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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 160
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
JANUARY3, 2025
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.), as amended 3
by section 2(a) of the COCOA Act of 2024, is amended— 4
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 5
sections 306 and 307, respectively; and 6
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 7
new section: 8
‘‘SEC. 305. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 9
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—When otherwise permitted by 10
State law, any vote-by-mail system used in an election for 11
Federal office must be designed and implemented to en-12
sure a secure, uniform, and timely system to cast a mail- 13
in ballot in accordance with this section. 14
‘‘(b) R
EQUESTS.— 15
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Requests for a mail-in bal-16
lot under such system may be submitted electroni-17
cally or by postal mail using a standardized form ap-18
proved for such requests by the chief State election 19
official. 20
‘‘(2) R
EQUEST.—The form for such requests 21
must enable an election official who receives the re-22
quest to confirm— 23
‘‘(A) the identity of the individual submit-24
ting the request; 25
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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. 18
21111), as amended by section 2(b) of the COCOA Act 19
of 2024, is amended by striking ‘‘and 304’’ and inserting 20
‘‘304, and 305’’. 21
(c) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 22
of such Act, as amended by section 2(c) of the COCOA 23
Act of 2024, is amended— 24
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(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-1
tions 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 2
307; and 3
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-4
tion 304 the following new item: 5
‘‘Sec. 305. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.’’.
SEC. 103. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-
6
TION RESULTS. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 8
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended 9
by section 102(a), is amended— 10
(1) by redesignating sections 306 and 307 as 11
sections 307 and 308, respectively; and 12
(2) by inserting after section 305 the following 13
new section: 14
‘‘SEC. 306. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC-15
TION RESULTS. 16
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The chief State election official 17
shall ensure that ballots validly cast in an election for Fed-18
eral office are able to be counted and reported in a timely 19
manner as follows: 20
‘‘(1) Mail-in ballots received prior to the date of 21
the election shall be counted beginning at least one 22
week prior to the date of the election. 23
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‘‘(2) One hour after polls close on the date of 1
the election, each voting precinct shall report to the 2
chief State election official the following: 3
‘‘(A) The total number of mail-in ballots 4
received by the voting precinct. 5
‘‘(B) The total number of ballots cast in- 6
person in the voting precinct. 7
‘‘(C) Of the ballots reported under sub-8
paragraphs (A) and (B), the number of such 9
ballots that have been counted and the number 10
of such ballots that remain to be counted. 11
‘‘(3) All ballots validly cast in an election for 12
Federal office shall be counted and reported within 13
24 hours after the conclusion of voting on the date 14
of the election. 15
‘‘(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply 16
with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 17
date of the enactment of this section.’’. 18
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT RELATING TOEN-19
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20
21111), as amended by section 102(b), is amended by 21
striking ‘‘and 305’’ and inserting ‘‘305, and 306’’. 22
(c) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 23
of such Act, as amended by section 102(c), is amended— 24
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(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-1
tions 306 and 307 as relating to sections 307 and 2
308; and 3
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-4
tion 305 the following new item: 5
‘‘Sec. 306. Federal standards for reporting election results.’’.
TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER 6
REGISTRATION 7
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 8
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This title may be cited as the 9
‘‘Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2025’’. 10
(b) F
INDINGS ANDPURPOSE.— 11
(1) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 12
(A) the right to vote is a fundamental 13
right of citizens of the United States; 14
(B) it is the responsibility of the State and 15
Federal Governments to ensure that every eligi-16
ble citizen is registered to vote; 17
(C) existing voter registration systems can 18
be inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and con-19
fusing, with damaging effects on voter partici-20
pation in elections and disproportionate impacts 21
on young people, persons with disabilities, and 22
racial and ethnic minorities; and 23
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(D) voter registration systems must be up-1
dated with 21st-century technologies and proce-2
dures to maintain their security. 3
(2) P
URPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— 4
(A) to establish that it is the responsibility 5
of government at every level to ensure that all 6
eligible citizens are registered to vote; 7
(B) to enable the State and Federal Gov-8
ernments to register all eligible citizens to vote 9
with accurate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date pro-10
cedures; 11
(C) to modernize voter registration and list 12
maintenance procedures with electronic and 13
internet capabilities; and 14
(D) to protect and enhance the integrity, 15
accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility of the 16
electoral process for all eligible citizens. 17
SEC. 202. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI-18
VIDUALS. 19
(a) R
EQUIRINGSTATESTOESTABLISH ANDOPER-20
ATEAUTOMATICREGISTRATIONSYSTEM.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The chief State election offi-22
cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys-23
tem of automatic registration for the registration of 24
eligible individuals to vote for elections for Federal 25
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office in the State, in accordance with the provisions 1
of this title. 2
(2) D
EFINITION.—The term ‘‘automatic reg-3
istration’’ means a system that registers an indi-4
vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in a 5
State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 6
information necessary for registration from govern-7
ment agencies to election officials of the State so 8
that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 9
be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 10
in such elections. 11
(b) R
EGISTRATION OF VOTERSBASED ONNEW 12
A
GENCYRECORDS.—The chief State election official 13
shall— 14
(1) not later than 15 days after a contributing 15
agency has transmitted information with respect to 16
an individual pursuant to section 203, ensure that 17
the individual is registered to vote in elections for 18
Federal office in the State if the individual is eligible 19
to be registered to vote in such elections; and 20
(2) send written notice to the individual, in ad-21
dition to other means of notice established by this 22
part, of the individual’s voter registration status. 23
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(c) ONE-TIMEREGISTRATION OFVOTERSBASED ON 1
E
XISTINGCONTRIBUTINGAGENCYRECORDS.—The chief 2
State election official shall— 3
(1) identify all individuals whose information is 4
transmitted by a contributing agency pursuant to 5
section 204 and who are eligible to be, but are not 6
currently, registered to vote in that State; 7
(2) promptly send each such individual written 8
notice, in addition to other means of notice estab-9
lished by this title, which shall not identify the con-10
tributing agency that transmitted the information 11
but shall include— 12
(A) an explanation that voter registration 13
is voluntary, but if the individual does not de-14
cline registration, the individual will be reg-15
istered to vote; 16
(B) a statement offering the opportunity to 17
decline voter registration through means con-18
sistent with the requirements of this title; 19
(C) in the case of a State in which affili-20
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-21
quired in order to participate in an election to 22
select the party’s candidate in an election for 23
Federal office, a statement offering the indi-24
vidual the opportunity to affiliate or enroll with 25
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a political party or to decline to affiliate or en-1
roll with a political party, through means con-2
sistent with the requirements of this title; 3
(D) the substantive qualifications of an 4
elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 5
registration application form for elections for 6
Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 7
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 8
the consequences of false registration, and a 9
statement that the individual should decline to 10
register if the individual does not meet all those 11
qualifications; 12
(E) instructions for correcting any erro-13
neous information; and 14
(F) instructions for providing any addi-15
tional information which is listed in the mail 16
voter registration application form for elections 17
for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 18
9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 19
1993; 20
(3) ensure that each such individual who is eli-21
gible to register to vote in elections for Federal of-22
fice in the State is promptly registered to vote not 23
later than 45 days after the official sends the indi-24
vidual the written notice under paragraph (2), un-25
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less, during the 30-day period which begins on the 1
date the election official sends the individual such 2
written notice, the individual declines registration in 3
writing, through a communication made over the 4
internet, or by an officially logged telephone commu-5
nication; and 6
(4) send written notice to each such individual, 7
in addition to other means of notice established by 8
this title, of the individual’s voter registration status. 9
(d) T
REATMENT OFINDIVIDUALSUNDER18 YEARS 10
OFAGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 11
as an eligible individual for purposes of this title on the 12
grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age 13
at the time a contributing agency receives information 14
with respect to the individual, so long as the individual 15
is at least 16 years of age at such time. 16
(e) C
ONTRIBUTINGAGENCYDEFINED.—In this part, 17
the term ‘‘contributing agency’’ means, with respect to a 18
State, an agency listed in section 203(e). 19
SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE IN REG-20
ISTRATION. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In accordance with this title, each 22
contributing agency in a State shall assist the State’s chief 23
election official in registering to vote all eligible individuals 24
served by that agency. 25
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(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTING AGEN-1
CIES.— 2
(1) I
NSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA -3
TION.—With each application for service or assist-4
ance, and with each related recertification, renewal, 5
or change of address, or, in the case of an institu-6
tion of higher education, with each registration of a 7
student for enrollment in a course of study, each 8
contributing agency that (in the normal course of its 9
operations) requests individuals to affirm United 10
States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 11
overall application for service or assistance) shall in-12
form each such individual who is a citizen of the 13
United States of the following: 14
(A) Unless that individual declines to reg-15
ister to vote, or is found ineligible to vote, the 16
individual will be registered to vote or, if appli-17
cable, the individual’s registration will be up-18
dated. 19
(B) 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 the 25
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individual should decline to register if the indi-1
vidual does not meet all those qualifications. 2
(C) In the case of a State in which affili-3
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-4
quired in order to participate in an election to 5
select the party’s candidate in an election for 6
Federal office, the requirement that the indi-7
vidual must affiliate or enroll with a political 8
party in order to participate in such an election. 9
(D) Voter registration is voluntary, and 10
neither registering nor declining to register to 11
vote will in any way affect the availability of 12
services or benefits, nor be used for other pur-13
poses. 14
(2) O
PPORTUNITY TO DECLINE REGISTRATION 15
REQUIRED.—Each contributing agency shall ensure 16
that each application for service or assistance, and 17
each related recertification, renewal, or change of 18
address, or, in the case of an institution of higher 19
education, each registration of a student for enroll-20
ment in a course of study, cannot be completed until 21
the individual is given the opportunity to decline to 22
be registered to vote. 23
(3) I
NFORMATION TRANSMITTAL .—Upon the 24
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 25
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date the contributing agency informs the individual 1
of the information described in paragraph (1), each 2
contributing agency shall electronically transmit to 3
the appropriate State election official, in a format 4
compatible with the statewide voter database main-5
tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 6
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), the following infor-7
mation, unless during such 30-day period the indi-8
vidual declined to be registered to vote: 9
(A) The individual’s given name(s) and 10
surname(s). 11
(B) The individual’s date of birth. 12
(C) The individual’s residential address. 13
(D) Information showing that the indi-14
vidual is a citizen of the United States. 15
(E) The date on which information per-16
taining to that individual was collected or last 17
updated. 18
(F) If available, the individual’s signature 19
in electronic form. 20
(G) Information regarding the individual’s 21
affiliation or enrollment with a political party, 22
if the individual provides such information. 23
(H) Any additional information listed in 24
the mail voter registration application form for 25
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elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant 1
to section 9 of the National Voter Registration 2
Act of 1993, including any valid driver’s license 3
number or the last 4 digits of the individual’s 4
social security number, if the individual pro-5
vided such information. 6
(c) A
LTERNATEPROCEDURE FOR CERTAINCON-7
TRIBUTINGAGENCIES.—With each application for service 8
or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-9
newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-10
tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-11
dent for enrollment in a course of study, any contributing 12
agency that in the normal course of its operations does 13
not request individuals applying for service or assistance 14
to affirm United States citizenship (either directly or as 15
part of the overall application for service or assistance) 16
shall— 17
(1) complete the requirements of section 7(a)(6) 18
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 19
U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)); 20
(2) ensure that each applicant’s transaction 21
with the agency cannot be completed until the appli-22
cant has indicated whether the applicant wishes to 23
register to vote or declines to register to vote in elec-24
tions for Federal office held in the State; and 25
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(3) for each individual who wishes to register to 1
vote, transmit that individual’s information in ac-2
cordance with subsection (b)(3). 3
(d) R
EQUIREDAVAILABILITY OFAUTOMATICREG-4
ISTRATIONOPPORTUNITYWITHEACHAPPLICATION FOR 5
S
ERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.—Each contributing agency 6
shall offer each individual, with each application for serv-7
ice or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-8
newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-9
tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-10
dent for enrollment in a course of study, the opportunity 11
to register to vote as prescribed by this section without 12
regard to whether the individual previously declined a reg-13
istration opportunity. 14
(e) C
ONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES.— 15
(1) S
TATE AGENCIES.—In each State, each of 16
the following agencies shall be treated as a contrib-17
uting agency: 18
(A) Each agency in a State that is re-19
quired by Federal law to provide voter registra-20
tion services, including the State motor vehicle 21
authority and other voter registration agencies 22
under the National Voter Registration Act of 23
1993. 24
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(B) Each agency in a State that admin-1
isters a program pursuant to title III of the So-2
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), title 3
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 4
et seq.), or the Patient Protection and Afford-5
able Care Act (Public Law 111–148). 6
(C) Each State agency primarily respon-7
sible for regulating the private possession of 8
firearms. 9
(D) Each State agency primarily respon-10
sible for maintaining identifying information for 11
students enrolled at public secondary schools, 12
including, where applicable, the State agency 13
responsible for maintaining the education data 14
system described in section 6201(e)(2) of the 15
America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 16
9871(e)(2)). 17
(E) In the case of a State in which an in-18
dividual disenfranchised by a criminal convic-19
tion may become eligible to vote upon comple-20
tion of a criminal sentence or any part thereof, 21
or upon formal restoration of rights, the State 22
agency responsible for administering that sen-23
tence, or part thereof, or that restoration of 24
rights. 25
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(F) Any other agency of the State which is 1
designated by the State as a contributing agen-2
cy. 3
(2) F
EDERAL AGENCIES.—In each State, each 4
of the following agencies of the Federal Government 5
shall be treated as a contributing agency with re-6
spect to individuals who are residents of that State 7
(except as provided in subparagraph (C)): 8
(A) The Social Security Administration, 9
the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De-10
fense Manpower Data Center of the Depart-11
ment of Defense, the Employee and Training 12
Administration of the Department of Labor, 13
and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Serv-14
ices of the Department of Health and Human 15
Services. 16
(B) The Bureau of Citizenship and Immi-17
gration Services, but only with respect to indi-18
viduals who have completed the naturalization 19
process. 20
(C) In the case of an individual who is a 21
resident of a State in which an individual 22
disenfranchised by a criminal conviction under 23
Federal law may become eligible to vote upon 24
completion of a criminal sentence or any part 25
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thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, 1
the Federal agency responsible for admin-2
istering that sentence or part thereof (without 3
regard to whether the agency is located in the 4
same State in which the individual is a resi-5
dent), but only with respect to individuals who 6
have completed the criminal sentence or any 7
part thereof. 8
(D) Any other agency of the Federal Gov-9
ernment which the State designates as a con-10
tributing agency, but only if the State and the 11
head of the agency determine that the agency 12
collects information sufficient to carry out the 13
responsibilities of a contributing agency under 14
this section. 15
(3) I
NSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 16
Each institution of higher education that receives 17
Federal funds shall be treated as a contributing 18
agency in the State in which it is located, but only 19
with respect to students of the institution (including 20
students who attend classes online) who reside in the 21
State. An institution of higher education described 22
in the previous sentence shall be exempt from the 23
voter registration requirements of section 487(a)(23) 24
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 25
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1094(a)(23)) if the institution is in compliance with 1
the applicable requirements of this part. 2
(4) P
UBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 3
prior to the date of each election for Federal office 4
held in the State, the chief State election official 5
shall publish on the public website of the official an 6
updated list of all contributing agencies in that 7
State. 8
(5) P
UBLIC EDUCATION.—The chief State elec-9
tion official of each State, in collaboration with each 10
contributing agency, shall take appropriate measures 11
to educate the public about voter registration under 12
this section. 13
SEC. 204. ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE 14
IN REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN 15
EXISTING RECORDS. 16
(a) I
NITIALTRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—For 17
each individual already listed in a contributing agency’s 18
records as of the date of enactment of this Act, and for 19
whom the agency has the information listed in section 20
203(b)(3), the agency shall promptly transmit that infor-21
mation to the appropriate State election official in accord-22
ance with section 203(b)(3) not later than the effective 23
date described in section 211(a). 24
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(b) TRANSITION.—For each individual listed in a con-1
tributing agency’s records as of the effective date de-2
scribed in section 211(a) (but who was not listed in a con-3
tributing agency’s records as of the date of enactment of 4
this Act), and for whom the agency has the information 5
listed in section 203(b)(3), the Agency shall promptly 6
transmit that information to the appropriate State election 7
official in accordance with section 203(b)(3) not later than 8
6 months after the effective date described in section 9
211(a). 10
SEC. 205. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO-11
MATIC REGISTRATION. 12
(a) P
ROTECTIONS FORERRORS INREGISTRATION.— 13
An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 14
law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication concerning 15
immigration status or naturalization, or subject to an alle-16
gation in any legal proceeding that the individual is not 17
a citizen of the United States on any of the following 18
grounds: 19
(1) The individual notified an election office of 20
the individual’s automatic registration to vote under 21
this title. 22
(2) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec-23
tions for Federal office but was automatically reg-24
istered to vote under this title. 25
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(3) The individual was automatically registered 1
to vote under this title at an incorrect address. 2
(4) The individual declined the opportunity to 3
register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 4
citizenship, including through automatic registration, 5
under this title. 6
(b) L
IMITS ONUSE OFAUTOMATICREGISTRA-7
TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 8
fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 9
to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in-10
cluding through automatic registration) under this title 11
may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 12
State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi-13
vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra-14
tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 15
alone. 16
(c) P
ROTECTION OFELECTIONINTEGRITY.—Noth-17
ing in subsection (a) or (b) may be construed to prohibit 18
or restrict any action under color of law against an indi-19
vidual who— 20
(1) knowingly and willfully makes a false state-21
ment to effectuate or perpetuate automatic voter 22
registration by any individual; or 23
(2) casts a ballot knowingly and willfully in vio-24
lation of State law or the laws of the United States. 25
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(d) CONTRIBUTINGAGENCIES’ PROTECTION OFIN-1
FORMATION.—Nothing in this title authorizes a contrib-2
uting agency to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly dis-3
close any of the following: 4
(1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg-5
ister to vote or not to register to vote. 6
(2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 7
her citizenship. 8
(3) Any information that a contributing agency 9
transmits pursuant to section 203(b)(3), except in 10
pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 11
(e) E
LECTIONOFFICIALS’ PROTECTION OFINFOR-12
MATION.— 13
(1) P
UBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED .— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-15
graph (B), with respect to any individual for 16
whom any State election official receives infor-17
mation from a contributing agency, the State 18
election officials shall not publicly disclose any 19
of the following: 20
(i) The identity of the contributing 21
agency. 22
(ii) Any information not necessary to 23
voter registration. 24
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(iii) Any voter information otherwise 1
shielded from disclosure under State law or 2
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-3
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 4
20507(a)). 5
(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-6
cial security number. 7
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 8
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 9
(vi) The individual’s signature. 10
(vii) The individual’s telephone num-11
ber. 12
(viii) The individual’s email address. 13
(B) S
PECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS REG -14
ISTERED TO VOTE.—With respect to any indi-15
vidual for whom any State election official re-16
ceives information from a contributing agency 17
and who, on the basis of such information, is 18
registered to vote in the State under this part, 19
the State election officials shall not publicly dis-20
close any of the following: 21
(i) The identity of the contributing 22
agency. 23
(ii) Any information not necessary to 24
voter registration. 25
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(iii) Any voter information otherwise 1
shielded from disclosure under State law or 2
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-3
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 4
20507(a)). 5
(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-6
cial security number. 7
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 8
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 9
(vi) The individual’s signature. 10
(2) V
OTER RECORD CHANGES .—Each State 11
shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make 12
available for public inspection and, where available, 13
photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records of 14
changes to voter records, including removals and up-15
dates. 16
(3) D
ATABASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS .— 17
The Director of the National Institute of Standards 18
and Technology shall, after providing the public with 19
notice and the opportunity to comment— 20
(A) establish standards governing the com-21
parison of data for voter registration list main-22
tenance purposes, identifying as part of such 23
standards the specific data elements, the 24
matching rules used, and how a State may use 25
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the data to determine and deem that an indi-1
vidual is ineligible under State law to vote in an 2
election, or to deem a record to be a duplicate 3
or outdated; 4
(B) ensure that the standards developed 5
pursuant to this paragraph are uniform and 6
nondiscriminatory and are applied in a uniform 7
and nondiscriminatory manner; and 8
(C) publish the standards developed pursu-9
ant to this paragraph on the Director’s website 10
and make those standards available in written 11
form upon request. 12
(4) S
ECURITY POLICY.—The Director of the 13
National Institute of Standards and Technology 14
shall, after providing the public with notice and the 15
opportunity to comment, publish privacy and secu-16
rity standards for voter registration information. 17
The standards shall require the chief State election 18
official of each State to adopt a policy that shall 19
specify— 20
(A) each class of users who shall have au-21
thorized access to the computerized statewide 22
voter registration list, specifying for each class 23
the permission and levels of access to be grant-24
ed, and setting forth other safeguards to pro-25
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tect the privacy, security, and accuracy of the 1
information on the list; and 2
(B) security safeguards to protect personal 3
information transmitted through the informa-4
tion transmittal processes of section 203 or sec-5
tion 204, the online system used pursuant to 6
section 207, any telephone interface, the main-7
tenance of the voter registration database, and 8
any audit procedure to track access to the sys-9
tem. 10
(5) S
TATE COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL 11
STANDARDS.— 12
(A) C
ERTIFICATION.—The chief executive 13
officer of the State shall annually file with the 14
Election Assistance Commission a statement 15
certifying to the Director of the National Insti-16
tute of Standards and Technology that the 17
State is in compliance with the standards re-18
ferred to in paragraphs (3) and (4). A State 19
may meet the requirement of the previous sen-20
tence by filing with the Commission a statement 21
which reads as follows: ‘‘lllll hereby 22
certifies that it is in compliance with the stand-23
ards referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 24
section 205 of the Automatic Voter Registration 25
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Act of 2025.’’ (with the blank to be filled in 1
with the name of the State involved). 2
(B) P
UBLICATION OF POLICIES AND PRO -3
CEDURES.—The chief State election official of a 4
State shall publish on the official’s website the 5
policies and procedures established under this 6
section, and shall make those policies and pro-7
cedures available in written form upon public 8
request. 9
(C) F
UNDING DEPENDENT ON CERTIFI -10
CATION.—If a State does not timely file the cer-11
tification required under this paragraph, it shall 12
not receive any payment under this title for the 13
upcoming fiscal year. 14
(D) C
OMPLIANCE OF STATES THAT RE -15
QUIRE CHANGES TO STATE LAW .—In the case 16
of a State that requires State legislation to 17
carry out an activity covered by any certifi-18
cation submitted under this paragraph, for a 19
period of not more than 2 years the State shall 20
be permitted to make the certification notwith-21
standing that the legislation has not been en-22
acted at the time the certification is submitted, 23
and such State shall submit an additional cer-24
tification once such legislation is enacted. 25
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(f) RESTRICTIONS ONUSE OFINFORMATION.—No 1
person acting under color of law may discriminate against 2
any individual based on, or use for any purpose other than 3
voter registration, election administration, or enforcement 4
relating to election crimes, any of the following: 5
(1) Voter registration records. 6
(2) An individual’s declination to register to 7
vote or complete an affirmation of citizenship under 8
section 203(b). 9
(3) An individual’s voter registration status. 10
(g) P
ROHIBITION ON THEUSE OFVOTERREGISTRA-11
TIONINFORMATION FOR COMMERCIALPURPOSES.—In-12
formation collected under this title shall not be used for 13
commercial purposes. Nothing in this subsection may be 14
construed to prohibit the transmission, exchange, or dis-15
semination of information for political purposes, including 16
the support of campaigns for election for Federal, State, 17
or local public office or the activities of political commit-18
tees (including committees of political parties) under the 19
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 20
SEC. 206. REGISTRATION PORTABILITY AND CORRECTION. 21
(a) C
ORRECTINGREGISTRATIONINFORMATION AT 22
P
OLLINGPLACE.—Notwithstanding section 302(a) of the 23
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), if 24
an individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal 25
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office held in a State, the appropriate election official at 1
the polling place for any such election (including a location 2
used as a polling place on a date other than the date of 3
the election) shall permit the individual to— 4
(1) update the individual’s address for purposes 5
of the records of the election official; 6
(2) correct any incorrect information relating to 7
the individual, including the individual’s name and 8
political party affiliation, in the records of the elec-9
tion official; and 10
(3) cast a ballot in the election on the basis of 11
the updated address or corrected information, and to 12
have the ballot treated as a regular ballot and not 13
as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 14
Act. 15
(b) U
PDATES TOCOMPUTERIZEDSTATEWIDEVOTER 16
R
EGISTRATIONLISTS.—If an election official at the poll-17
ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor-18
mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi-19
cial shall ensure that the address or information is 20
promptly entered into the computerized statewide voter 21
registration list in accordance with section 22
303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 23
(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 24
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SEC. 207. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis-2
sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 3
State in implementing the requirements of this title (or, 4
in the case of an exempt State, in implementing its exist-5
ing automatic voter registration program). 6
(b) E
LIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 7
to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 8
to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 9
Commission may require, an application containing— 10
(1) a description of the activities the State will 11
carry out with the grant; 12
(2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 13
such activities without partisan bias and without 14
promoting any particular point of view regarding 15
any issue; and 16
(3) such other information and assurances as 17
the Commission may require. 18
(c) A
MOUNT OFGRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis-19
sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 20
eligible State under this section. In determining the 21
amounts of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 22
to providing funds for those activities which are most like-23
ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 24
title (or, in the case of an exempt State, which are most 25
likely to enhance the ability of the State to automatically 26
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register individuals to vote through its existing automatic 1
voter registration program), including— 2
(1) investments supporting electronic informa-3
tion transfer, including electronic collection and 4
transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 5
and the appropriate State election officials; 6
(2) updates to online or electronic voter reg-7
istration systems already operating as of the date of 8
the enactment of this Act; 9
(3) introduction of online voter registration sys-10
tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 11
previously exist; and 12
(4) public education on the availability of new 13
methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 14
and correcting registration. 15
(d) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 16
(1) A
UTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 17
be appropriated to carry out this section— 18
(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 19
(B) such sums as may be necessary for 20
each succeeding fiscal year. 21
(2) C
ONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS .— 22
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 23
of this subsection shall remain available without fis-24
cal year limitation until expended. 25
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SEC. 208. TREATMENT OF EXEMPT STATES. 1
(a) W
AIVER OFREQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro-2
vided in subsection (b), this title does not apply with re-3
spect to an exempt State. 4
(b) E
XCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of this 5
title apply with respect to an exempt State: 6
(1) Section 206 (relating to registration port-7
ability and correction). 8
(2) Section 207 (relating to payments and 9
grants). 10
(3) Section 209(e) (relating to enforcement). 11
(4) Section 209(f) (relating to relation to other 12
laws). 13
SEC. 209. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
(a) A
CCESSIBILITY OFREGISTRATIONSERVICES.— 15
Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 16
it provides under this title are made available to individ-17
uals with disabilities to the same extent as services are 18
made available to all other individuals. 19
(b) T
RANSMISSIONTHROUGHSECURETHIRDPARTY 20
P
ERMITTED.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to 21
prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 22
third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 23
transmittal requirements of this title, so long as the data 24
transmittal complies with the applicable requirements of 25
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this title, including the privacy and security provisions of 1
section 205. 2
(c) N
ONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION 3
OFSERVICES.—The services made available by contrib-4
uting agencies under this title and by the State under sec-5
tions 205 and 206 shall be made in a manner consistent 6
with paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) of 7
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 8
20506(a)). 9
(d) N
OTICES.—Each State may send notices under 10
this title via electronic mail if the individual has provided 11
an electronic mail address and consented to electronic mail 12
communications for election-related materials. All notices 13
sent pursuant to this title that require a response must 14
offer the individual notified the opportunity to respond at 15
no cost to the individual. 16
(e) E
NFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 17
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat-18
ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 19
rights of action, shall apply with respect to this title in 20
the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 21
(f) R
ELATION TOOTHERLAWS.—Except as pro-22
vided, nothing in this title may be construed to authorize 23
or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, re-24
strict, or limit the application of any of the following: 25
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(1) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 1
10301 et seq.). 2
(2) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-3
sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 4
(3) The National Voter Registration Act of 5
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 6
(4) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 7
U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 8
SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 9
In this title, the following definitions apply: 10
(1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 11
means, with respect to a State, the individual des-12
ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-13
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 14
20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 15
State’s responsibilities under such Act. 16
(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 17
Assistance Commission. 18
(3) The term ‘‘exempt State’’ means a State 19
which, under law which is in effect continuously on 20
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, op-21
erates an automatic voter registration program 22
under which an individual is automatically registered 23
to vote in elections for Federal office in the State if 24
the individual provides the motor vehicle authority of 25
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the State with such identifying information as the 1
State may require. 2
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 3
States and the District of Columbia. 4
SEC. 211. EFFECTIVE DATE. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 6
(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 7
apply with respect to a State beginning January 1, 2027. 8
(b) W
AIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com-9
mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 10
State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 11
(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 12
in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 13
deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 14
reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2027’’ were 15
a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2029’’. 16
TITLE III—PROMOTING STAND-17
ARDIZED ADMINISTRATION 18
OF ELECTIONS 19
SEC. 301. REQUIRING PARITY IN TREATMENT OF METHODS 20
OF VOTING. 21
(a) R
EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-22
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 23
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-24
section (e); and 25
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-1
lowing new subsection: 2
‘‘(d) R
EQUIRINGPARITY INTREATMENT OF METH-3
ODS OFVOTING.— 4
‘‘(1) R
EQUIREMENT.—Each State and jurisdic-5
tion shall administer an election for Federal office 6
under standards which apply equally to all methods 7
of voting used in the election, including standards 8
relating to signature verification, and shall not pre-9
pay or otherwise subsidize the costs associated with 10
one method of voting in an election unless the State 11
or jurisdiction prepays or otherwise subsidizes the 12
costs associated with other methods of voting in the 13
election in an equivalent amount. 14
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS .—Para-15
graph (1) does not apply with respect to costs pre-16
paid or otherwise subsidized by a State or jurisdic-17
tion in providing accommodations for disabled voters 18
or in meeting the requirements of the Uniformed 19
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.’’. 20
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(e) of such Act, 21
as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 22
the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 23
that the requirements of subsection (d) shall apply with 24
respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-25
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eral office held in November 2026 and each succeeding 1
election for Federal office.’’. 2
SEC. 302. REQUIRING STANDARD ELECTION ADMINISTRA-3
TION PROCEDURES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS 4
IN STATE. 5
(a) R
EQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-6
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082), as amended by 7
section 301(a), is amended— 8
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-9
section (f); and 10
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-11
lowing new subsection: 12
‘‘(e) R
EQUIRINGSTANDARDELECTIONADMINISTRA-13
TIONPROCEDURES INALLJURISDICTIONS.—Each State 14
shall ensure that the procedures used for the administra-15
tion of elections for Federal office in the State, including 16
the procedures used to determine the conditions under 17
which individuals may cast provisional ballots and the cri-18
teria for the acceptance and rejection of provisional bal-19
lots, are standardized and uniform for all jurisdictions in 20
the State which administer such elections.’’. 21
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 302(f) of such Act, 22
as redesignated by subsection (a) and as amended by sec-23
tion 301(b), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 24
inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e)’’. 25
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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
2026 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 2025 or any succeeding year. 11
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