1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
This Act may be cited as the Count Every Vote Act of 2005
.
(b)
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Voter verification and auditing
Sec. 101. Promoting accuracy, integrity, and security through
preservation of a voter-verified paper record or hard copy.
Sec. 102. Requirement for mandatory recounts.
Sec. 103. Specific, delineated requirement of study, testing,
and development of best practices.
Sec. 104. Voter verification and audit capacity
funding.
Sec. 105. Reports and provision of security consultation
services.
Sec. 106. Improvements to voting systems.
TITLE II—Provisional ballots
Sec. 201. Requirements for casting and counting provisional
ballots.
TITLE III—Additional requirements under the Help America Vote Act
of 2002
Subtitle A—Shortening voter wait times
Sec. 301. Minimum required voting systems, poll workers, and
election resources.
Sec. 302. Requirements for jurisdictions with substantial voter
wait times.
Subtitle B—No-excuse absentee voting
Sec. 311. No-excuse absentee voting.
Subtitle C—Collection and dissemination of election
data
Sec. 321. Data collection.
Subtitle D—Ensuring well run elections
Sec. 331. Training of election officials.
Sec. 332. Impartial administration of elections.
Subtitle E—Standards for purging voters
Sec. 341. Standards for purging voters.
Subtitle F—Election day registration and early
voting
Sec. 351. Election day registration.
Sec. 352. Early voting.
TITLE IV—Voter registration and identification
Sec. 401. Voter registration.
Sec. 402. Establishing voter identification.
Sec. 403. Requirement for Federal certification of
technological security of voter registration lists.
TITLE V—Prohibition on certain campaign activities
Sec. 501. Prohibition on certain campaign
activities.
TITLE VI—Ending deceptive practices
Sec. 601. Ending deceptive practices.
TITLE VII—Civic participation by ex-offenders
Sec. 701. Voting rights of individuals convicted of criminal
offenses.
TITLE VIII—Federal Election Day Act
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Federal Election Day as a public holiday.
Sec. 803. Study on encouraging government employees to serve as
poll workers.
TITLE IX—Transmission of certificate of ascertainment of
electors
Sec. 901. Transmission of certificate of ascertainment of
electors.
TITLE X—Strengthening the Election Assistance
Commission
Sec. 1001. Strengthening the Election Assistance
Commission.
Sec. 1002. Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance
Commission from certain Government contracting requirements.
Sec. 1003. Authorization of appropriations.
<enum>I</enum><header>Voter
verification and auditing</header>
<section id="IDEE3342CA581E42309BA948BB91221D38">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>Promoting accuracy, integrity, and security through
preservation of a voter-verified paper record or hard copy</header>
<subsection id="IDF45D58AC1AE44E15B5527B0924047A29">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Voter verification and manual audit capacity</header>
<paragraph id="IDE170E1443C8B4C64AE7055C44115C237">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)(2)">42 U.S.C.
15481(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFD5C8BA15B3E4B0794163DE039F66F13">
<paragraph id="ID42243063B6214C4E9B4B7E5BE230E362">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Voter verification and manual audit capacity</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2CBEFDFD92D04A83933DDC43B7237622">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Voter verification</header>
<clause id="ID29C23CE0D0FD49D99C6B449B98FA34FC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The voting system shall produce an individual voter-verifiable
paper record of the vote that shall be made available for inspection and
verification by the voter before the vote is cast.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4A481AFAA0CA44649F9243538D0216D1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity
to correct any error made by the system in the voter-verifiable paper record
before the permanent voter-verified paper record is preserved in accordance
with subparagraph (B)(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00B1BD7E10EB460497D170ABD4554C53">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Manual audit capacity</header>
<text>The permanent voter-verified paper record produced in
accordance with subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="ID185CB71CBBF14ACEBA3C1F353EA4D37B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be preserved within the polling place, in the manner, if any,
in which all other paper ballots are preserved within that polling place, or,
in the manner employed by the jurisdiction for preserving paper ballots in
general, for later use in any manual audit;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0EFB2AD56A164A10BF74905C460E25C3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>be suitable for a manual audit equivalent to that of a paper
ballot voting system; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8DC0EACD2C63456D8BACAA971200C79F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>be available as the official record and shall be the official
record used for any recount conducted with respect to any Federal election in
which the system is used.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCB04C0FEA92242E79F3098F042AA815C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of use of thermal paper</header>
<text>Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)">42 U.S.C.
15481(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID18C2A02A121B41EEA7528E0527C6F140">
<paragraph id="IDC66786ED5ED945B2902CD40817146E5A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of use of thermal paper</header>
<text>The voter-verified paper record produced in accordance with
paragraph (2)(A) shall not be produced on thermal paper, but shall instead be
produced on paper of archival quality.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7C0B06BD0F194E04BF739A5D5C95C1EA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 301(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Help America Vote Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)(1)(A)(ii)">42
U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and
before the paper record is produced under paragraph (2)</quote> before the
semicolon at the end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id716826A307F943C0BA88F4ED8EE4D684"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voter-verification
of results for individuals with disabilities and language minority
voters</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 301(a) of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id725006EB324E43F899890B1813AB1F81" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idED151EBAB6CA4ACD89B4C4C8ACBAA661">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Accessibility for individuals with disabilities and for
language minorities</header>
<subparagraph id="id627B13B79FFC4B5D9FF079CB9A97B714"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The voting system shall—</text>
<clause id="id0221B275C53949B99193893BF31EED04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be accessible for
individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for the blind
and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for
access, participation (including privacy and independence), inspection, and
verification as for other voters;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6CCBAF6AA374693BBE924BA38B9F4AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be accessible for language minority
individuals to the extent required under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1), in a manner that provides the same opportunity
for access, participation (including privacy and independence), inspection, and
verification as for other voters;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD04E71F8449145778CD0EB03F15D804D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>satisfy the
requirement of clauses (i) and (ii) through the use of at least one direct
recording electronic voting system or other voting system equipped for
individuals with disabilities at each polling place; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFAC7D93D17924C6EB51ABD08AD0CEE29"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if purchased
with funds made available under title II on or after November 1, 2006, meet the
voting system standards for disability access (as outlined in this
paragraph).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BD8E1262EA54F5D98A16146020CE60B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Verification
requirements</header><text>Any direct recording electronic voting system or
other voting system described in subparagraph (A)(iii) shall use a mechanism
that separates the function of vote generation from the function of vote
casting and shall produce, in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), an individual
paper record which—</text>
<clause id="idCC75794EFF0B489BB466720844B436A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be used to
meet the requirements of paragraph (2)(B);</text>
</clause><clause id="idA542EC897A854D37B660085544527053"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be
available for visual, audio, and pictorial inspection and verification by the
voter, with language translation available for all forms of inspection and
verification in accordance with the requirements of section 203 of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965;</text>
</clause><clause id="idAECEEA0F045B4EAB8D46B8CF46D0BD82"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall not
require the voter to handle the paper; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6E32A324F9084B5A8D38674A36927368"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>shall not
preclude the use of Braille or tactile ballots for those voters who need
them.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The
requirement of clause (iii) shall not apply to any voting system certified by
the Independent Testing Authorities before the date of the enactment of this
Act.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC53CA22DDB7443638F04BD8AE928E9F0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirements
for language minorities</header><text>Any record produced under subparagraph
(B) shall be subject to the requirements of section 203 of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 to the extent such section is applicable to the State or
jurisdiction in which such record is produced.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA29D3E96201D495880A15611D18DED4E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Additional voting system requirements</header>
<text>Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)">42 U.S.C.
15481(a)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a)(2), is amended by
adding to the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID1F589A31522D4CF9A599D394449459CF">
<paragraph id="ID1B5EF5D5A15845498DAD1580D638C136">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Instruction of election officials</header>
<text>Each State shall ensure that election officials are instructed
on the right of any individual who requires assistance to vote by reason of
blindness, other disability, or inability to read or write to be given
assistance by a person chosen by that individual under section 208 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="VRA65">Voting Rights Act of 1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2A94BC924DE54CD3BFB2C6A3556A6502">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of use of undisclosed software in voting
systems</header>
<text>No voting system shall at any time contain or use any
undisclosed software. Any voting system containing or using software shall
disclose the source code, object code, and executable representation of that
software to the Commission, and the Commission shall make that source code,
object code, and executable representation available for inspection upon
request to any citizen.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE00FB9E6CAAF4733AC9CD6C4D46649B7">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of use of wireless communication devices in
voting systems</header>
<text>No voting system shall use any wireless communication
device.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA79CF977177D444199C41027490E78AD">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Certification of software and hardware</header>
<text>All software and hardware used in any electronic voting system
shall be certified by laboratories accredited by the Commission as meeting the
requirements of paragraphs (9) and (10).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4DD315ADC8EB4E2E9D68ED6BE0D40131">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Security standards for manufacturers of voting systems used
in Federal elections</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3D5FB89BE92C4B81A4A42AE33649C347">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>No voting system may be used in an election for Federal office
unless the manufacturer of such system meets the requirements described in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22A8E9E7444B4640A495BD71DA975796">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirements described</header>
<text>The requirements described in this subparagraph are as
follows:</text>
<clause id="ID293AB197405C4964B20ECD8E79813A9E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The manufacturer shall conduct background checks on individuals
who are programmers and developers before such individuals work on any software
used in connection with the voting system.</text>
</clause><clause id="idACA6D4337249406BA31C7EE676E8CD64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The manufacturer
shall document the chain of custody for the handling of software used in
connection with voting systems.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4BC57FFAA1CD4918A59DF4DEFF369808">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>The manufacturer shall ensure that any software used in
connection with the voting system is not transferred over the Internet.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB8F094FD5DDF481C9242607EC710D47D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>In the same manner and to the same extent described in
paragraph (9), the manufacturer shall provide the codes used in any software
used in connection with the voting system to the Commission and may not alter
such codes once certification by the Independent Testing Authorities has
occurred unless such system is recertified.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDEE79EBBC337E41AE8A1EBC8C075AF1E6">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>The manufacturer shall implement procedures to ensure internal
security, as required by the Director of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8C1FA66042824D1A8264F6B0EFBCFB4D">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>The manufacturer shall meet such other requirements as may be
established by the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idD292CCF7D8BF4A02BD3F0F1D6A8CA89A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the amendments made by this section on and after November 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDCC2E1D224CFB4C86AF8EF4F30D216F05">
<enum>102.</enum>
<header>Requirement for mandatory recounts</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">On and after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall conduct random
unannounced manual mandatory recounts of the voter-verified records of each
election for Federal office (and, at the option of the State or jurisdiction
involved, of elections for State and local office held at the same time as such
an election for Federal office) in 2 percent of the polling locations (or, in
the case of any polling location which serves more than 1 precinct, 2 percent
of the precincts) in each State and with respect to 2 percent of the ballots
cast by uniformed and overseas voters immediately following the election and
shall promptly publish the results of those recounts in the Federal Register.
In addition, the verification system used by the Election Assistance Commission
shall meet the error rate standards described in section 301(a)(5) of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002.</text>
</section><section id="ID76AF84A3EEDA486CA6A2D1F83297844F">
<enum>103.</enum>
<header>Specific, delineated requirement of study, testing, and
development of best practices</header>
<subsection id="id0692B1FB013C49929D99ED9DFDDC6574"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15381">42 U.S.C. 15381</external-xref> et seq.) is
amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="IDAD7E726A70E54F809BB4D4E03D8D4920">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>redesignating section 247 as section 248; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFD2A8172FBF24083BACF3818A3C37ED7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after section 246 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDB75777E594C9452F969520F3216E3DB9">
<section id="ID504B5132918E4E0A83C7BBA35372344D">
<enum>247.</enum>
<header>Study, testing, and development of best practices to enhance
accessibility and voter-verification mechanisms for disabled voters</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Election Assistance
Commission shall study, test, and develop best practices to enhance
accessibility and voter-verification mechanisms for individuals with
disabilities.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id196731CDB6A440FAAF09CD73B1FBD792"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3055579F1754421581495F756AD254D9">
<enum>104.</enum>
<header>Voter-verification and audit capacity funding</header>
<subsection id="idDB4139AF8A65462A99AE789D97F9F473"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D of title
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15321">42 U.S.C. 15321</external-xref> et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDDA44114B51014838A93C202D50F76B01">
<part id="IDB3DB9B2D859749AEBF95E7E0C062A91A">
<enum>7<?LEXA-Enum 7?></enum>
<header>Voter-verification and audit capacity funding</header>
<section id="IDEEDAC00B67564AEB80670B469CE5BC5F">
<enum>297.<?LEXA-Enum 297.?></enum>
<header>Voter-verification and audit capacity funding</header>
<subsection id="ID50FCFEDE8557491E88C126632FBEB297">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Payments to States</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (b), not later than the date that is 30
days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>, the Election
Assistance Commission shall pay to each State an amount to assist the State in
paying for the implementation of the voter-verification and audit capacity
requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 301(a), as amended by
subsections (a) and (b) of section 2 of such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID88FD11785D494201A7008114EB25FA2B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The amount paid to a State under subsection (a) for each voting
system purchased by a State may not exceed the average cost of adding a printer
with accessibility features to each type of voting system that the State could
have purchased to meet the requirements described in such subsection.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID09D22551406D4242AD835563525D5E55">
<enum>298.</enum>
<header>Appropriation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized and
appropriated $500,000,000 to the Election Assistance Commission, without fiscal
year limitation, to make payments to States in accordance with section 297(a).
Furthermore, there are authorized and appropriated $20,000,000 to the Election
Assistance Commission, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, in addition
to any amounts otherwise appropriated for administrative costs to assist with
conducting recounts, the implementation of voter verification systems, and
improved security measures.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id48EB7AB8A94C4CF188F93378374043DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID18500275C16149CEB1CBEEF8520E1602">
<enum>105.</enum>
<header>Reports and provision of security consultation
services</header>
<subsection id="id05CD33FF053040A6A4D84561D804F147"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15381">42 U.S.C. 15381</external-xref> et seq.), as
amended by section 103, is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="ID69238FEF22464E08B303CF98D26D36A1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>redesignating section 248 as section 249; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0C330D1BCD274FB9915202B423E490E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after section 247 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID57CECB27B1B541C58519EBED8129FD95">
<section id="ID377301F63A2F461FB02835DD284D3F54">
<enum>248.</enum>
<header>Reports and provision of security consultation
services</header>
<subsection id="ID852490C7D84A44D39740CCBD154448B5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress on security review</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>,
the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, shall submit to Congress a report on a proposed
security review and certification process for all voting systems used in
elections for Federal office, including a description of the certification
process to be implemented under section 231.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID96BE21BD1C1245C2A641111B6D19822D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress on operational and management
systems</header>
<text>Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>,
the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on operational and management
systems applicable with respect to elections for Federal office, including the
security standards for manufacturers described in section 301(a)(7), that
should be employed to safeguard the security of voting systems, together with a
proposed schedule for the implementation of each such system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7ECBEDE80DCA46F49051F192FDC94092">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Provision of security consultation services</header>
<paragraph id="ID15C2FAF707C94B2D8DB337934FA44FD8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>,
the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, shall provide security consultation services to
States and local jurisdictions with respect to the administration of elections
for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID726EE1095B5A4BDF890AC9A1A75B0839">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Appropriation</header>
<text>To carry out the purposes of paragraph (1), $2,000,000 is
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id51EB29FF070A433AB969B55CEF461A9F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7527B75480E645019FF888280912D8B5">
<enum>106.</enum>
<header>Improvements to voting systems</header>
<subsection id="id097F2B3CCB6949C2B5A66C299F3A70C7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subparagraph (B) of section 301(a)(1) of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)(1)(B)">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>, a punch card voting system, or a central count
voting system</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE73801982F664B069C2E9C7BF60513D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification
of requirements for punch card systems</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of
section 301(a)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481(a)(1)(A)">42 U.S.C.
15481(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>punch card
voting system,</quote> after <quote>any</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60A0A3D4BF9D45EEB34CCBD20668FBA0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State and
jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the amendments made by this
section on and after November 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0020443cbdad4f84b010a9370c7b73cf"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Residual vote
benchmark</header><text>.</text>
<paragraph id="ID92be2d8cb57641fb9913f719d4f9d3ad"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The error rate of the voting system (as defined under
section 301 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002) in counting ballots
(determined by taking into account only those errors which are attributable to
the voting system and not attributable to an act of the voter) shall not exceed
the error rate standards established under the voting systems standards issued
and maintained by Election Assistance Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID78c4adeba23d44d6ba6fbf8c6e00d9dc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Residual ballot
performance benchmark</header><text>In addition to the error rate standards
described in paragraph (1), the Election Assistance Commission shall issue and
maintain a uniform benchmark for the residual ballot error rate that
jurisdictions may not exceed. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
residual vote error rate shall be equal to the combination of overvotes,
spoiled or uncountable votes, and undervotes cast in the contest at the top of
the ballot, but excluding an estimate, based upon the best available research,
of intentional undervotes. The Commission shall base the benchmark issued and
maintained under this subparagraph on evidence of good practices in
representative jurisdictions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa9077b6408f34f77b01a0adcf7a0239f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Historically
high intentional undervotes</header>
<subparagraph id="ID211463abe0c64fa2829961d563515b2a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress finds
that there are certain distinct communities in certain geographic areas that
have historically high rates of intentional undervoting in elections for
Federal office, relative to the rest of the Nation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9264157d4ab44808c06a75d09df25e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In establishing
the benchmark described in subparagraph (B), the Election Assistance Commission
shall—</text>
<clause id="ID9e7fd37306d5490285abf95cc3985e96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>study and report
to Congress on the occurrences of distinct communities that have significantly
higher than average rates of historical intentional undervoting; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID60ffa7eca0df404cb7c125f2bd501773"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promulgate for
local jurisdictions in which that distinct community has a substantial presence
either a separate benchmark or an exclusion from the national benchmark, as
appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Provisional
ballots</header>
<section id="id748F538C7A0F43F4B2089F6242E29D2A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Requirements
for casting and counting provisional ballots</header>
<subsection id="id68BA6AA3C653484FB5C3136D1740181B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility of
provisional ballots</header>
<paragraph id="id588A18688284415AA1855884FA52B373"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 302(a) of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482(a)(4)) is amended by inserting at the end the
following new sentence: <quote>The determination of eligibility shall be made
without regard to the location at which the voter cast the provisional ballot
and without regard to any requirement to present identification to any election
official.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEA75F8E08824430C937A18B8B575630E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to States
and jurisdictions on and after November 1, 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5BD2EEC570DF4D32B4CE431272CC98D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timely
processing of ballots</header>
<paragraph id="idADE61C6F3C124CD098694E674208DC1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 302 of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5)
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD83FA916117045A7A3D8096353F83033" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID096fe0602a3e4a82b0a5fec72093d84c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The appropriate
State election official shall develop, according to guidelines established by
the Election Assistance Commission, reasonable procedures to assure the timely
processing and counting of provisional ballots, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID567f6a593c704b9e91ceed4a8fba0d99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards for
timely processing and counting to assure that, after the conclusion of the
provisional vote count, parties and candidates may have full, timely, and
effective recourse to the recount and contest procedures provided by State law;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID39bc15b24c174b6ba0449162068ef8a8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>standards for the
informed participation of candidates and parties such as are consistent with
reasonable procedures to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity
of personal information collected in the course of the processing and counting
of provisional ballots.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD80AE3ABE48E40F99BBF48ECFF079291"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 302 of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482(d)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9D29329EE0084B08AF322AA032036B52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Each State</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB501CC134A3D4BC28D7AF60274CFC9EC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id02ED43785BDC46C995F16B4C11B0C645"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12C4CF025F514B33ABDF63395C3F3820"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F457A22FD5943ABBEEB66595E3D740C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9B5500FF07514AFFB5DA364190C95C3C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Processing</header><text>Each
State shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(6) on
and after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of
2005</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7C7F7E2AC4040E4A26EC80B6FE7802A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on
the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Additional
requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002</header>
<subtitle id="id2577FE79DC1A4B8382235D3BD5FD5D71"><enum>A</enum><header>Shortening voter
wait times</header>
<section id="ID1C80BF92B5504B07BDA46E0A282AD00A">
<enum>301.</enum>
<header>Minimum required voting systems, poll workers, and election
resources</header>
<subsection id="ID2CAB630510B94D3C8501B77C726976AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Minimum requirements</header>
<paragraph id="id1944F534D1B94895B6011D11305EA345"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15481 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDF185B1EDDDDD487687E4ED9DEB57F196">
<subtitle id="idC846F2AD7BFD4808B596E9B5ED452911"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header>
<section id="ID54F589C1684F40F1AEA3D36A80B2066A"><enum>321.</enum><header>Minimum
required voting systems and poll workers</header>
<subsection id="IDFB42F3A66DA3499098C5705BD78B4399">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Each State shall provide for the minimum required number of
voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all other
physical resources) for each voting site on the day of any Federal election and
on any days during which such State allows early voting for a Federal election
in accordance with the standards determined under section 299.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7AA0A5DA174D4F4C89DF5C22383FB826"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voting
site</header><text>For purposes of this section and section 299, the term
<term>voting site</term> means a polling location, except that in the case of
any polling location which serves more than 1 precinct, such term shall mean a
precinct.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2B5D6317D4934587A0A5103D18AE8177">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of
this section on and after October 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCE2FE38FE61D4BBBAFE30CF6580663AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking <quote>and 303</quote> and inserting
<quote>303, and subtitle C</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7115FBA7D7794653BD4AA2F01CBFECC6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Standards</header>
<paragraph id="id6CCD634095094CA18F1CD695684000B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAA45404A43E84D5DAAC977CB1DB6E99C" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="idF3CFF06D3FEC4170AA639CF35CEF7D26"><enum>E</enum><header>Guidance and
standards</header>
<section id="ID1F336748D71A4597A1F4F5B763EEE21A"><enum>299.<?LEXA-Enum 299.?></enum><header>Standards for establishing the minimum
required voting systems and poll workers</header>
<subsection id="ID0D96B978D47849469C73992AC4B8B315">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than January 1, 2006, the Commission shall issue
standards regarding the minimum number of voting systems, poll workers, and
other election resources (including all other physical resources) required
under section 321 on the day of any Federal election and on any days during
which early voting is allowed for a Federal election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD6C3EFF29AAF472A8595008866157356">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Distribution</header>
<paragraph id="id7CB39636C6CD4ACB91E4CD27655CA524"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The standards described in subsection (a) shall provide
for a uniform and nondiscriminatory distribution of such systems, workers, and
other resources, and shall take into account, among other factors, the
following with respect to any voting site:</text>
<subparagraph id="id48CAD80A5D2D4A9F990C96AB1F360174"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The voting age
population.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D1BEFEAD7774C64A1DC959F03A205B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Voter turnout in
past elections.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84F2372455BA4F96ADE646740B1287C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
voters registered.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28F0B0093BF44F8AB2EC92B81AA53063"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
voters who have registered since the most recent Federal election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD02153FC240A4907B5AF8E9457E61D18"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Census data for
the population served by such voting site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB5BE9AEEC4944308D07839BE638A71E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The educational
levels and socio-economic factors of the population served by such voting
site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D4C40FBA5FD4497B45D5266782D6706"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The needs and
numbers of disabled voters and voters with limited English proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id382C72AD73CC4B4AB32501DFD5572919"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The type of
voting systems used.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idADF201D8756341E583C7520A1706F1A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No factor
dispositive</header><text>The standards shall provide that any distribution of
such systems shall take into account the totality of all relevant factors, and
no single factor shall be dispositive under the standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEB6BC326A076401381F8FB892FB5E645"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>To
the extent possible, the standards shall provide for a distribution of voting
systems, poll workers, and other election resources with the goals of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC23A578FCB6843A0A16509B48126C967"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensuring an equal
waiting time for all voters in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA991396DBE284D0CA07FA48FE5D08A78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preventing a
waiting time of over 1 hour at any polling place.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4A5D70752DAE4E0AAE14CB77D65CEBDC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The
standards described in subsection (a) shall permit States, upon giving
reasonable public notice, to deviate from any allocation requirements in the
case of unforseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or terrorist
attack.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A50FC54DD884EC39C6E7140977ECAC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 202 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15322) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
(6) and (7), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id619A2CA9591D4CC5B8BB0A17EE659B12" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id757FAA45E3A645E3997AC7CCE4DC4CCE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>carrying out the
duties described under subtitle E;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51E1DACC5D904241B08BABA46D9B0C8E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Requirements
for jurisdictions with substantial voter wait times</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD50329306D00453B8600C560F10B2B30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF08F3B1013F4C0A848BA9B7EEBEEE06" style="OLC">
<title id="idC2B0700164C14DE098121908669B0664"><enum>X</enum><header>Remedial plans
for States with excessive voter wait times</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC7AE1A6BEAA4931878DFAE992B6A6E4"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Remedial
plans for States with excessive voter wait times</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA76A26A9C984B8BA69FC9BAD715F8A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each jurisdiction for
which the Election Assistance Commission determines that a substantial number
of voters waited more than 90 minutes to cast a vote in the election on
November 2, 2004, shall comply with a State remedial plan established under
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BAFBAE1678A437D9429C9EE50E0BB87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State remedial
plans</header><text>For each State or jurisdiction which is required to comply
with this section, the Election Assistance Commission shall establish a State
remedial plan to minimize the waiting times of voters.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id141C82B1ACA64E928179DC84E1591BEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>jurisdiction</term> has the same
meaning as the term <term>registrar's jurisdiction</term> under section 8 of
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.</text>
</subsection></section>.
(b)The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
BNo-Excuse
absentee voting
311.No-excuse
absentee voting
Subtitle C of title III of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
322.No-excuse
absentee voting
(a)Each State and jurisdiction shall permit any person who
is otherwise qualified to vote in an election for Federal office to vote in
such election in a manner other than in person without regard to any
restrictions on absentee voting under State law.
(b)Submission and
processing
(1)Any ballot cast under subsection (a) shall be submitted
and processed in the manner provided for absentee ballots under State
law.
(2)Any
ballot cast under subsection (a) shall be counted if postmarked or signed
before the close of the polls on election day and received by the appropriate
State election official on or before the date which is 10 days after the date
of the election or the date provided for the receipt of absentee ballots under
State law, whichever is later.
(c)Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this section on and after October 1, 2006.
.
CCollection and
dissemination of election data
321.
Subtitle C of title III of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
323.Public reports
on Federal elections
(a)Not later than 6 months after a Federal election, each
State and jurisdiction shall publicly report information on such election,
including the following information with respect to the election:
(1)The total number
of individuals of voting age in the population.
(2)The total number
of individuals registered to vote.
(3)The total number
of registered voters who voted.
(4)The number of
absentee and overseas ballots requested, including the numbers of such ballots
requested by military personnel and citizens living overseas.
(5)The number of
absentee and overseas ballots cast, including the numbers of such ballots cast
by military personnel and citizens living overseas.
(6)The total number
of absentee and overseas ballots counted, including the number of such ballots
which were cast by military personnel and citizens living overseas that were
counted.
(7)The total number
of absentee and overseas ballots rejected, including the numbers of such
ballots which were cast by military personnel and citizens living overseas that
were rejected, and the reasons for any such rejections.
(8)The number of
votes cast in early voting at the polls before the day of the election.
(9)The number of
provisional ballots cast.
(10)The number of
provisional ballots counted.
(11)The number of
provisional ballots rejected and the reasons any provisional ballots were
rejected.
(12)The number of
voting sites (within the meaning of section 321(b)) in the State or
jurisdiction.
(13)The number of
voting machines in each such voting site on election day and the type of each
voting machine.
(14)The total number
of voting machines available in the State or jurisdiction for distribution to
each such voting site.
(15)The total number
of voting machines actually distributed to such voting sites (including voting
machines distributed as replacement voting machines on the day of the
election).
(16)The total number
of voting machines of any type, whether electronic or manual, that
malfunctioned on the day of the election and the reason for any
malfunction.
(17)The total number
of voting machines that were replaced on the day of the election.
(b)The Commission shall collect the information published under
subsection (a) and shall report to Congress not later than 9 months after any
Federal election the following:
(1)The funding and
expenditures of each State under the provisions of this Act.
(2)The voter turnout
in the election.
(3)The number of
registered voters and the number of individuals eligible to register who are
not registered.
(4)The number of
voters who have registered to vote in a Federal election since the most recent
such election.
(5)The extent to
which voter registration information has been shared among government agencies
(including any progress on implementing statewide voter registration databases
under section 303(a)).
(6)The extent to
which accurate voter information has been maintained over time.
(7)The number and
types of new voting systems purchased by States and jurisdictions.
(8)The amount of
time individuals waited to vote.
(9)The number of
early votes, provisional votes, absentee ballots, and overseas ballots
distributed, cast, and counted.
(10)The amount of
training that poll workers received.
(11)The number of
poll workers.
(12)The number of
polling locations and precincts.
(13)The ratio of the
number of voting machines to the number of registered voters.
(14)any other
information pertaining to electoral participation as the Commission deems
appropriate.
(c)Each State and
jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section
on and after November 1, 2006.
.
DEnsuring well run
elections
331.Training of
election officialsSubtitle C
of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
324.Training of
election officials
(a)Each State and jurisdiction shall require that each
person who works in a polling place during an election for Federal office
receives adequate training not earlier than 3 months before the
election.
(b)The
training required under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include—
(1)hands-on training
on all voting systems used in the election;
(2)training on
accommodating individuals with disabilities, individuals who are of limited
English proficiency, and individuals who are illiterate;
(3)training on
requirements for the identification of voters;
(4)training on the
appropriate use of provisional ballots and the process for casting such
ballots;
(5)training on
registering voters on the day of the election;
(6)training on which
individuals have the authority to challenge voter eligibility and the process
for any such challenges; and
(7)training on
security procedures.
(c)Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this section on and after August 1, 2006.
.
332.
Impartial administration of elections
Subtitle C of title III of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
325.
Election administration requirements
(a)
Publication of State election laws
(1)Each State shall be required to publish all State laws,
regulations, procedures, and practices relating to Federal elections on January
1 of each year in which there is a regularly scheduled election for a Federal
office.
(2)Maintenance of
laws on the InternetEach State shall be required to maintain an
updated version of all material published under paragraph (1) on an easily
accessible public web site on the Internet.
(b)Notice of
changes in State election laws
Not later than 15 days prior to any Federal election, each
State shall issue a public notice describing all changes in State law affecting
voting in Federal elections and the administration of Federal elections since
the most recent prior such election. If any State or local government makes any
change affecting the administration of Federal elections within 15 days of a
Federal election, the State or local government shall provide adequate public
notice.
(c)
(1)
Each State shall issue
nondiscriminatory standards for granting access to nonpartisan election
observers. Such standards shall take into account the need to avoid disruption
and crowding in polling places.
(2)
Each State shall allow uniform and nondiscriminatory access to
any polling place for purposes of observing a Federal election to nonpartisan
domestic observers (including voting rights and civil rights organizations) and
international observers in accordance with the standards published under
paragraph (1).
(3)
Notice of denial of observation request
Each State shall issue a public notice with respect to any
denial of a request by any observer described in paragraph (2) for access to
any polling place for purposes of observing a Federal election. Such notice
shall be issued not later than 24 hours after such denial.
(d)Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements
of this section on and after October 1, 2006.
.
EStandards for
purging voters
341.Standards for
purging votersSubtitle C of
title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
326.
Removal from voter registration list
(a)
Not later than 45 days before any Federal election, each State
shall provide public notice of—
(1)all names which
have been removed from the voter registration list of such State under section
303 since the later of the most recent election for Federal office or the day
of the most recent previous public notice provided under this section;
and
(2)the criteria,
processes, and procedures used to determine which names were removed.
(b)
Notice to individual voters
(1)
No individual shall be removed from the voter registration list
under section 303 unless such individual is first provided with a notice which
meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
(2)
The notice required under paragraph (1) shall be—
(A)
provided to each voter in a uniform and nondiscriminatory
manner;
(B)
consistent with the requirements of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.);
and
(C)
in the form and manner prescribed by the Election Assistance
Commission.
(c)No
State or jurisdiction may disclose the reason for the removal of any voter from
the voter registration list unless ordered to do so by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(d)Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements
of this section on and after September 1, 2006.
.
FElection day
registration and early voting
351.
Election day registration
(a)
Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as
added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
327.
Election day registration
(a)
(1)
Notwithstanding section 8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6), each State
shall permit any individual on the day of a Federal election—
(A)
to register to vote in such election at the polling place using
the form established by the Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section
299A; and
(B)
to cast a vote in such election and have that vote counted in
the same manner as a vote cast by an eligible voter who properly registered
during the regular registration period.
(2)
The requirements under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State
in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the
enactment of this Act, there is no voter registration requirement for
individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal office.
(b)
Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of
subsection (a) on and after October 1, 2006.
.
(b)
Election day registration form
Subtitle E of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as
added by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
299A.Election day registration formThe Commission shall develop an election day
registration form for elections for Federal office.
.
352.
(a)
Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as
added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
328.
(a)
Each State shall allow individuals to vote in an election for
Federal office not less than 15 days prior to the day scheduled for such
election in the same manner as voting is allowed on such day.
(b)
Minimum early voting requirements
Each polling place which allows voting prior to the day of a
Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) shall—
(1)
allow such voting for no less than 4 hours on each day (other
than Sunday); and
(2)
have minimum uniform hours each day for which such voting
occurs.
(c)
Application of Election Day registration to early
voting
A State shall permit individuals to register to vote at each
polling place which allows voting prior to the day of a Federal election
pursuant to subsection (a) in the same manner as the State is required to
permit individuals to register to vote and vote on the day of the election
under section 327.
(d)
Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of
this section on and after October 1, 2006.
.
(b)
Standards for early voting
Subtitle E of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and
amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
299B.
Standards for early voting
(a)
The Commission shall issue standards for the administration of
voting prior to the day scheduled for a Federal election. Such standards shall
include the nondiscriminatory geographic placement of polling places at which
such voting occurs and the public listing of the date, time, and location of
polling places no earlier than 10 days before the date on which such voting
begins.
(b)The
standards described in subsection (a) shall permit States, upon giving
reasonable public notice, to deviate from any requirement in the case of
unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or a terrorist
attack.
.
<enum>IV</enum><header>Voter
registration and identification</header>
<section id="idD22D939AF6E942FBBD65E9C85303C510"><enum>401.</enum><header>Voter
registration</header>
<subsection id="idBF683B0AE24B4F429744156E2111FE86">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Paragraph (4) of section 303(b) of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483(b)(4)">42
U.S.C. 15483(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="id1E95A128D6BE4DFF877593CE606009A1">
<subparagraph id="id474754A7381744709983C924A98F475C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<clause id="idD639FAFF354A410B97768C8ADB6064E1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in lieu of the questions and statements required under
subparagraph (A), such mail voter registration form shall include an affidavit
to be signed by the registrant attesting both to citizenship and age;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2B02644574EE42B8B601E2517A6CDBB7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>subparagraph (B) shall not apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idED24838B4A574313A9E9DC0F9B1298CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Processing of
registration applications</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id60ECBCD332B149A4A0826108A29BAA1B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of
2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1206B06F37DB4DA59E804B8C304FE549" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="idADAFCA6AE68842CCB993FDD83320E7EC"><enum>329.</enum><header>Processing of
registration applications</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id64C9AB24F6524A9EBDD243DB5088B567"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State
and jurisdiction shall accept and process a voter registration application for
an election for Federal office unless there is a material omission or
information that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id5AD6ABB3A90B4BFF959282EAC3128E0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presumption to
register</header><text>There shall be a presumption that persons who submit
voter registration applications should be registered.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id78EB03710D98496DB8276AAF21DA9AA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presumption to
cure material omission</header><text>Each State and jurisdiction shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id87E97829B6EC432A9871D84A3010C015"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide a process
to permit voters an opportunity to cure any material omission within a
reasonable period of time; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id733677DF398249B68E4EDDBD72ED72F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>accept any
application which is so cured as having been filed on the date on which such
application is originally received.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idF3BE7B2A50F94A63B0CDB4AE53F346F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this subsection on and after October 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCF425CCD5F9F45E8B4F00F4EAFE02BBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Material
omission</header><text>Subtitle E of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id161FD7D27B2A401395FB15009435FA37" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="idE299C823E7C24962B82177E524E3F9A5"><enum>299C.<?LEXA-Enum 299C.?></enum><header>Standards for material omission from
registration forms</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idE25F18CDCC25424591B7060A7F2D2717"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Election
Assistance Commission shall establish guidelines as to what does and does not
constitute a <quote>material omission or information that specifically affects
the eligibility of the voter</quote> for purposes of section 329.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id5F7B3095CA2E4D219261D1E3C0B5C41A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain
information not a material omission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the guidelines under
subsection (a), the Commission shall provide that the following shall not
constitute a <quote>material omission or information that specifically affects
the eligibility of the voter</quote>:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC8EE02B0AD61423BAB644A6A1B772C03"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The failure to provide a social security
number or driver's license number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id522CBFB9AFEE4398847A750BE8919FCF"><enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The failure to provide information concerning citizenship or
age in a manner other than the attestation required under section 9(b)(2) of
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973–gg–7).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCC36AC4FF7154D019C751DF89613DBDE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Internet registration</header>
<paragraph id="id9E631AE0AE404A64B90D1B91765A0CCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15381), as added and amended
by this Act, is amended by redesignating section 249 as section 250 and by
inserting after section 248 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97ABA3B8A0304603A6D3B1722F0F4AA3" style="OLC">
<section id="id0B1B680AD12441C1913D39F4E70DB6C6">
<enum>249.</enum>
<header>Study on Internet registration and other uses of the Internet
in Federal elections</header>
<subsection id="idEDE1F00F39D24BD39D048476FB748423"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall conduct a study
on—</text>
<paragraph id="id224F5F0580AB4357B3D9D047BC0455D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility of voter registration
through the Internet for Federal elections; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67789D99BA8F47F7AB2E81C5B7C83A60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other uses of the
Internet in Federal elections, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id47DCE6925A7146969EDB54DFBA91B10E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of the
Internet to publicize information related to Federal elections; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFB9C7732B55489A9C6010B0045F1DF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of the
Internet to vote in Federal elections.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB3382BF3D681441784655A1D2C5A6683"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>,
the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6101BD37B3924E26A8D9CDBFCBAB2523"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB3D5DD97209A407083D6B5514ECAF179">
<enum>402.</enum>
<header>Establishing voter identification</header>
<subsection id="id20C1DB44EC5E4CB78CAB5F52FA8301D9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="id1C32F7AE8BAB46C985D7B27AC3768B1E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In person voting</header>
<text>Clause (i) of section 303(b)(2)(A) of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483(b)(2)(A)(i)">42 U.S.C.
15483(b)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at
the end of subclause (I) and by adding at the end the following new
subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="id17D32E3F1D584E62B77F717C264EA09D">
<subclause id="idA8257212081D4BE1B491E93CB182309A">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>executes a written affidavit attesting to such individual’s
identity; or</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id996FC9CFD6C24514A14D470DC64ABF8F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Voting by mail</header>
<text>Clause (ii) of section 303(b)(2)(A) of the Help America Vote Act
of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483(b)(2)(A)(ii)">42 U.S.C.
15483(b)(2)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at
the end of subclause (I), by striking the period at the end of subclause (II)
and inserting <quote>; or</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new
subclause:</text>
<quoted-block id="id9D8FE43CA0DB43ED82C65B775271A85B">
<subclause id="idC24ADE9499174DB3836D1FF2A7B10A31">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a written affidavit, executed by such individual, attesting to
such individual’s identity.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3B1EB1F614F345D2868B02AE41B348C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the amendments made by this subsection on and after November 1, 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF006901CB7B748BAB8DF312B092DEDB1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Standards for verifying voter information</header>
<text>Subtitle E of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and
amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block id="id5FE0A4A874AC4A179474B16A74AF7090">
<section id="idCCFC5D865CDA46BC9EF5794D843EFB78">
<enum>299D.<?LEXA-Enum 299D.?></enum>
<header>Voter identification</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall develop
standards for verifying the identification information required under section
303(a)(5) in connection with the registration of an individual to vote in a
Federal election.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67BB6A27A3C7427EAA1D48309161FDB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for
free photo identifications</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8227E9F4533C482C82FE0D967D896390" style="OLC">
<part id="id6753A73C2A2246ADAF6C45485CBE6A57"><enum>8<?LEXA-Enum 8?></enum><header>Photo identification</header>
<section id="id401BDFA28D1B4548BD76EB21B74850A1"><enum>298A.<?LEXA-Enum 298A.?></enum><header>Payments for free photo
identification</header>
<subsection id="id4D2E47E396A6429DB5E0EBF3F20F3CFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to any other payments made under this
subtitle, the Election Assistance Commission shall make payments to States to
promote the issuance to registered voters of free photo identifications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4B3BE9BB7F2B4B04A871ACFF9C5F79DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A State receiving a payment under this part shall use the
payment only to provide free photo identification cards to registered voters
who do not have an identification card and who cannot obtain an identification
card without undue hardship.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idFDF2A8E8EE124D9798AF435E8B4B02C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="id234716870D114D68BD4F883C85A23FBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of the grant made to a State under this part
for a year shall be equal to the product of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3E35D0B3059749C58AC554BAF3F12B6A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total amount
appropriated for payments under this part for the year under section 298B;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAD49E53E74074B7991A95C72F56828B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount equal
to—</text>
<clause id="idF3F427BD7A5B4D0BAEEFE39A0916F015"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the voting age
population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census);
divided by</text>
</clause><clause id="idB942403F23BB4B068EDA1605959AB2C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total voting
age of all eligible States which submit an application for payments under this
part (as reported in the most recent decennial census).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1AE8D52825F949FEBA0FC06FFB1E73AF"><enum>298B.<?LEXA-Enum 298B.?></enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id975EF0EB81BF47E8881163EDE876AF86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any
other amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subtitle, there are
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as
are necessary for each subsequent fiscal year for the purpose of making
payments under section 298A.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id971D56A1B77A485EA0275F9CC3815E6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authority of this section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="idD8961342EDE64AE88B3D53FB01702CA7">
<enum>403.</enum>
<header>Requirement for Federal certification of technological security
of voter registration lists</header>
<subsection id="id96D6D2C19E1741CEB89F60FB4BA7A604"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(a)(3) of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483(a)(3)">42 U.S.C.
15483(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>measures to prevent
the</quote> and inserting <quote>measures, as certified by the Election
Assistance Commission, to prevent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id171204FB3F8E463D9EECE19E01308D21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Prohibition on
certain campaign activities</header>
<section id="id415F52BDF879464BB18AEF9DBA04A0F9"><enum>501.</enum><header>Prohibition on
certain campaign activities</header>
<subsection id="id320330E51A2A4E48AAE4F14C259D5C8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 319 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73394C4BAE8C4443940045B011A5DBB5" style="traditional">
<section commented="no" id="id12BC6A2391344046A911F9A200AC4919"><enum>319A.<?LEXA-Enum 319A.?></enum><header>Campaign activities by election officials and voting system
manufacturers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9F1C6A51160E438C9D91493E25A24FCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idEAF1A01F35314712AC17782D5AF9FBAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Chief state
election officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall
be unlawful for any chief State election official to take part in prohibited
political activities with respect to any election for Federal office over which
such official has managerial authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id024D01BAAAE34117B1E822590C2A6F1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Voting system
manufacturers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be
unlawful for any person who owns or serves as the chief executive officer,
chief financial officer, chief operating officer, or president of any entity
that designs or manufacturers a voting system to take part in prohibited
political activities with respect to any election for a Federal office for
which a voting system produced by such manufacturer is used.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id8C7F8B3167A4434E95695520C55AA6BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id498186720D424D4881BE004D8098C799"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Chief State
election official</header><text>The term <term>chief State election
official</term> means the individual designated as such under section 10 of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CE5A151C1B742579EFD8EEE65956FD2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idA6F6368AD078478A94734E692197DCB1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited
political activities</header>
<text>The term <term>prohibited political activities</term> means
campaigning to support or oppose a candidate or slate of candidates for Federal
office, making public speeches in support of such a candidate, fundraising and
collecting contributions on behalf of such a candidate, distributing campaign
materials with respect to such a candidate, organizing campaign events with
respect to such a candidate, and serving in any position on any political
campaign committee of such a candidate.</text>
</paragraph><subsection commented="no" id="id5BDA4A05E19E47C8ADAFD2F8B289B951"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ownership</header><text>For
purposes of subsection (a)(2), a person shall be considered to own an entity if
such person controls at least 20 percent, by vote or value, of the
entity.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id17AA2CDE249B45A0A1FCDB99919578EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Ending deceptive
practices</header>
<section commented="no" id="id1177AA83473F4487AEAB91234A8C2051"><enum>601.</enum><header>Ending
deceptive practices</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idED6F3A14036B4826B661851D64358430"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB0D1A4AE4390467ABCBD36CBAA73C81F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 2004 of the
Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(b)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idD79D88B5DD6F40859972903DF96A8FC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>No person</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A12FD7C785B471AB05EDA9CA087F930" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE28941DDCDCD4D5CABDAEE7DC1463394"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No person</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id517EDD6696EF46C6B9EA56C84B8E2F76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id477DD491DA42420195B249622DAE6F6C" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id117B753EDACA416595E512AF0C9CAE39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deceptive
acts</header><text>No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise,
shall knowingly deceive any other person regarding the time, place, or manner
of conducting a general, primary, run-off, or special election for the office
of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or
Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates, or Commissioners from the
Territories or possessions; nor shall any person knowingly deceive any person
regarding the qualifications or restrictions of voter eligibility for any
general, primary, run-off, or special election for the office of President,
Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the
House of Representatives, Delegates, or Commissioners from the Territories or
possessions.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA4BD09B00F0F4770AB163E0945205B08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The heading of
section 2004(b) of the Revised Statutes is amended by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection">or coercion</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">coercion, or deceptive
acts</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA62BC5D789E443F5A063916CD749C557"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text>Section 594 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id2B28AD4D6B154DCFA8AB980F21556A77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Whoever</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C9C49779FFB4608B634D86A796980C4" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="id493A7CA2FEF74992BD558E0D0566655E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intimidation</header><text>Whoever</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id837A6810F5F4440ABA8904AAA045F33A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id749EA4173C2C4008A91D14A993C88EFA" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="idEDF78FA165524ADEA18BC4B1E2A9168A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deceptive
acts</header><text>Whoever knowingly deceives any person regarding—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id98A9BB353B2D45F5A463B141DB2B0CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the time, place,
or manner of conducting a general, primary, run-off, or special election for
the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the
Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates, or Commissioners
from the Territories or possessions; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD4CBF7854867422DA93FF0CF01C0F5C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
qualifications or restrictions of voter eligibility for any general, primary,
run-off or special election for the office of President, Vice President,
presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of
Representatives, Delegates, or Commissioners from the Territories or
possessions</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD0F9AB16AC8C40E8837B28AF0CFF4695"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum>
<header>Civic participation by ex-offenders</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0717149BFFDB4F1CAA8621C6E156CA67"><enum>701.</enum><header>Voting rights
of individuals convicted of criminal offenses</header>
<subsection id="IDA60EE9D35C9B4623A478FC848D57B44D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title may be cited as
the <short-title>Civic Participation Act of
2005</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6F8C2721495C43BA982E517DC2C94E84">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Findings and purpose</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDF474DB0ACEC14E9894901CBF835718BC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="IDC812A9E474E145F4A2201E00F020B47B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The right to vote is the most basic constitutive act of
citizenship and regaining the right to vote reintegrates offenders into free
society. The right to vote may not be abridged or denied by the United States
or by any State on account of race, color, gender, or previous condition of
servitude. Basic constitutional principles of fairness and equal protection
require an equal opportunity for United States citizens to vote in Federal
elections.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDF6031CA7016D48B1B200BCBDAF0045D8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Congress has ultimate supervisory power over Federal elections,
an authority that has repeatedly been upheld by the Supreme Court.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID40FAC1D9F50A435000A2F83C6D081D84">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Although State laws determine the qualifications for voting in
Federal elections, Congress must ensure that those laws are in accordance with
the Constitution. Currently, those laws vary throughout the Nation, resulting
in discrepancies regarding which citizens may vote in Federal elections.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDCD1B6E7A611241F58BF7FF69BB909542">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>An estimated 4,700,000 individuals in the United States, or 1 in
44 adults, currently cannot vote as a result of a felony conviction. Women
represent about 676,000 of those 4,700,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID17ECEC44307043BD9C6F295D6D68EE8D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>State disenfranchisement laws disproportionately impact ethnic
minorities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID746C9A83D7B5411EA935228D16C20802">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Fourteen States disenfranchise some or all ex-offenders who have
fully served their sentences, regardless of the nature or seriousness of the
offense.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDE5529A4C0C2A47D682195EC74783B0D8">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>In those States that disenfranchise ex-offenders who have fully
served their sentences, the right to vote can be regained in theory, but in
practice this possibility is often illusory.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID498BA0F7AB644603BD9EAC3CB5300341">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>In those States that disenfranchise ex-offenders, an
ex-offender's right to vote can only be restored through a gubernatorial pardon
or order, or a certificate granted by a parole board. Some States require
waiting periods as long as 10 years after completion of the sentence before an
ex-offender can initiate the application for restoration of the right to
vote.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDBB04EA251B2D48D9BA5B2FC628380989">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>Offenders convicted of a Federal offense often have additional
barriers to regaining voting rights. Many States do not offer a restoration
procedure for Federal offenders who have completed supervision. The only method
available to such persons is a Presidential pardon.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="IDF0987C04BC014100B7EA1998F4CF83C6">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>Few persons who seek to have their right to vote restored have
the financial and political resources needed to succeed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID8C601B10B36C43CAB8C027E4F3300072">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>Thirteen percent of the African-American adult male population,
or 1,400,000 African-American men, are disenfranchised. Given current rates of
incarceration, 3 in 10 African-American men in the next generation will be
disenfranchised at some point during their lifetimes. Hispanic citizens are
also disproportionately disenfranchised, since those citizens are
disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID8FB9EDD409094943AFC3CA3C99231BEF">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>The discrepancies described in this paragraph should be addressed
by Congress, in the name of fundamental fairness and equal protection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2F5D6CD5D5654BB58E8554DB25A00095">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of this title is to restore fairness in the Federal
election process by ensuring that ex-offenders who have fully served their
sentences are not denied the right to vote.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA724946F5D7543B8B89FD152C0D5BCA8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID592863C5F9B44328A044C4031F003800">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Correctional institution or facility</header>
<text>The term <term>correctional institution or facility</term> means
any prison, penitentiary, jail, or other institution or facility for the
confinement of individuals convicted of criminal offenses, whether publicly or
privately operated, except that such term does not include any residential
community treatment center (or similar public or private facility).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID690973B1ACCB4F9BA35CA161CEF060E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Election</header>
<text>The term <term>election</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDA0D59A8E017345F292B2E1BC9282AC00">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a general, special, primary, or runoff election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD9A7547995DA459B853E2F04FF082501">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a convention or caucus of a political party held to nominate a
candidate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1DBD1696BA0C43F9B595E1852F7C2950">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a primary election held for the selection of delegates to a
national nominating convention of a political party; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID86CB40609D2B4D318372ED0329CC1C52">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a primary election held for the expression of a preference for
the nomination of persons for election to the office of President.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID591A7D6E4A5C48C180CF1D4D934E0348">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Federal office</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal office</term> means the office of
President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4598399DF741443EA0C866F8BF96AF2E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Parole</header>
<text>The term <term>parole</term> means parole (including mandatory
parole), or conditional or supervised release (including mandatory supervised
release), imposed by a Federal, State, or local court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID514423DDDA6744FC893E11F5E7DADB00">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Probation</header>
<text>The term <term>probation</term> means probation, imposed by a
Federal, State, or local court, with or without a condition on the individual
involved concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1DF5A7370AD74C948C00B795D9F2E699">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the individual’s freedom of movement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID14B365A002C24272911BF03DFDEC2150">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the payment of damages by the individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9E770F8FBA954D4B00CC4B841C80B2B6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>periodic reporting by the individual to an officer of the court;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID51C191C9680040B5A2318EFE09F20072">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>supervision of the individual by an officer of the court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7F0172B225244BC4AB4039CBD570F34C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Rights of citizens</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The right of an individual
who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for Federal
office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been
convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such
individual—</text>
<paragraph id="IDD73351ADC2AB43588EE7E6C1C6BA68EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or
facility; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3A605EE6113E405CB760EA86A8A397EC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is on parole or probation for a felony offense</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID083FCE2717314786BE6038AD1EB2C815">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="IDEC9F680FF34E4FB50073D2BAA250431F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Attorney General</header>
<text>The Attorney General may bring a civil action in a court of
competent jurisdiction to obtain such declaratory or injunctive relief as is
necessary to remedy a violation of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID775A5E5862BB4607A741D222F66F6455">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Private right of action</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0769AE29DD1844C4B360B02825141387">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text>A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this section may
provide written notice of the violation to the chief election official of the
State involved.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD51E4384D0B842EE8B5C4F1C7DCEE362">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Action</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), if the violation is not
corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice provided under subparagraph
(A), or within 20 days after receipt of the notice if the violation occurred
within 120 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the
aggrieved person may bring a civil action in such a court to obtain declaratory
or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA1E334D2D8694F88A8C370848E5EBB85">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Action for violation shortly before a Federal election</header>
<text>If the violation occurred within 30 days before the date of an
election for Federal office, the aggrieved person shall not be required to
provide notice to the chief election official of the State under subparagraph
(A) before bringing a civil action in such a court to obtain declaratory or
injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID00D6A848669D4A2B9CF96279DD12613C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Relation to other laws</header>
<paragraph id="ID19AE3EA82F784A8694D67D22EA2D8E3E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>No prohibition on less restrictive laws</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a State
from enacting any State law that affords the right to vote in any election for
Federal office on terms less restrictive than those terms established by this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D18BE4B899B49448E508F72E9F17573"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No limitation
on other laws</header><text>The rights and remedies established by this section
shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and
shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the
<act-name parsable-cite="VRA65">Voting Rights Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973">42 U.S.C.
1973</external-xref> et seq.) or the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C.
1973gg</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E4C7A4B3CEC48179389D33363729FAA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Notification of
restoration of voting rights</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id084C7E5FC4204E6FA523465BE1C58EEB" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id984AB220FEA64634B38D927AE498034D"><enum>330.</enum><header>Notification
of restoration of voting rights</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC1D9DBC63C441DFBD5878159FDEE091"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD29F28D02063443999EC91A90D9E1400"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the date determined under subsection (b), each State
shall notify any qualified ex-offender who resides in the State that such
qualified ex-offender has the right to vote in an election for Federal office
pursuant to the <short-title>Civic Participation Act of
2005</short-title> and may register to vote in any such election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00353A5266C945F5B4808ECC16C5DB4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
ex-offender</header><text>For the purpose of this section, the term
<term>qualified ex-offender</term> means any individual who resides in the
State who has been convicted of a criminal offense and is not serving a felony
sentence in a correctional institution or facility and who is not on parole or
probation for a felony offense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B5DF1C3830404BBDC1AF45BF9D57BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Date of
notification</header><text>The notification required under subsection (a) shall
be given on the later of the date on which such individual is released from a
correctional institution or facility for serving a felony sentence or the date
on which such individual is released from parole for a felony offense.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5F2DF2D6DBB441C89372094F91D24BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Any
term which is used in this section that is also used in the
<short-title>Civic Participation Act of 2005</short-title>
shall have the meaning given to such term in that Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E0C9EFC2C344F7BB157A8AD17C7F419"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements
of this section on and after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Civic Participation Act of
2005</short-title>.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3505548B438742CCADC514918EB40826"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A22DF49580849C6B14E86BAA6CB9EC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>This section shall apply to citizens of the United States
voting in any election for Federal office after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FB0AC57E15849FCAAAFB382E6748F87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (g) shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Federal
Election Day Act</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB62E7E660AE2499A857E0A4A5446A3EA"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Federal Election Day Act of 2005</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5C04301EB4642F285747518A673DDBF"><enum>802.</enum><header>Federal
Election Day as a public holiday</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68BF49913B634B2B948BDFE3B639C2F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election day as
a Federal holiday</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6103(a) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the matter relating to
Columbus Day, the following undesignated paragraph:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF22B0481B384ECC811FE0D5E9344C04"><enum></enum><text><quote>Federal Election Day, the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in each even numbered
year.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC54B97292054CD19CD82C1D5E300A72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 241(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15381(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (10) and by redesignating
paragraphs (11) through (19) as paragraphs (10) through (18),
respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32D03E7EE0AF4E0895AFF8E8F1AE4F5E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="ID451B4F6464A34A6B8E0073D53D7AFB97">
<enum>803.</enum>
<header>Study on encouraging government employees to serve as poll
workers</header>
<subsection id="id960DFF7F2E844708A0CF9D57C32E628C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15381), as added and amended
by this Act, is amended by redesignating section 250 as section 250A and by
inserting after section 249 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0965DB1EECF24303ACC57B88E7E372E5" style="OLC">
<section id="id0E37366C65E4420BB7DFFD507CAC65FC">
<enum>250.</enum>
<header>Study on encouraging government employees to serve as poll
workers</header>
<subsection id="idCEF78CF378CC47FCBB8365D93360C47E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall conduct a study on
appropriate methods to encourage State and local government employees to serve
as poll workers in Federal elections.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id160675232CE44E5AA975F85CE1F1922F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the
<short-title>Count Every Vote Act of 2005</short-title>,
the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idFD8B8E6F49CD4E5A97CDC3C508ED734F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
under section 210 for fiscal year 2006, $100,000 shall be authorized solely to
carry out the purposes of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18004B736406459183F586B54708C8FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Transmission of
certificate of ascertainment of electors</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD125901E09BA462EBCE3D64BC8F5096F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Transmission of
certificate of ascertainment of electors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6915B36CCAA94D27B36E77EA2B82C200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 6 of title 3, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F356C43A43345909E22260EE5B758E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and before the date that is 6 days before the date on which the electors
are to meet under section 7,</quote> after <quote>under and in pursuance of the
laws of such State providing for such ascertainment,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E0DF8C242A143C6A3B32351FCF4296D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>by registered mail</quote> and inserting <quote>by overnight
courier</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFDDF2A37FCD48DEB21AAAD50AE240E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Strengthening the
Election Assistance Commission</header>
<section id="IDF65D22F95A114FC9904585DF6349EE90">
<enum>1001.</enum>
<header>Strengthening the Election Assistance Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID505F3F126D44402388B9AA4F4F670441"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rulemaking
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part 1 of subtitle
A of Title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15239">42 U.S.C. 15321 et
seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 209.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2AC5080C414045A39579C340D5ECE786">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Budget requests</header>
<text>Part 1 of subtitle A of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15321">42 U.S.C.
15321</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by
inserting after section 208 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID67866176137B47259EA522B9ECFFB469">
<section id="IDFAE6C21045A540D29C7DC4847E006376">
<enum>209.</enum>
<header>Submission of budget requests</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whenever the Commission
submits any budget estimate or request to the President or the Office of
Management and Budget, it shall concurrently transmit a copy of such estimate
or request to the Congress and to the Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2E280E3D81064DAFB6073C90A9449AA3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Exemption from paperwork reduction Act</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) of section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C),
(D), and (E), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID535DD8F20B424309B26CCAB599B72081">
<subparagraph id="IDD8846832F05F457688A739CB3E91D207">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Election Assistance Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD8FC075190E545E8AD241E39B3A55F7D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>NIST authority</header>
<text>Subtitle E of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as
added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID0A5E4892C221447F86676B26C00F0767">
<section id="ID3639498CFA9E4BE18BC8531EF0B11CA5">
<enum>299E.<?LEXA-Enum 299E.?></enum>
<header>Technical support</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">At the request of the
Commission, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall provide the Commission with technical support necessary for the
Commission to carry out its duties under this title.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFCC3C2BCE94E4ED3BEB6BD149C1A2271"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 210 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15330">42 U.S.C.
15330</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2005 such sums as may be necessary (but not to exceed $10,000,000
for each such year)</quote> and inserting <quote>$35,000,000 for fiscal year
2006 (of which $4,000,000 are authorized solely to carry out the purposes of
section 299E) and such sums as may be necessary for the succeeding fiscal
year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7246F48515174703938B6B3ABCE6E528"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID45CC0CC5F4754DA3AB453F10C0D7A7BC">
<enum>1002.</enum>
<header>Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from
certain Government contracting requirements</header>
<subsection id="ID8E0424B3F3BE429B889D5104BDE060E7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15325">42 U.S.C. 15325</external-xref>)
is amended by striking subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4AD008F8BD2242019924E3BBB98FF437"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to contracts entered into by the Election Assistance Commission on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDF1B654928BB344CB93612ED368BA968D">
<enum>1003.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 257
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15408(a)">42 U.S.C. 15408(a)</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="ID5D14053B0BAA4AAA9F44D337B1A548BC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>For fiscal year 2006, $3,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF9EBBA0EB0B048829C321A4D667A1E6E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For each fiscal
year after 2006, such sums as are necessary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section>