 23
823	823	(2) casts a ballot knowingly and willfully in vio-24
824	824	lation of State law or the laws of the United States. 25
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828	828	(d) CONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES’ PROTECTION OFIN-1
829	829	FORMATION.—Nothing in this title authorizes a contrib-2
830	830	uting agency to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly dis-3
831	831	close any of the following: 4
832	832	(1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg-5
833	833	ister to vote or not to register to vote. 6
834	834	(2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 7
835	835	her citizenship. 8
836	836	(3) Any information that a contributing agency 9
837	837	transmits pursuant to section 203(b)(3), except in 10
838	838	pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 11
839	839	(e) E
840	840	LECTIONOFFICIALS’ PROTECTION OFINFOR-12
841	841	MATION.— 13
842	842	(1) P
843	843	UBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED .— 14
844	844	(A) I
845	845	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-15
846	846	graph (B), with respect to any individual for 16
847	847	whom any State election official receives infor-17
848	848	mation from a contributing agency, the State 18
849	849	election officials shall not publicly disclose any 19
850	850	of the following: 20
851	851	(i) The identity of the contributing 21
852	852	agency. 22
853	853	(ii) Any information not necessary to 23
854	854	voter registration. 24
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858	858	(iii) Any voter information otherwise 1
859	859	shielded from disclosure under State law or 2
860	860	section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-3
861	861	istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 4
862	862	20507(a)). 5
863	863	(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-6
864	864	cial security number. 7
865	865	(v) Any portion of the individual’s 8
866	866	motor vehicle driver’s license number. 9
867	867	(vi) The individual’s signature. 10
868	868	(vii) The individual’s telephone num-11
869	869	ber. 12
870	870	(viii) The individual’s email address. 13
871	871	(B) S
872	872	PECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS REG -14
873	873	ISTERED TO VOTE.—With respect to any indi-15
874	874	vidual for whom any State election official re-16
875	875	ceives information from a contributing agency 17
876	876	and who, on the basis of such information, is 18
877	877	registered to vote in the State under this part, 19
878	878	the State election officials shall not publicly dis-20
879	879	close any of the following: 21
880	880	(i) The identity of the contributing 22
881	881	agency. 23
882	882	(ii) Any information not necessary to 24
883	883	voter registration. 25
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887	887	(iii) Any voter information otherwise 1
888	888	shielded from disclosure under State law or 2
889	889	section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-3
890	890	istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 4
891	891	20507(a)). 5
892	892	(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-6
893	893	cial security number. 7
894	894	(v) Any portion of the individual’s 8
895	895	motor vehicle driver’s license number. 9
896	896	(vi) The individual’s signature. 10
897	897	(2) V
898	898	OTER RECORD CHANGES .—Each State 11
899	899	shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make 12
900	900	available for public inspection and, where available, 13
901	901	photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records of 14
902	902	changes to voter records, including removals and up-15
903	903	dates. 16
904	904	(3) D
905	905	ATABASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS .— 17
906	906	The Director of the National Institute of Standards 18
907	907	and Technology shall, after providing the public with 19
908	908	notice and the opportunity to comment— 20
909	909	(A) establish standards governing the com-21
910	910	parison of data for voter registration list main-22
911	911	tenance purposes, identifying as part of such 23
912	912	standards the specific data elements, the 24
913	913	matching rules used, and how a State may use 25
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917	917	the data to determine and deem that an indi-1
918	918	vidual is ineligible under State law to vote in an 2
919	919	election, or to deem a record to be a duplicate 3
920	920	or outdated; 4
921	921	(B) ensure that the standards developed 5
922	922	pursuant to this paragraph are uniform and 6
923	923	nondiscriminatory and are applied in a uniform 7
924	924	and nondiscriminatory manner; and 8
925	925	(C) publish the standards developed pursu-9
926	926	ant to this paragraph on the Director’s website 10
927	927	and make those standards available in written 11
928	928	form upon request. 12
929	929	(4) S
930	930	ECURITY POLICY.—The Director of the 13
931	931	National Institute of Standards and Technology 14
932	932	shall, after providing the public with notice and the 15
933	933	opportunity to comment, publish privacy and secu-16
934	934	rity standards for voter registration information. 17
935	935	The standards shall require the chief State election 18
936	936	official of each State to adopt a policy that shall 19
937	937	specify— 20
938	938	(A) each class of users who shall have au-21
939	939	thorized access to the computerized statewide 22
940	940	voter registration list, specifying for each class 23
941	941	the permission and levels of access to be grant-24
942	942	ed, and setting forth other safeguards to pro-25
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946	946	tect the privacy, security, and accuracy of the 1
947	947	information on the list; and 2
948	948	(B) security safeguards to protect personal 3
949	949	information transmitted through the informa-4
950	950	tion transmittal processes of section 203 or sec-5
951	951	tion 204, the online system used pursuant to 6
952	952	section 207, any telephone interface, the main-7
953	953	tenance of the voter registration database, and 8
954	954	any audit procedure to track access to the sys-9
955	955	tem. 10
956	956	(5) S
957	957	TATE COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL 11
958	958	STANDARDS.— 12
959	959	(A) C
960	960	ERTIFICATION.—The chief executive 13
961	961	officer of the State shall annually file with the 14
962	962	Election Assistance Commission a statement 15
963	963	certifying to the Director of the National Insti-16
964	964	tute of Standards and Technology that the 17
965	965	State is in compliance with the standards re-18
966	966	ferred to in paragraphs (3) and (4). A State 19
967	967	may meet the requirement of the previous sen-20
968	968	tence by filing with the Commission a statement 21
969	969	which reads as follows: ‘‘lllll hereby 22
970	970	certifies that it is in compliance with the stand-23
971	971	ards referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 24
972	972	section 205 of the Automatic Voter Registration 25
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976	976	Act of 2025.’’ (with the blank to be filled in 1
977	977	with the name of the State involved). 2
978	978	(B) P
979	979	UBLICATION OF POLICIES AND PRO -3
980	980	CEDURES.—The chief State election official of a 4
981	981	State shall publish on the official’s website the 5
982	982	policies and procedures established under this 6
983	983	section, and shall make those policies and pro-7
984	984	cedures available in written form upon public 8
985	985	request. 9
986	986	(C) F
987	987	UNDING DEPENDENT ON CERTIFI -10
988	988	CATION.—If a State does not timely file the cer-11
989	989	tification required under this paragraph, it shall 12
990	990	not receive any payment under this title for the 13
991	991	upcoming fiscal year. 14
992	992	(D) C
993	993	OMPLIANCE OF STATES THAT RE -15
994	994	QUIRE CHANGES TO STATE LAW .—In the case 16
995	995	of a State that requires State legislation to 17
996	996	carry out an activity covered by any certifi-18
997	997	cation submitted under this paragraph, for a 19
998	998	period of not more than 2 years the State shall 20
999	999	be permitted to make the certification notwith-21
1000	1000	standing that the legislation has not been en-22
1001	1001	acted at the time the certification is submitted, 23
1002	1002	and such State shall submit an additional cer-24
1003	1003	tification once such legislation is enacted. 25
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1007	1007	(f) RESTRICTIONS ONUSE OFINFORMATION.—No 1
1008	1008	person acting under color of law may discriminate against 2
1009	1009	any individual based on, or use for any purpose other than 3
1010	1010	voter registration, election administration, or enforcement 4
1011	1011	relating to election crimes, any of the following: 5
1012	1012	(1) Voter registration records. 6
1013	1013	(2) An individual’s declination to register to 7
1014	1014	vote or complete an affirmation of citizenship under 8
1015	1015	section 203(b). 9
1016	1016	(3) An individual’s voter registration status. 10
1017	1017	(g) P
1018	1018	ROHIBITION ON THEUSE OFVOTERREGISTRA-11
1019	1019	TIONINFORMATION FOR COMMERCIALPURPOSES.—In-12
1020	1020	formation collected under this title shall not be used for 13
1021	1021	commercial purposes. Nothing in this subsection may be 14
1022	1022	construed to prohibit the transmission, exchange, or dis-15
1023	1023	semination of information for political purposes, including 16
1024	1024	the support of campaigns for election for Federal, State, 17
1025	1025	or local public office or the activities of political commit-18
1026	1026	tees (including committees of political parties) under the 19
1027	1027	Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 20
1028	1028	SEC. 206. REGISTRATION PORTABILITY AND CORRECTION. 21
1029	1029	(a) C
1030	1030	ORRECTINGREGISTRATIONINFORMATION AT 22
1031	1031	P
1032	1032	OLLINGPLACE.—Notwithstanding section 302(a) of the 23
1033	1033	Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), if 24
1034	1034	an individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal 25
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1038	1038	office held in a State, the appropriate election official at 1
1039	1039	the polling place for any such election (including a location 2
1040	1040	used as a polling place on a date other than the date of 3
1041	1041	the election) shall permit the individual to— 4
1042	1042	(1) update the individual’s address for purposes 5
1043	1043	of the records of the election official; 6
1044	1044	(2) correct any incorrect information relating to 7
1045	1045	the individual, including the individual’s name and 8
1046	1046	political party affiliation, in the records of the elec-9
1047	1047	tion official; and 10
1048	1048	(3) cast a ballot in the election on the basis of 11
1049	1049	the updated address or corrected information, and to 12
1050	1050	have the ballot treated as a regular ballot and not 13
1051	1051	as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 14
1052	1052	Act. 15
1053	1053	(b) U
1054	1054	PDATES TOCOMPUTERIZEDSTATEWIDEVOTER 16
1055	1055	R
1056	1056	EGISTRATIONLISTS.—If an election official at the poll-17
1057	1057	ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor-18
1058	1058	mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi-19
1059	1059	cial shall ensure that the address or information is 20
1060	1060	promptly entered into the computerized statewide voter 21
1061	1061	registration list in accordance with section 22
1062	1062	303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 23
1063	1063	(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 24
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1067	1067	SEC. 207. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 1
1068	1068	(a) I
1069	1069	NGENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis-2
1070	1070	sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 3
1071	1071	State in implementing the requirements of this title (or, 4
1072	1072	in the case of an exempt State, in implementing its exist-5
1073	1073	ing automatic voter registration program). 6
1074	1074	(b) E
1075	1075	LIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 7
1076	1076	to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 8
1077	1077	to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 9
1078	1078	Commission may require, an application containing— 10
1079	1079	(1) a description of the activities the State will 11
1080	1080	carry out with the grant; 12
1081	1081	(2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 13
1082	1082	such activities without partisan bias and without 14
1083	1083	promoting any particular point of view regarding 15
1084	1084	any issue; and 16
1085	1085	(3) such other information and assurances as 17
1086	1086	the Commission may require. 18
1087	1087	(c) A
1088	1088	MOUNT OFGRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis-19
1089	1089	sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 20
1090	1090	eligible State under this section. In determining the 21
1091	1091	amounts of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 22
1092	1092	to providing funds for those activities which are most like-23
1093	1093	ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 24
1094	1094	title (or, in the case of an exempt State, which are most 25
1095	1095	likely to enhance the ability of the State to automatically 26
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1099	1099	register individuals to vote through its existing automatic 1
1100	1100	voter registration program), including— 2
1101	1101	(1) investments supporting electronic informa-3
1102	1102	tion transfer, including electronic collection and 4
1103	1103	transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 5
1104	1104	and the appropriate State election officials; 6
1105	1105	(2) updates to online or electronic voter reg-7
1106	1106	istration systems already operating as of the date of 8
1107	1107	the enactment of this Act; 9
1108	1108	(3) introduction of online voter registration sys-10
1109	1109	tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 11
1110	1110	previously exist; and 12
1111	1111	(4) public education on the availability of new 13
1112	1112	methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 14
1113	1113	and correcting registration. 15
1114	1114	(d) A
1115	1115	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 16
1116	1116	(1) A
1117	1117	UTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 17
1118	1118	be appropriated to carry out this section— 18
1119	1119	(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 19
1120	1120	(B) such sums as may be necessary for 20
1121	1121	each succeeding fiscal year. 21
1122	1122	(2) C
1123	1123	ONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS .— 22
1124	1124	Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 23
1125	1125	of this subsection shall remain available without fis-24
1126	1126	cal year limitation until expended. 25
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1130	1130	SEC. 208. TREATMENT OF EXEMPT STATES. 1
1131	1131	(a) W
1132	1132	AIVER OFREQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro-2
1133	1133	vided in subsection (b), this title does not apply with re-3
1134	1134	spect to an exempt State. 4
1135	1135	(b) E
1136	1136	XCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of this 5
1137	1137	title apply with respect to an exempt State: 6
1138	1138	(1) Section 206 (relating to registration port-7
1139	1139	ability and correction). 8
1140	1140	(2) Section 207 (relating to payments and 9
1141	1141	grants). 10
1142	1142	(3) Section 209(e) (relating to enforcement). 11
1143	1143	(4) Section 209(f) (relating to relation to other 12
1144	1144	laws). 13
1145	1145	SEC. 209. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
1146	1146	(a) A
1147	1147	CCESSIBILITY OFREGISTRATIONSERVICES.— 15
1148	1148	Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 16
1149	1149	it provides under this title are made available to individ-17
1150	1150	uals with disabilities to the same extent as services are 18
1151	1151	made available to all other individuals. 19
1152	1152	(b) T
1153	1153	RANSMISSIONTHROUGHSECURETHIRDPARTY 20
1154	1154	P
1155	1155	ERMITTED.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to 21
1156	1156	prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 22
1157	1157	third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 23
1158	1158	transmittal requirements of this title, so long as the data 24
1159	1159	transmittal complies with the applicable requirements of 25
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1163	1163	this title, including the privacy and security provisions of 1
1164	1164	section 205. 2
1165	1165	(c) N
1166	1166	ONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION 3
1167	1167	OFSERVICES.—The services made available by contrib-4
1168	1168	uting agencies under this title and by the State under sec-5
1169	1169	tions 205 and 206 shall be made in a manner consistent 6
1170	1170	with paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) of 7
1171	1171	the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 8
1172	1172	20506(a)). 9
1173	1173	(d) N
1174	1174	OTICES.—Each State may send notices under 10
1175	1175	this title via electronic mail if the individual has provided 11
1176	1176	an electronic mail address and consented to electronic mail 12
1177	1177	communications for election-related materials. All notices 13
1178	1178	sent pursuant to this title that require a response must 14
1179	1179	offer the individual notified the opportunity to respond at 15
1180	1180	no cost to the individual. 16
1181	1181	(e) E
1182	1182	NFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 17
1183	1183	Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat-18
1184	1184	ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 19
1185	1185	rights of action, shall apply with respect to this title in 20
1186	1186	the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 21
1187	1187	(f) R
1188	1188	ELATION TOOTHERLAWS.—Except as pro-22
1189	1189	vided, nothing in this title may be construed to authorize 23
1190	1190	or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, re-24
1191	1191	strict, or limit the application of any of the following: 25
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1195	1195	(1) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 1
1196	1196	10301 et seq.). 2
1197	1197	(2) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-3
1198	1198	sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 4
1199	1199	(3) The National Voter Registration Act of 5
1200	1200	1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 6
1201	1201	(4) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 7
1202	1202	U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 8
1203	1203	SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 9
1204	1204	In this title, the following definitions apply: 10
1205	1205	(1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 11
1206	1206	means, with respect to a State, the individual des-12
1207	1207	ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-13
1208	1208	tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 14
1209	1209	20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 15
1210	1210	State’s responsibilities under such Act. 16
1211	1211	(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 17
1212	1212	Assistance Commission. 18
1213	1213	(3) The term ‘‘exempt State’’ means a State 19
1214	1214	which, under law which is in effect continuously on 20
1215	1215	and after the date of the enactment of this Act, op-21
1216	1216	erates an automatic voter registration program 22
1217	1217	under which an individual is automatically registered 23
1218	1218	to vote in elections for Federal office in the State if 24
1219	1219	the individual provides the motor vehicle authority of 25
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1223	1223	the State with such identifying information as the 1
1224	1224	State may require. 2
1225	1225	(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 3
1226	1226	States and the District of Columbia. 4
1227	1227	SEC. 211. EFFECTIVE DATE. 5
1228	1228	(a) I
1229	1229	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 6
1230	1230	(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 7
1231	1231	apply with respect to a State beginning January 1, 2027. 8
1232	1232	(b) W
1233	1233	AIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com-9
1234	1234	mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 10
1235	1235	State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 11
1236	1236	(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 12
1237	1237	in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 13
1238	1238	deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 14
1239	1239	reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2027’’ were 15
1240	1240	a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2029’’. 16
1241	1241	TITLE III—PROMOTING STAND-17
1242	1242	ARDIZED ADMINISTRATION 18
1243	1243	OF ELECTIONS 19
1244	1244	SEC. 301. REQUIRING PARITY IN TREATMENT OF METHODS 20
1245	1245	OF VOTING. 21
1246	1246	(a) R
1247	1247	EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-22
1248	1248	ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 23
1249	1249	(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-24
1250	1250	section (e); and 25
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1254	1254	(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-1
1255	1255	lowing new subsection: 2
1256	1256	‘‘(d) R
1257	1257	EQUIRINGPARITY INTREATMENT OF METH-3
1258	1258	ODS OFVOTING.— 4
1259	1259	‘‘(1) R
1260	1260	EQUIREMENT.—Each State and jurisdic-5
1261	1261	tion shall administer an election for Federal office 6
1262	1262	under standards which apply equally to all methods 7
1263	1263	of voting used in the election, including standards 8
1264	1264	relating to signature verification, and shall not pre-9
1265	1265	pay or otherwise subsidize the costs associated with 10
1266	1266	one method of voting in an election unless the State 11
1267	1267	or jurisdiction prepays or otherwise subsidizes the 12
1268	1268	costs associated with other methods of voting in the 13
1269	1269	election in an equivalent amount. 14
1270	1270	‘‘(2) E
1271	1271	XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS .—Para-15
1272	1272	graph (1) does not apply with respect to costs pre-16
1273	1273	paid or otherwise subsidized by a State or jurisdic-17
1274	1274	tion in providing accommodations for disabled voters 18
1275	1275	or in meeting the requirements of the Uniformed 19
1276	1276	and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.’’. 20
1277	1277	(b) E
1278	1278	FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(e) of such Act, 21
1279	1279	as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 22
1280	1280	the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 23
1281	1281	that the requirements of subsection (d) shall apply with 24
1282	1282	respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-25
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1286	1286	eral office held in November 2026 and each succeeding 1
1287	1287	election for Federal office.’’. 2
1288	1288	SEC. 302. REQUIRING STANDARD ELECTION ADMINISTRA-3
1289	1289	TION PROCEDURES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS 4
1290	1290	IN STATE. 5
1291	1291	(a) R
1292	1292	EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-6
1293	1293	ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082), as amended by 7
1294	1294	section 301(a), is amended— 8
1295	1295	(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-9
1296	1296	section (f); and 10
1297	1297	(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-11
1298	1298	lowing new subsection: 12
1299	1299	‘‘(e) R
1300	1300	EQUIRINGSTANDARDELECTIONADMINISTRA-13
1301	1301	TIONPROCEDURES INALLJURISDICTIONS.—Each State 14
1302	1302	shall ensure that the procedures used for the administra-15
1303	1303	tion of elections for Federal office in the State, including 16
1304	1304	the procedures used to determine the conditions under 17
1305	1305	which individuals may cast provisional ballots and the cri-18
1306	1306	teria for the acceptance and rejection of provisional bal-19
1307	1307	lots, are standardized and uniform for all jurisdictions in 20
1308	1308	the State which administer such elections.’’. 21
1309	1309	(b) E
1310	1310	FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(f) of such Act, 22
1311	1311	as redesignated by subsection (a) and as amended by sec-23
1312	1312	tion 301(b), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 24
1313	1313	inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e)’’. 25
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1317	1317	TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCU-1
1318	1318	RACY OF VOTER REGISTRA-2
1319	1319	TION LISTS 3
1320	1320	SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DECONFLICTION 4
1321	1321	VOTING DATABASE AND CLEARINGHOUSE. 5
1322	1322	(a) E
1323	1323	STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 6
1324	1324	the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the 7
1325	1325	National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clearing-8
1326	1326	house. 9
1327	1327	(b) P
1328	1328	URPOSE.—The National Deconfliction Voting 10
1329	1329	Database and Clearinghouse shall assist States in ensur-11
1330	1330	ing the integrity of elections for Federal office by serving 12
1331	1331	as a database and clearinghouse of voter registration 13
1332	1332	records and lists of eligible voters in elections for Federal 14
1333	1333	office, so that States may ensure that individual voters 15
1334	1334	are registered only in the one State in which they are dom-16
1335	1335	iciled, deceased voters are purged from voting rolls, and 17
1336	1336	only citizens of the United States vote in such elections. 18
1337	1337	(c) D
1338	1338	EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 19
1339	1339	has the meaning given such term in the National Voter 20
1340	1340	Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 21
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1344	1344	SEC. 402. PRE-ELECTION MAINTENANCE AND CERTIFI-1
1345	1345	CATION OF OFFICIAL VOTER REGISTRATION 2
1346	1346	LIST. 3
1347	1347	(a) R
1348	1348	EQUIRINGSTATETOCERTIFYCOMPLETION OF 4
1349	1349	P
1350	1350	ROGRAMTOREMOVEINELIGIBLEVOTERSPRIOR TO 5
1351	1351	D
1352	1352	ATE OFELECTION ANDTRANSFERCERTIFIEDLIST OF 6
1353	1353	E
1354	1354	LIGIBLEVOTERS TO CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 7
1355	1355	8(c)(2)(A) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 8
1356	1356	(52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘A 9
1357	1357	State shall complete’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eligible 10
1358	1358	voters’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than 90 11
1359	1359	days prior to the date of an election for Federal office, 12
1360	1360	each State and the chief State election official of each 13
1361	1361	State shall certify to the Election Assistance Commission 14
1362	1362	and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 15
1363	1363	that the State has completed a program to remove the 16
1364	1364	names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible 17
1365	1365	voters with respect to the election, and shall transfer to 18
1366	1366	the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (for 19
1367	1367	inclusion in the National Deconfliction Voting Database 20
1368	1368	and Clearinghouse) the certified list of eligible voters in 21
1369	1369	the election.’’. 22
1370	1370	(b) P
1371	1371	ROVISION OFINFORMATION TO STATE AND 23
1372	1372	CISA
1373	1373	BYUNITEDSTATESPOSTALSERVICE ANDSOCIAL 24
1374	1374	S
1375	1375	ECURITYADMINISTRATION.—Section 8(c)(2) of such Act 25
1376	1376	(52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended— 26
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1380	1380	(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-1
1381	1381	paragraph (C); and 2
1382	1382	(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-3
1383	1383	lowing new subparagraph: 4
1384	1384	‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days before the date of each 5
1385	1385	regularly scheduled general election for Federal office— 6
1386	1386	‘‘(i) the Postmaster General shall transmit to 7
1387	1387	the chief State election official of a State and the 8
1388	1388	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 9
1389	1389	change-of-address information on individuals who, 10
1390	1390	since the previous regularly scheduled general elec-11
1391	1391	tion for Federal office, are no longer residents of the 12
1392	1392	State; and 13
1393	1393	‘‘(ii) the Director of the Social Security Admin-14
1394	1394	istration shall transmit to the chief State election of-15
1395	1395	ficial and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-16
1396	1396	rity Agency information on individuals from the 17
1397	1397	State who have died since the previous regularly 18
1398	1398	scheduled general election for Federal office.’’. 19
1399	1399	(c) E
1400	1400	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 20
1401	1401	this section shall apply with respect to the regularly sched-21
1402	1402	uled general election for Federal office held in November 22
1403	1403	2026 and each succeeding election for Federal office. 23
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1407	1407	SEC. 403. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 1
1408	1408	DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-2
1409	1409	CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-3
1410	1410	DENCE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PUR-4
1411	1411	POSES. 5
1412	1412	(a) R
1413	1413	EQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS FOR LI-6
1414	1414	CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 7
1415	1415	Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(d)) is amended— 8
1416	1416	(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 9
1417	1417	‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 10
1418	1418	(2) by adding at the end the following new 11
1419	1419	paragraph: 12
1420	1420	‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 13
1421	1421	each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li-14
1422	1422	cense in the State— 15
1423	1423	‘‘(i) to attest, under penalty of perjury, whether 16
1424	1424	the individual resides in another State or resided in 17
1425	1425	another State prior to applying for the license, and, 18
1426	1426	if so, to identify the State involved; and 19
1427	1427	‘‘(ii) to attest, under penalty of perjury, wheth-20
1428	1428	er the individual intends for the State to serve as 21
1429	1429	the individual’s residence for purposes of registering 22
1430	1430	to vote in elections for Federal office. 23
1431	1431	‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi-24
1432	1432	vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 25
1433	1433	the individual intends for the State to serve as the individ-26
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1437	1437	ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec-1
1438	1438	tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 2
1439	1439	motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi-3
1440	1440	vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 4
1441	1441	the chief State election official of such State that the indi-5
1442	1442	vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi-6
1443	1443	vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 7
1444	1444	elections for Federal office.’’. 8
1445	1445	(b) E
1446	1446	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 9
1447	1447	subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 10
1448	1448	occurring in 2025 or any succeeding year. 11
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