[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1990 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1990

  To authorize a project to demonstrate the feasibility of voting by 
                               telephone.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1993

Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize a project to demonstrate the feasibility of voting by 
                               telephone.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) perfecting voting by telephone would greatly enhance 
        voter participation; and
            (2) the national laboratories have the technology to 
        monitor the results of telephone voting and to ensure the 
        security of the process.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Federal Election Commission shall make a grant to a consortium 
described in section 4 for the purpose of conducting a project to 
demonstrate the feasibility of voting by telephone.

SEC. 3. MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.

    A demonstration project under section 2 shall explore the following 
areas of interest:
            (1) Ensuring that each voter votes only once and that the 
        vote is tallied, stored, and reported correctly.
            (2) Ensuring the anonymity of the voter by means of a 
        confidential but simple method to identify each voter.
            (3) Ensuring that the system cannot be accessed by 
        outsiders or insiders for the purpose of changing votes.
            (4) Ensuring that the system remains accessible and secure 
        to callers throughout the voting period.
            (5) Ensuring the encryption of voters' choices to minimize 
        fraud.
            (6) Exploring future security options, such as the use of 
        voice biometrics for voter identification.
            (7) Studying the effect of telephone voting on 
        participation rates.

SEC. 4. CONSORTIUM.

    A consortium referred to in section 2 is a consortium that includes 
a State government and one or more of the national laboratories.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out 
this Act.

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