110 HR 1381 IH: Count Every Vote Act of 2007
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-03-07
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Count Every Vote Act of 2007
.
(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.
Sec. 102. Requirement for mandatory manual audits.
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.
Sec. 107. Requirements for testing laboratories.
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. Equitable allocation of voting systems, poll workers,
and election resources.
Sec. 302. State plans to prevent unreasonable wait times;
remedial plans; emergency ballots.
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 poll workers.
Sec. 332. Impartial administration of elections.
Sec. 333. Study on encouraging government employees and
secondary school students to serve as poll workers.
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.
Subtitle G—Newly Eligible Voters
Sec. 361. Encouraging the registration of newly eligible
voters.
Sec. 362. Civic education pilot program.
Title IV—Voter Registration and Identification
Sec. 401. Voter registration.
Sec. 402. Establishing voter identification for certain voters
who register by mail.
Sec. 403. Requirement for Federal certification of
technological security of voter registration lists.
Sec. 404. Coordination with state databases.
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—Election Day as a Public Holiday
Sec. 801. Acceleration of study on Election Day as a public
holiday.
Title IX—Additional Improvements to Election
Procedures
Sec. 901. Transmission of certificate of ascertainment of
electors.
Sec. 902. Study on feasibility of creating ranking system of
State election administration processes.
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. Membership of Technical Guidelines Development
Committee.
Sec. 1004. Authorization of appropriations for requirements
payments.
Title XI—Effective Date
Sec. 1101. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header>Voter
Verification and Auditing</header>
<section id="HE1CEF797961140509078D638BDB8C949"><enum>101.</enum><header>Promoting
accuracy, integrity, and security through preservation of a voter-verified
paper record</header>
<subsection id="HE9C75100D794404798EB73317C39CA4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voter
verification and manual audit capacity</header>
<paragraph id="HA2E443F0802D4E529F662E10B6778C7B"><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">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A0FEA7AD09B44698C41FD8BF2C966AC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD482D95368B2427CAE436DFA9FEEA00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Voter
verification and manual audit capacity</header>
<subparagraph id="HA338F005339B4E69B0F35B1477C40535"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voter
verification</header>
<clause id="HB2A6DD0C93704D7F00AD1841BDA5C3C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The voting system
shall produce, or require the use of, an individual voter-verified paper record
of the voter’s vote that shall be made available for inspection and
verification by the voter, or marked by the voter, before the vote is
cast.</text>
</clause><clause id="H50FB4921428B4A03A8852B3CF3D15F87"><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-verified paper record before the permanent voter-verified
paper record is preserved in accordance with subparagraph (B)(i).</text>
</clause><clause id="H786563B0BE724281B4D751ABE52F60FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The voter
verified paper record shall use durable paper of archival quality capable of
withstanding multiple counts and recounts without compromising the fundamental
integrity of the records, and capable of retaining the information marked,
printed, or recorded on them for the full duration of the retention and
preservation period called for by title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (42
U.S.C. 1974 et seq.) or under applicable State law, whichever is longer. The
paper records shall not be produced through a reel-to- reel design.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1F74CB290BF6427ABC804354D94F5DA8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The voter
verified paper record shall not be preserved in any manner that makes it
possible, at any time after the ballot has been cast, to associate a voter with
the record of the votes selected by the voter.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3EAE492C8484129B36038CC792C98F0"><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="HCECCE5E6000748D4BC035BA5C68F00ED"><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="H2411AC47724A40E08C26177F02452224"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be suitable for a
manual audit equivalent to that of any paper ballot voting system;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF97C126EBDA84094AD7F271410C33E71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be the official ballot for use in any
recount or audit conducted with respect to any Federal election in which the
system is used; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C3F9022B7784A029614A5001789C9AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the event of an inconsistency between an
electronic vote tally and the vote tally determined by a hand count of the
individual voter-verified paper records, be considered the true and correct
record of the votes cast, except as provided in subparagraph (C).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA118FC54BF6D49EAB93CCC26F6A7F3B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rules
relating to compromised paper records</header><text>In the event of an
inconsistency between an electronic vote tally and the vote tally determined by
a hand count of the individual voter-verified paper records, the paper records
shall be presumed to be authoritative in determining the official count for the
election, unless it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence, that the
set of paper ballots associated with a particular machine has been compromised
(by damage or mischief or
otherwise).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF57BEEB76724ADCA2BC8B138DE4547B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 301(a)(1)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15481(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting <quote>and before the paper ballot
is preserved under paragraph (2)</quote> before the semicolon at the
end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1D16EA947E84DEEAB7F3B47466B8682"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voter-verification
of Results for Individuals With Disabilities and Language Minority
Voters</header><text>Section 301(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAACA3C0048EE4A9DACFFA570AEFAFF6B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDCDD9D698789429785C4124739BA74C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Accessibility
for individuals with disabilities</header>
<subparagraph id="H47063D5B813B4073BA298C00CD51832D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The voting system shall—</text>
<clause id="HC61469D9C1FB40C78609B159BC003232"><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 id="H9E86D8EC7DA441248D11A54CDDB418CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>satisfy the
requirement of clause (i) through the use of at least one voting system
equipped for individuals with disabilities at each polling place; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3536C98FFBBD453488B2E153E88B3169"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if purchased
with funds made available under title II on or after January 1, 2007, meet the
voting system standards for disability access (as outlined in this
paragraph).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H921568DB75B14DBDB3EA8F184ED2D890"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Verification
requirements</header><text>Any voting system described in subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall produce, or require the use of, in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), an
individual voter-verified paper record that—</text>
<clause id="HF3246B12DA0C444F9797F264E4B65164"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
produced using a mechanism that separates the function of vote generation from
the function of vote casting;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4583645D41E44BBCA5F33E6D26E4CA01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be
available for visual, enhanced visual, and audio 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973aa-1">42 U.S.C. 1973aa–1</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H22503E224DB840008FDFB9ED80463CAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall not
preclude the supplementary use of Braille or tactile ballots for those voters
who need them.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCFFEDE8DF8A4D60B7B421B9D6C38F20"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative
language accessibility</header><text>Any voting system and paper ballot shall
provide alternative language accessibility in a manner that provides the same
opportunity for access, participation (including privacy and independence)
inspection and verification as for other voters, and 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>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE2E1DB5AD074797A992A322F84DE294"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
Voting System Requirements</header><text>Section 301(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5F41780428CA40FFA6D5CF54AEECD945" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H40BD2F35DB44404F9D4B8856E9EC19CD"><enum>(7)</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 Voting Rights Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8C17B57DE33429384C01C68D31C2B4D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Ballot chain of
custody</header><text>The appropriate State election official shall develop and
implement, according to guidelines established by the Commission, procedures to
monitor and document the chain of custody for election ballots, voter-verified
paper records, software, hardware and vote storage media before, during, and
after an election for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00FC035CF9BF488789BA14895F51B7F9"><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 software not disclosed to the State during
the certification process. The appropriate election official shall disclose to
the Commission all system documentation, and (in electronic form) the source
code, object code, and executable representation of software and firmware
(including ballot programming files) of any voting system, and the Commission
shall make that source code, object code, and executable representation
available for inspection promptly upon request to any citizen, except that the
system documentation, source code, object code and executable representation of
unmodified commercial off-the-shelf software shall be disclosed only under
confidentiality agreement to persons authorized by the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4108BFF6792D43D8BCE138B63E02B4A9"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Prohibition of
communication devices or connection to internet</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D219CFAD2564E08B2D29DC52E45F192"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
component of any voting device upon which votes are cast or any election
management system on which ballots are defined or vote totals are recorded or
tabulated shall use, contain, or be accessible by any wireless communication
device or be connected to the Internet at any time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09B48E092BB641B5A14C44407F2F00C2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Election
management system described</header><text>For the purposes of this paragraph,
the election management system includes the computer server and connected
devices within a voting system designed or used to—</text>
<clause id="HDCEEF930A9544AF0BCBC00E248F2BE00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>define, develop,
or maintain election results databases;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1EF4D406B4E546A8BED9F7807F2B917"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>perform election
definition and configuration functions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H821CE72A801743AD9CC700DCA3507521"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>prepare and
format ballots;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6AEB2A58A874AF6A77B4F8D4EF1A660"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>record or count
votes;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCB7782C55E343F292BB1BFC688CF7C7"><enum>(v)</enum><text>accumulate,
consolidate, and report results; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HD023A22B42294B8F872CF6FB2031F800"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>maintain audit
trails.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3C87142D4AB4937988953AA06FE7778"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Wireless
communication devices described</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph,
prohibited wireless communication devices include radio-frequency wireless,
power line, remote, and wide-area communication devices, but do not include
enclosed and shielded communications devices, such as infrared communications
devices that cannot be used for remote communication.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB2A12C96CC7D4BE3BD6935DEDFB08526"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Usability
testing</header><text>Not later than 30 days before an election for Federal
office, each State shall undertake testing of its voting systems and ballots to
ensure that voters are able to understand the use of the system and ballot and
cast their vote accurately, easily, and efficiently.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8289F0EBD3B444C08D758584ADBFEE32"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Security
standards for voting systems used in Federal elections</header>
<subparagraph id="H088B28AAEF0745C38E5B2F47D4B0D984"><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 and the appropriate election
official each meet the applicable requirements described in subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B4E9DB2E1594324A491BBF7AC48B961"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements
described</header><text>The requirements described in this subparagraph are as
follows:</text>
<clause id="H27821B3A28864BC681F1DDB2261F571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
appropriate election official shall ensure that all voting machines and related
supplies to be used in the election shall remain secured within storage
facilities arranged for by the election official, and shall not be removed from
such facilities until such time as they are to be delivered to the relevant
polling place and secured at the polling place until used in the
election.</text>
</clause><clause id="H559DEF6422214BCD86E7080320BFB06F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The manufacturer
and the election official shall document the chain of custody for the handling
of software, hardware, vote storage media and ballots used in connection with
voting systems.</text>
</clause><clause id="H02E04D4772D74F63B84F69D113E42E1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The manufacturer
shall provide the appropriate election official with the material necessary for
the official to provide information regarding software and firmware to the
Commission pursuant to paragraph (9) .</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DD223420C1847BFA52CB986986D90A9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>After the
appropriate election has certified the source code, object code, and executable
representation of the voting system software for use in an election, the
manufacturer may not—</text>
<subclause id="H729DA549343D45DCBBFC82C647668D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>alter such codes
and representation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H584E3B036F2D4AAEAE176CA7A9E958AA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>insert or use in
the voting system any software not certified by the State for use in the
election; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H53113635A4DD4243B9FADFAFCDFA2788"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">insert or use in the voting system any
certified software without providing notice to the appropriate election
official.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H1EA2BFBCC43B4A419CC5C40001E00BE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The
manufacturer shall meet standards established by the Commission to ensure that
all voting systems and related supplies to be used in the election are
secure.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBE7B0062A6364DEBB6AB88DB95D420"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The
manufacturer shall meet the requirements of section 319A of the Federal
Election Campaign Act and any other standards established by the Commission to
prevent the existence or appearance of any conflict of interest with respect to
candidates for public office and political parties.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF10A1A0000F54672004844E44865D9D6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>At the request
of the Commission, the appropriate election official shall submit information
to the Commission regarding the State's compliance with this
subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H28131424484B433E85F8A5C4DAAFC911"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grant
Program</header>
<paragraph id="H78B115EA593240B49EF8F322ED715AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following
new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0790E01C8EF44B7BC00F9820808DD1" style="OLC">
<part id="H0A6B0EDE713342DCAE66B1A0C61C8500"><enum>7</enum><header>Voting System
Improvement Grant Program</header>
<section id="H393D61D9B516489C8F7EDB59F62168A6"><enum>297.</enum><header>Voting System
Improvement Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="HB1A24DE5A4EE4C41AA773C2F00EB5E14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall make grants to eligible States and
localities to carry out activities to improve voting technology and enhance the
accessibility of voting systems for individuals with disabilities, for voters
who primary language is not English, and for voters with difficulties in
literacy, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5F1BFE3D1E64A9CB664854977C39F00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving voting system technology or
developing new designs and technology for voting systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE82A7EA058741E587291DD8FC09DAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving the accessibility of voting
machines for people with disabilities, providing nonvisual access for voters
with visual impairments, and providing assistance to voters with limited
proficiency in the English language.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A82DA61BC094B749D50775200410155"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H9BE59AFA73F84C479CC1912CB1601302"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State locality is eligible to receive a payment under
this section with respect to a fiscal year if it submits to the Commission a
notice not later than 3 months before the first day of the fiscal year (in such
form as the Commission may require) that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBA9A9120AF1B4D95BEF17CE9C3BC151"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifications that
the State or locality will use the payment (either directly or as
reimbursement) to carry out activities described in subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEFA997AD7A9443F955B684453AAE9CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
information and certifications as the Commission may require which are
necessary for the administration of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB10B47FCBAE74BC8A255D546000075C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance of
states that require changes to state law</header><text>In the case of a State
or locality located in a State that requires the enactment of State legislation
to carry out an activity covered by any certification submitted under this
subsection, the State or locality shall be permitted to make the certification
notwithstanding that the legislation has not been enacted at the time the
certification is submitted, and the State or locality shall submit an
additional certification once such legislation is enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87686F66C1684DEBAE90F0004CB706"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H9C95CE74691F4297A6C00989575EED8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall submit
to the Commission a report describing the activities carried out with the funds
provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H984CC064392248BDB82439478C18FCB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A
recipient shall submit a report required under paragraph (1) not later than 60
days after the end of the fiscal year for which the recipient received the
grant which is the subject of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H191BF50909544C0C8C3CB1FC910356E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this part $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3A37237612C4C51841D055CB0B5606"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADD5D033881B4416BDD00D966C61D91" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 7—Voting System Improvement Grant
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297. Voting system improvement grant
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H41F588538CB84EFD921446338D066FEE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Requirement for
mandatory manual audits</header>
<subsection id="HB80EBEF8D7B84AD2B76C92C7DC7E43B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory Manual
Audits</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E82396FB848447C88F44BD400F5598" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HB7714E71D50D491B9037A0226C15268D"><enum>C</enum><header>
Mandatory Manual Audits by Chief Auditors</header>
<section id="H5C7A80E6E774463C89F227BF6E13E23F"><enum>321.</enum><header>Manual audits
by State officials</header>
<subsection id="HC3C7C7D286B142B0891B7D632F4FD57F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The chief auditor of each State shall administer the
random unannounced manual mandatory recounts of the voter-verified paper
ballots 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).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6EA4204087AE41E0ACD84EC1F27F002B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chief
auditor</header>
<paragraph id="H048AB552707C4AA6A60079609354DD91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation of
chief auditor</header><text>Each State shall designate a State officer or
employee as the chief auditor responsible for coordination of State
responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6816ACAF41B4F0889527D72E2F707D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation by
election assistance commission</header><text>In the event that no single
official in the State meets the definition in subsection (1), the Commission
shall designate a State official to serve as chief auditor of the State for
purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA954FEA4A3471EBC8012BB8F96CA8C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Independence of
chief auditor</header><text>An individual does not qualify as the chief auditor
of a State for purposes of this section if the individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H31854BEE1C0B4858A8444C00D076F4BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is designated as
the chief election official of the State under section 10 of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993, or is an employee of or reports to such chief
election official;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA203CA3911247DB90C74FE542FED14D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is serving in any
position on any political campaign committee of any candidate for federal
office in the election that is subject to the manual audit; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FC512A9DA5D4EF2AF45B488F064D848"><enum>(C)</enum><text>serves as the
chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, or
president of any entity that designs, manufacturers, or sells a voting system
used in an election for Federal office.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8F604AA23E7C48F9A647B21100C2B6C2"><enum>322.</enum><header>Number of
ballots counted under audit</header>
<subsection id="H97CE3D4B3A3F4945A8A7EAB8E1C3C638"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of
voter-verified paper ballots that will be subject to a hand count administered
by the chief auditor under this subtitle with respect to an election shall be
determined as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HC31EB3E95B99411892DAF474BEC280F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the event that
the initial vote count under section 324(a)(1) reveals that the margin of
victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the
election is less than 1 percent of the total votes cast in the election, the
hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots shall occur in 10 percent of
all precincts (or equivalent locations) in the Congressional district involved
(in the case of an election for the House of Representatives) or the State (in
the case of any other election for Federal office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71486A054B6F4602BF7890E477BCFAC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the event that
the initial vote count under section 324(a)(1) reveals that the margin of
victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in the
election is greater than or equal to 1 percent but less than 2 percent of the
total votes cast in the election, the hand counts of the voter-verified paper
ballots shall occur in 5 percent of all precincts (or equivalent locations) in
the Congressional district involved (in the case of an election for the House
of Representatives) or the State (in the case of any other election for Federal
office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A1772458B6F47F5B7229D76D7002D9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the event that
the unofficial count as described in section 324(a)(1) reveals that the margin
of victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes in
the election is equal to or greater than 2 percent of the total votes cast in
that election, the hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots shall occur
in 3 percent of all precincts (or equivalent locations) in the Congressional
district (in the case of an election for the House of Representatives) or the
State (in the case of any other election for Federal office).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D11129B792947E999D2C7F44DB4BABB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of alternate
mechanism</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State may adopt and
apply an alternative mechanism to determine the number of voter-verified paper
ballots that will be subject to the hand counts required under this subtitle
with respect to an election, so long as the National Institute of Standards and
Technology determines that the alternative mechanism will be at least as
effective in ensuring the accuracy of the election results and as transparent
as the procedure under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE2E32F8D140E4EE68C95586EA0A64084"><enum>323.</enum><header>Selection of
precincts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The selection of the
precincts in the State in which the manual audit shall be conducted under this
subtitle shall be made by the chief auditor on an entirely random basis using a
uniform distribution in which all precincts (or other audited units permitted
pursuant to section 322(b)) in a State have an equal chance of being selected,
in accordance with such procedures as the chief auditor determines appropriate,
except that—</text>
<paragraph id="H91BCB75218EB417DAE6F10EDB6C42000"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least one precinct or audited unit (or
equivalent jurisdiction) shall be selected in each county (or equivalent
jurisdiction);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39ACC901626F431D9374BAC69FECD2B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the chief auditor
shall publish the procedures prior to the selection of the precincts or audited
units; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B358E4EC8494DF09B99883D6D00A950"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the chief auditor
shall conduct and announce the selection of the precincts at a public
meeting.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC23F643E798D4FAAA29519A4D4981100"><enum>324.</enum><header>Procedure for
conducting audits</header>
<subsection id="H26CAD9A6F87440E7AD1F4B006C2113FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The chief auditor shall administer the conduct of an
audit under this section of the results of an election in accordance with the
following procedures:</text>
<paragraph id="HB542B0EE77434785B35C422B18CF8716"><enum>(1)</enum><text>As soon as
practicable following the closing of the polls, local or county election
officials shall complete the initial vote count for every precinct and publicly
announce and report to the State the results of each initial vote count.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16311781D4D24B379FABC33BCC00CBBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 24
hours after the State announces the final vote count in each precinct in the
State, the chief auditor shall determine and then announce the precincts (or
other auditable units) in the State in which audits will be conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C2C55C56EF84C56B9361195B266AD00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>As soon as
practicable after the announcement of the precincts (or other auditable units)
in which an audit shall be conducted, local or county elections staff, or
wherever appropriate the chief auditor, shall begin to count by hand the
voter-verified ballots produced and preserved under section 301(a)(2)(A) in
each precinct (or other auditable unit) in which the audit will be conducted
and compare those ballots with the initial count of such votes as announced by
the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF467456A672A4472AB32C60983D5A909"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Local or county
officials shall conduct the recount using procedures developed in consultation
with the chief auditor and operating under the oversight of the chief
auditor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06AF9B69C0FE40DEA266F6B73DD4AEBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
audits if cause shown</header><text>If the chief auditor finds that any of the
hand counts conducted under this section do not match the initial vote count of
the results of an election, the chief auditor shall administer hand counts
under this section of such additional precincts (or equivalent jurisdictions)
as the chief auditor considers appropriate to resolve any concerns about the
accuracy of the results.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F6D964A6C5240FC009C60F5A8696CE0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
observation of the audit</header><text>The audits conducted under this subtitle
shall be conducted in a manner that allows for observation by the public. Each
State shall issue uniform and nondiscriminatory standards for granting access
to the audit that include reasonable restrictions designed to avoid disruption
and crowding of the audit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D0C60D4655440A5B23F4D31946C5538"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No preclusion of
State audits</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to
preclude a State from conducting audits or recounts of the election in addition
to those audits required under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H98FA5C7DECAF4993BC7388D8C73817EC"><enum>325.</enum><header>Publication of
results</header>
<subsection id="HA546CB634BB74543A7B63F19BFFED398"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission to
commission</header><text>As soon as practicable after the completion of an
audit conducted under this subtitle, the Chief Auditor of a State shall submit
to the Commission a report containing the results of the audit, including a
list of any discrepancies between the initial vote count and any subsequent
manual counts of the voter-verified paper record by precinct or audited unit,
any explanations for such discrepancies, and a tally of all overvotes,
undervotes, blank ballots, spoiled ballots, and cancellations recorded on the
voter-verified paper record.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6E0F896E1F144E59B48249EB96C8A156"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication by
commission</header><text>Immediately after receiving the submission of the
results of an audit from the Chief Auditor of a State under subsection (a), the
Commission shall announce and publish the information contained in the
submission.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC679D4963DC7432094B9C9DF26BC590"><enum>326.</enum><header>Payments to
States</header>
<subsection id="HEEF81BD3A0934BC38CD8296F63F4F36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments for
costs of conducting audits</header><text>The Commission shall make a payment to
a State to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the State in carrying out
this subtitle with respect to the elections that are the subject of the audits
conducted under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E2982C870634B739F83942F23A15746"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Commission for fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as
may be necessary for payments under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBF690195A4F74D3DB0748367946D2BC5"><enum>327.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall apply
with respect to regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office
beginning with the elections held in November
2008.</text>
</section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H65F8D5B0509F4EC89159E8357C69B3DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and
inserting the following: <quote>, or the requirements of subtitle C of title
III.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H90CC1C981F804DCCA268361B84A4678"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study of
Selection of Precincts for Manual Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall conduct a study
and make recommendations on methods to ensure that the mandatory manual audits
conducted under subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(as added by subsection (a)) reflect a representative demographic (including by
socioeconomic, age, and ethnicity) in the selection of the precincts or other
audited units subject to the audits.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H132CC3E3E8524DC586CBD681F5DE212E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Specific,
delineated requirement of study, testing, and development of best
practices</header>
<subsection id="HB162EDEC4BE54F81B255B839A7B3DA5"><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 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9AB8DF6342C74B419082B2DB50BCE483"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 247 as section 250; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4CD233F995742E099BA392FE7E51C68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 246 the following new sections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB76BE0BAB5E14936B29D5B581E971477" style="OLC">
<section id="H0594A3FBDB3A453500394E7DAED6E9E8"><enum>247.</enum><header>Study, testing,
and development of best practices to improve voting systems and enhance
accessibility and voter-verification mechanisms for voters with
disabilities</header>
<subsection id="HB0C348CB0AAB47249300ABACB852C13B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study;
Development of Best Practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology shall study, test, and develop best practices to
investigate and encourage existing and potential emerging technologies in
voting systems and design innovations, and enhance the accessibility of ballot
verification mechanisms for individuals with disabilities, for alternative
language voters, and for voters with difficulties in literacy, including best
practices for the mechanisms themselves and the processes through which the
mechanisms are used.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2FFB53D627044B03A3768DA530EC003F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall complete the
requirements of subsection (a) not later than January 1, 2010.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E18367218E246B2A88E5E1C00C8BCEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H14FEE1BD54C74EA881C4E24E2DF4D192"><enum>248.</enum><header>Study, testing,
and development of best practices regarding ballot chain of
custody</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall
study, test, and develop best practices for documenting the chain of custody
for election ballots.</text>
</section><section id="H4C48358D137E4C9091213F6BE7271874"><enum>249.</enum><header>Study, testing,
and development of best practices for design and usability testing of
ballots</header>
<subsection id="HBB40F267D0EA4492940760D676256E96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and
Report</header>
<paragraph id="H7DA1B083F6FB4D29A74DB300002BEEF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The National Institute for Standards and Technology shall
conduct or contract with one or more parties to conduct studies on the best
practices for ballot design, ballot instructions, and the testing of ballots,
and shall produce one or more reports examining which practices increase and
decrease the likelihood that voter intent is accurately recorded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H820C0E4224F04EA699A275C5632F6837"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
National Institute for Standards and Technology shall complete and make
available to the public the studies and reports described in paragraph (1) not
later than February 1, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCF7086485D3492D90A023B8D22B002F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology $1,000,000 to carry out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FA28E8F75DF4C279E13B1BAD9B4F719"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not
later than May 1, 2008, the Commission shall adopt voluntary guidance on the
best practices for ballot design, instructions, and testing based on the study
and report under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0EF277DA97941E29807089CD5B583A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H11B35CB68964498BA93E0027B961F919"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the item relating to section 247 as relating to section 250; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EE8C64A54DE467B00CE92531CF600EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 246 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB19F35C0F544A78B63F38F0B66D9EE9" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 247. Study, testing, and development
of best practices to improve voting systems and enhance accessibility and
voter-verification mechanisms for voters with disabilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 248. Study, testing, and development
of best practices regarding ballot chain of custody.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 249. Study, testing, and development
of best practices for design and usability testing of
ballots.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21CF59258A4848D38521CDB5350017C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA3E4E93706BE4C67A0224E454D04EC50"><enum>104.</enum><header>Voter-verification
and audit capacity funding</header>
<subsection id="HB01224BB4DBB4ABAADCD905F6086E859"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H387A29568A194AA9ADD322ABC532F2A" style="OLC">
<part id="HAB437903187942F3BE16734EF7791616"><enum>8</enum><header>Voter-Verification
and Audit Capacity Funding</header>
<section id="H3FC43A8460C94F8F99691E36AE793533"><enum>297A.</enum><header>Voter-verification
and audit capacity funding</header>
<subsection id="HE21BFD92ABF54168BBB8801DA16BB478"><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 Count Every Vote Act of 2007,
the 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 101 of the Count Every Vote Act of
2007.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8AEE39EC81264529B4B12E39313B4B5F"><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><subsection id="H8E5A666CAAC44B10888893AC39072031"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HA5D90D36493E48A1A5A5DC773CEF000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments to
States</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000,
without fiscal year limitation, to make payments to States under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H099EE1379CBA417E88BB7B9EB83BC93E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance by
Commission</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to
the Commission, for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, in addition to any
amounts otherwise appropriated for administrative costs, to assist with the
implementation of voter verification systems and improved security
measures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE24486743C9F4BFD85E2143DA278C9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC71D15FDD2BC4992842083AB87C0BD34" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 8—Voter-Verification and Audit Capacity
Funding</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297A. Voter-verification and audit
capacity
funding.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F3C114CF3A4476188797BDE4EDFC2DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB90ACED7052D4FC89E59E67284FFC3E5"><enum>105.</enum><header>Reports and
provision of security consultation services</header>
<subsection id="H6C634441525741D592E14380A1BA25BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>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 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting
after section 249 the following new section.</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1579C4FEB6F7471D8D1D003B4E00FE32" style="OLC">
<section id="H95F5A3AF90754F43A391B5000032074F"><enum>249A.</enum><header>Reports and
provision of security consultation services</header>
<subsection id="HA02728A3938E4EE78155C5EABDF907ED"><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 Count Every Vote Act of 2007, 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="H2EF5E9CEF1A34F37AE3723A764D8FB13"><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 Count Every Vote Act of 2007, 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)(12), 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="H180D735A24F6438800AF720090ABCF7F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provision of
security consultation services</header>
<paragraph id="HB111E67B2E764F75A2B31F8858FFFCE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of the Count Every
Vote Act of 2007, 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="H86CB45FA2F4D4526AD9D178C285556EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>To carry out the purposes of paragraph (1), there
are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
through
2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC11AB1548DEA4D728768006873741909"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9135FFFEB59F4107ACF598FA78A2E0A0" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 249A. Reports and provision of
security consultation
services.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H2336189170E84F2D9062CFE4CBF9F340"><enum>106.</enum><header>Improvements to
voting systems</header>
<subsection id="H1303D403D9B0460FA449AC27056E5396"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 301(a)(1)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">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 id="HF8ED62EED80D496394D7283D3CFEFD93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of
Requirements for Punch Card Systems</header><text>Section 301(a)(1)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by
striking <quote>any lever voting system</quote> and inserting <quote>any punch
card voting system, lever voting system</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7F21EDB3096E4378BAF7A1AC2C251724"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Residual vote
benchmark</header><text>Section 301(a)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(5)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FC2A9504EE845BE9D50A233E5255D3D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H113323363B8741EE8C67E2216FB0997"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Error
rates</header>
<subparagraph id="H97670535BB684FE392BF7057C5648289"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
rates</header><text>With respect to elections occurring prior to the regularly
scheduled general election held in November 2008, the error rate of the voting
system 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 comply with the error rate standards established under section
3.2.1 of the voting systems standards issued by the Federal Election Commission
which are in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C7A61911BAC40E9BCAF77299E8EFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application of
Commission standards</header><text>With respect to the regularly scheduled
general election for Federal office held in November 2008 and each subsequent
election for Federal office, the error rate of the voting system 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 the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB07B6147A21E4541A0F76246A257834B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Residual ballot
performance benchmark</header><text>In addition to the error rate standards
described in subparagraph (B), the 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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98B9E75A4C104F7DA4AF666F37158539"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Historically
high intentional undervotes</header>
<clause id="H9EC538BD80794F8EBA4E32002D6812C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Finding</header><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>
</clause><clause id="HBF339230EB8A4B0DB38D3706F34D54DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Treatment of
certain distinct communities</header><text>In establishing the benchmark
described in subparagraph (B), the Election Assistance Commission shall—</text>
<subclause id="HF6E2F48FBE3943A6A6391800E94B00FD"><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>
</subclause><subclause id="H41018E5E2064454C9900F169C739FEA4"><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>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HF2C00E335C354F6A825C93F9656BACDC"><enum>107.</enum><header>Requirements
for testing laboratories</header>
<subsection id="H9E90CA140CE54F1EA254540871001C61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for
Laboratories </header><text>Section 231 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H404C32A4BC4340C0AA1EF62ED9849F09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (h) and (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43388FAE7EA64D4881FF0944AC23B715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DDCD069D29A419986459B6804F135AC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD5C8442C37A648539BAD9C9C7E53EC66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Escrow fund for
payment of laboratories</header>
<paragraph id="HABB6B628A6F647DB8E4270A2BE613E43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment of
escrow account</header><text>The Commission shall establish an escrow account
(to be known as the Testing Escrow Account) for making payments to accredited
laboratories for the costs of the testing carried out in connection with the
certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware
and software.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF14401B0605C48089BD58C87D3C8E747"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule of
fees</header><text>In consultation with the accredited laboratories, the
Commission shall establish and regularly update a schedule of fees for the
testing carried out in connection with the certification, decertification, and
recertification of voting system hardware and software, based on the reasonable
costs expected to be incurred by the accredited laboratories in carrying out
the testing for various types of hardware and software.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A69037CFC484E4EAF612200945910F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requests and
payments by manufacturers</header><text>A manufacturer of voting system
hardware and software may not have the hardware or software tested by an
accredited laboratory under this section unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C78A920B4BE469F857BD3FFAEDB402"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the manufacturer
submits a detailed request for the testing to the Commission; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H377B1D9E084B452784F019C6C562F814"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the manufacturer
pays to the Commission, for deposit into the Testing Escrow Account, the
applicable fee under the schedule established and in effect under paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9777A59095C45309F4567BC1EA2C8E0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Selection of
laboratory</header><text>Upon receiving a request for testing and the payment
from a manufacturer required under paragraph (3)(B), the Commission shall
select at random, from all laboratories which are accredited under this section
to carry out the specific testing requested by the manufacturer, an accredited
laboratory to carry out the testing. The Commission may exclude from the
selection process any laboratory that the Commission determines does not have
the resources to complete the required testing in a timely manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BC0B020AA414AF6BC2BF4C2F93C944F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payments to
laboratories</header><text>Upon receiving a certification from a laboratory
selected to carry out testing pursuant to paragraph (4) that the testing is
completed, along with a copy of the results of the test as required under
subsection (d)(1)(D), the Commission shall make a payment to the laboratory
from the Testing Escrow Account in an amount equal to the applicable fee paid
by manufacturer under paragraph (3)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02CA6EDF3B9246A7B6CB145C204D1550"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition of
conflict of interest</header>
<paragraph id="H3BD415BB8799470CAB959989872CD5F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A laboratory may not be accredited by the Commission for
purposes of this section unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49B81B80A32C4E22BFFB02101E578305"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the laboratory
certifies that the only compensation it receives for the testing carried out in
connection with the certification, decertification, and recertification of the
manufacturers voting system hardware and software is the payment made from the
Testing Escrow Account established under subsection (c)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAB85B450DBA4EB293AEB7E9F8BD2077"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the laboratory
meets the standards applicable to the manufacturers of voting systems under
section 301(a)(12)(B)(vi), together with such standards as the Commission shall
establish (after notice and opportunity for public comment) to prevent the
existence or appearance of any conflict of interest in the testing carried out
by the laboratory under this section, including standards to ensure that the
laboratory does not have a financial interest in the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of voting system hardware and software, and is sufficiently
independent from other persons with such an interest;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75333A2A40A0447783A549EDD476FB92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the laboratory
certifies that it will permit an expert designated by the Commission to observe
any testing the laboratory carries out under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9ABD1D190634B869EFC3B1597EB84E3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the laboratory,
upon completion of any testing carried out under this section, discloses the
test protocols, results, and all communication between the laboratory and the
manufacturer to the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8EB5F8BCF4E4D7AB9DA5ED70070053E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of
results</header><text>Upon receipt of information under paragraph (1), the
Commission shall make the information available promptly to election officials
and the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E656E2FE5824AEBB062E633F18E258E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Testing results;
publication</header>
<paragraph id="H614BDF88758041A2A8FC4CB257A9C8D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon completion of any testing carried out under this
section, a laboratory shall disclose the test protocols and results to the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD1915E5B49C479198A0CD52C3178E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Upon
receipt of the information required under subsection (1), the Commission shall
make such information available to election officials and the public. If the
Commission revokes, terminates, or suspends the accreditation of a laboratory
under this section, the Commission shall promptly notify Congress, the chief
State election official of each State, and the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72185DB6F05942EB8757E4457927F580"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HD05021E1EA5D4BC7ABF3DDAE20F7C63E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each accredited laboratory shall provide an annual report
to the Commission and the National Institute of Standards and Technology that
sets out the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H27D9998528FD4CFA0024D26DFBC9118D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The methods and
protocols the laboratory used to test, certify, decertify and recertify
machines under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00A3A931EDDB4B49A3D8E160D47FFEDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A list of the
directors and officers of the firm, and the background and qualifications of
those individuals, including whether any individual has ever been convicted of
a crime involving election, accounting, or computer security fraud.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73FC7D223C6147BC8665CE00AD8407B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The results of the
tests, certifications, decertifications and re-certifications conducted under
this section in the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC0A8D45FCD5A4EF093F78C2CEF57F4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Commission, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, shall submit an annual report to the Congress on the laboratory
testing and certification process conducted under this section, including a
summary of the reports it receives under paragraph (1) of this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC68BD7C602D4580A5CE07B284272188"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 231 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371</external-xref>) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H52512C2140FA424AA5D55669DDFCF138"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows
and inserting the following: <quote>testing of voting system hardware and
software by accredited laboratories in connection with the certification,
decertification, and recertification of the hardware and software for purposes
of this Act.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF930F19C4435483E9959F193F47CFF1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows
and inserting the following: <quote>testing of its voting system hardware and
software by the laboratories accredited by the Commission under this section in
connection with certifying, decertifying, and recertifying the hardware and
software.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08A1D564CDB44CF980E9510000ADAB72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification, decertification, and
recertification</quote> and inserting <quote>testing</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B5EEDA46A5E4028BF743D4E9022BDBA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (i)
(as redesignated above), by striking <quote>testing, certification,
decertification, and recertification</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>testing</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E3EBD6C011F40C5885947A3A91599BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
establishment of standards and escrow account</header><text>The Election
Assistance Commission shall establish the standards described in section
231(d)(1)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Testing Escrow
Account described in section 231(c)(1) of such Act by not later than January 1,
2008.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Provisional
Ballots</header>
<section id="H59E41AB67B5A430C93252C597082FBB2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Requirements
for casting and counting provisional ballots</header>
<subsection id="HE880C98DF64B44B094B73324A937FD7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility of
Provisional Ballots</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 302(a) of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: <quote>A properly registered voter who casts a
provisional ballot in the county (or equivalent jurisdiction) in which the
individual is registered to vote shall have the ballot counted as a vote in all
races in which the individual is eligible to vote. A provisional ballot cast by
an eligible and registered voter shall be counted as a vote without regard to
any requirement to present identification to an election
official.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H133115B2B865479799EB2F1F97C817B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provisional
Ballot as Application for Voter Registration</header><text>Section 302(a) of
such Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D6F6F56BD674F10B6B06800B30448A0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H74DA5556F04944A4BEBB6559CEF14292"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the appropriate State or local election
official determines that the individual who cast the provisional ballot is not
registered to vote in the election, the provisional ballot shall be treated as
an application to register the individual to vote in the next election for
Federal office in that State. If the State or local election official
determines that the individual is registered to vote in the election, the
official shall use the information in the provisional ballot to update the
voters registration
records.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A7E5D81FEDB4D028C5CD0D9DC42E57E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timely
Processing of Ballots</header>
<paragraph id="H22C111DE720B406C90108644EAFE3B99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 302(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(a)</external-xref>), as
amended by subsection (c), is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41EE5DCEF4D3426E9EFAD9CB93C009B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3A03B5772C8D43EFBBE976B099ADE0B3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HB05D609CCF344E678FFA2D43099038C8"><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="HC1015795AA7D4A78B2852DDF6CAEDCA7"><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="H0A93EDB4729E4A5BAF5BBEF0C3DF4B25"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(d) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC647FA8D76A4477CB1001474DBD506B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Each State</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADD033AC1EC84F52AC2645EDCD2061E0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1662384651774B45B28912B2A586C671"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), each State;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBFAB2EC7320426BA018358CF2B70167"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26FBF4C96C2D4783A0D1B0B241B0E721" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4DF3708904464A1700AC95719D60D1A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Processing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall be required to develop and
publish the guidelines required under subsection (a)(7) not later than the
expiration of the 6-month period which begins on the date of the enactment of
the Count Every Vote Act of
2007.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8AA733C4EC5451196CDE90232C54F80"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication of
Standards for Counting Provisional Ballots</header><text>Section 302(a) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15482">42 U.S.C. 15482(a)</external-xref>), as amended by subsections (b) and (c), is amended by
inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CF43B67D4A0414C915975A337D4EBF2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE7E1B9EED98A4733B64C311EAE1509D8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Not later than 90
days prior to any election for Federal office, each State shall publish uniform
standards for counting provisional
ballots.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Additional
requirements under the Help America Vote Act of 2002</header>
<subtitle id="H3E4F6807CFE14CB4A45277009C03D485"><enum>A</enum><header>Shortening Voter
Wait Times</header>
<section id="HFD3E6E85E9BC4CE5BD00E09D39A9059B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Equitable
allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election resources</header>
<subsection id="HB7030ACEE98A424F83F9E9DDD4D97CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum
Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H0896A93CAE374F5D84397B0033DC6207"><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.), as amended by section 102(a), is amended by adding at the end
the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF33856F259447BEAF07D8245B5B7751" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H29AD24D6BFB04F2CA9FCE1DD0777B3BE"><enum>D</enum><header>Additional
Requirements</header>
<section id="H679E58586E0A45EF849FA28BC73D7200"><enum>331.</enum><header>Minimum
Required Voting Systems and Poll Workers</header>
<subsection id="H51777FB7EB434A7D9F9B05469E7D1D5F"><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="H466218627BEA4982B95F00536CBDD3F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voting
Site</header><text>For purposes of this section, 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></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB576BEB66E2E424180E573CD8F3E00F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>), as amended by section 102(b), is amended by striking
<quote>subtitle C</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitles C and
D</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1F355DF9BF345A98EE2840007F5C4B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E1C6E9E5C1F4E08B8FF8400F908EE0" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Additional
Requirements</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 331. Minimum required voting systems
and poll
workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEFE45B9369E4344B0F8763763AB7F4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HC2FB17CFCCB04F04982CEDFA6882CDA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title II of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15321">42 U.S.C. 15321 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE90339FE2660408D99FAB7D5844B8555" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HFF313C187EBD41179000A84862D7C7E"><enum>E</enum><header>Guidance and
Standards</header>
<section id="H911CD079C19C43CABEC2D8DC00593C08"><enum>299.</enum><header>Standards for
the equitable allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election
resources</header>
<subsection id="H1C939E8FF34547A891D17FE56C429BD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2008, the Commission shall
conduct a study and then issue standards that establish a minimum 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 early voting is allowed for a Federal election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7946E7D2233F4E50BC88407EFEBCF739"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution</header>
<paragraph id="H5A44F34BC482449192108405FEE3B884"><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, to the extent possible, shall take into account, among
other factors, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF56656DA0824A6B898D06D214AAE11E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The voting age
population.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DDBEF5739364591A8E66BAA96349CD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Voter turnout in
past elections.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51BDEF5002C5454A944C1C25BB1658A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
voters registered.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC54FFDD6B4894A418B54F1EDAFD3208"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
voters who have registered since the most recent Federal election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6131803C65844D0D88FB8C650847B08D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Census data for
the population served by such voting site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A3255CCC33540E6B9512FB511C84C0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The educational
levels and socio-economic factors of the population served by such voting
site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCC08BED6FAD427FAAD757DA40D19DAE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The needs and
numbers of voters with disabilities and voters with limited English
proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBC881BA7A9A401991C956AE11DCAE8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The type of voting
systems used.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF279707402524E99AB16B1A4E940128"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No factor
dispositive</header><text>The standards shall provide that the distribution of
such systems should take into account the totality of all relevant factors, and
no single factor shall be dispositive under the standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA839F1181F06417A97D2C42B5E00A6E2"><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="H073733411C884EC49C3D8B5104E7495E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensuring a fair
and equitable waiting time for all voters in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5E78A3D5E01486AA7001C8BE3FA95A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>preventing a
waiting time of over 1 hour at any voting site.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC099F6DD70E482BB747ACDECA972E8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Voting
Site</header><text>For purposes of this section, 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="HC5714ED874924201A78196C60045B1FB"><enum>(d)</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 unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or terrorist
attack.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFDEFBD510FF44A9A7E8698BB95F9C3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 202 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15322">42 U.S.C. 15322</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H043C69C9903D4180B5525506C6C8B51B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAF956E0A0754FFCB1208BBDCFA785A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F499F085ED14B86B5AF10008E371535" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H378BCE0BAC1640D4808D2C9972B8A44D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out the duties described under
subtitle
E;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H966427C8E999440ABAD4684140F94330"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB24CC61161CB44ADA307C822D51E078D" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Guidance and
Standards</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299. Standards for the equitable
allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election
resources.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2C898A44F0D4461BADCE297427655E52"><enum>302.</enum><header>State plans to
prevent unreasonable wait times; remedial plans; emergency ballots</header>
<subsection id="HD525EE00EA2D4048817936CD309EED46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State Plans
Required</header><text>Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0864EAE904074D68AF32B331D8647BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 and 306; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22ECE47191054C649FE75CE6C4A0F370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 303 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DC5FE3A9A5D4CCDBB1CD37B9FCE8820" style="OLC">
<section id="H4C1EBEAAAE33412A9EAE822BEFB00A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Allocation of
Election Resources</header>
<subsection id="H4BDB4C5489354BA48EF0125D3C7CE6C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State Plans To
Prevent Unreasonable Voter Waiting Times</header>
<paragraph id="H72BD537A116E4FBCB3DBEC7932E7CF2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days before each election for Federal
office, each State shall submit a written plan to the Commission describing the
measures it is implementing to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, an
equitable waiting time for all voters in the State, and a waiting time of less
than 1 hour at any polling place in the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE02B59501D49423B9649D907ABFFCB08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not
later 30 days after receiving a State plan under paragraph (1), the Commission
shall make the plan available to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30D61603235546D49C47B1E34D3FEEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Remedial Plans
for States With Excessive Voter Wait Times</header>
<paragraph id="H54FA7CA8173B485D00BFF65640EFC02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compliance with
State remedial plans</header>
<subparagraph id="H9F5F7FD65F1D4F00B9509C9BF9C95926"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Remedial
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each jurisdiction for
which the Commission determines that a substantial number of voters waited more
than 90 minutes to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, or in which
there were substantial violations of the standards established under section
299 with respect to an election for Federal office, shall comply with a State
remedial plan established by the Commission to provide for the effective
allocation of resources to administer elections held in the State and to reduce
the waiting time of voters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4FCE745355D49C4A9747D6F54D9F9F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination with
Attorney General and States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each remedial plan established by the
Commission shall provide for coordination between the Commission, the Attorney
General, and the State involved to monitor the compliance of the State with the
remedial plan during the period leading up to the election and on the date of
the election and to respond to serious delays in the ability of voters to cast
their ballots at polling places.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DAA0EA849D64637996F10D61179B3CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Jurisdiction
defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<term>jurisdiction</term> has the meaning given the term <term>registrar’s
jurisdiction</term> in section 8(j) of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg—6(j)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8DFE212276FB465D89005600BD707125"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency
Ballots</header>
<paragraph id="H30B48F03CCF244619699B210D9F2F761"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the event of a failure of voting equipment or other
circumstance at a polling place that causes an unreasonable delay, any
individual who is waiting at the polling place to cast a ballot in an election
for Federal office at the time of the failure shall be advised immediately of
the individuals right to use an emergency paper ballot, and upon request shall
be provided with an emergency paper ballot for the election and the supplies
necessary to mark the ballot.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3A5B030497A46C49BA3CD066B931CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disposition of
ballot</header><text>Any emergency paper ballot which is cast by an individual
under this subsection shall be counted in the same manner as a regular ballot,
unless the individual casting the ballot would have otherwise been required to
cast a provisional ballot in the absence of the delay, in which case that
ballot shall be treated in the same manner as a provisional
ballot.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE25D7B2B2AE04D8088DBB7143D4593EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3674BC93BB9B42C100B9A081CD8F5710"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H667FEA7E134A4482BFA6741915161B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
the item relating to section 303 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA06051D7C4FA434AB3F75B61A8008F39" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 304. Allocation of election
resources.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6CD5C7D04BCE4DC6BD6FC173B255E04"><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></subtitle><subtitle id="H621ACDD30F1343A0A308F2CE868B9F26"><enum>B</enum><header>No-Excuse Absentee
Voting</header>
<section id="H8398809E2A39486D9D82CB8304A90255"><enum>311.</enum><header>No-excuse
absentee voting</header>
<subsection id="HEEA3DA5EC1EF4DAF9447D69896DFEDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D 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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31E3294AD9E04032B9A7F6F9514993B" style="OLC">
<section id="H110616B7D4CE4ECA992171D4A8CFA2B1"><enum>332.</enum><header>No-excuse
absentee voting</header>
<subsection id="HFC60FA2DB3C64FE60091C2D9DA3F9497"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>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, and shall not impose any
additional conditions or restrictions on absentee voting other than a
reasonable deadline for requesting and returning the ballot.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD11161C1CDF24EAE831461E314A81924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission and
Processing</header>
<paragraph id="H938A4B32BEEA4BA1A585C48E3BFB88F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any ballot cast under subsection (a) shall be submitted
and processed in the manner provided for absentee ballots under State
law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC980FB1F137249D89B41F919EA36EED4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Any
ballot cast under subsection (a) shall be counted if postmarked 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD7B11D5C6CD4A94859760D23187D265"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No Effect on
Absent Uniformed and Overseas Voters</header><text>Nothing in this section may
be construed to permit a State or jurisdiction to revise any deadline
applicable with respect to any absentee ballot requested or submitted by an
individual under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42
U.S.C. 1973ff—1 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE1F6ECA936C8486F97D400C3DB95C59C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFAD1219DE694B8F8DA5DEAE76227113" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 332. No-excuse absentee
voting.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCDED1CE62875486C96AE400095192E61"><enum>C</enum><header>Collection and
Dissemination of Election Data</header>
<section id="H4D37601FECB0444DAAFA9F5EB82C3E1C"><enum>321.</enum><header>Data
collection</header>
<subsection id="H2A3A469722A542F5BA9EBC7EEA073DCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D 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="H80D5DC362165407D832C1D436446CFDE" style="OLC">
<section id="HD692762E5F3D4167942447BFE97800A6"><enum>333.</enum><header>Public reports
on Federal elections</header>
<subsection id="H17DCE33F09874F8EA6ED3E003C365B2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than 6 months after a Federal election, each
State and jurisdiction shall publicly report information with respect to such
election, including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H6FCA79E029C6445381FCDC400DAA809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The total number of
individuals of voting age in the population.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEECE26C70FBB41969C5C00FE02BDF4C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The total number
of individuals registered to vote, and a breakdown of the number based on
demographic criteria including age, gender, race and ethnicity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB027E3DCB4204ACA8F46806026E694B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The total number
of registered voters who voted, and a breakdown of the number based on
demographic criteria including age, gender, race and ethnicity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC12C450DC1F2454989B12765E006926"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of
absentee and overseas ballots requested, including the numbers of such ballots
requested by military personnel and citizens living overseas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD35F465C8FC4597A996EB41442E1028"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The number of
absentee and overseas ballots cast, including the numbers of such ballots cast
by military personnel and citizens living overseas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE80BB3A183434868B57974F3722E5DB0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAFA8580425B4A018B539ECF6C71FBCC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECBEC739178E4CB2B9B214D0CBFAFEB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The number of votes
cast in early voting at the polls before the day of the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE0A46ED7F054B7C9300496824334446"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The number of
provisional ballots cast.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4073B65CE3EF4809BA0027E75BB6BC8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The number of
provisional ballots counted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5400E2810164C15A6661EBC088142CB"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The number of
provisional ballots rejected and the reasons the ballots were rejected.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H309AD6E549BF443FBBBC9EA9A88798D2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The number of
voting sites (within the meaning of section 321(b)) in the State or
jurisdiction, including how many voting sites were moved since the last
election and the reason for the move.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E4F5974AFED4D34BE00B19F2E0234F6"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The number of
voting machines in each such voting site on the day of the election and the
type and manufacturer of each machine.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66F5C5F859FD44098767629B3887EB85"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The total number
of voting machines available in the State or jurisdiction for distribution to
each such voting site.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8163C00D881F49C692B9887502A51FE7"><enum>(15)</enum><text>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), and where they were distributed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0971BBC2D3D147D3969999C5382B085"><enum>(16)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA66CD20277242159989B50035021300"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The total number
of voting machines that were replaced on the day of the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H259B325840E64569A6F6A9E9BA083815"><enum>(18)</enum><text>The amount of
money the State or jurisdiction expended on the election, including the amount
expended on voting machines, ballots, training materials, and other election
resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4D5DCFE2A3FB4F3697B88E8958B9B19D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report by
Commission</header><text>The Commission shall collect the information published
under subsection (a) with respect to an election and shall report to Congress
not later than 9 months after the date of the election the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE8A95A62D0264FD99F5CAB72FCC52E4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The funding and
expenditures of each State under the provisions of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FFC299322864EAF8E8B9F73A120AB3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The voter turnout
in the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE857A5C515344D24A1ECABB9C31BC200"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of
registered voters and the number of individuals eligible to register who are
not registered.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A0DFEFD7A6044AA8B133CC05F093EED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of
voters who have registered to vote in a Federal election since the most recent
such election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30F5E52B454144C38C6BE9B69E4F433F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2D827E262D8490CA446F5B8AB00F4E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The number, types
and manufacturers of new voting systems purchased by States and
jurisdictions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE728E03B9384DDBA8FF305445A5FAC8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The amount of time
individuals waited to vote.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB1BFC7A2F2A4A51935B2228A113CD64"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The number of
early votes, provisional votes, absentee ballots, and overseas ballots
distributed, cast, and counted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5F4EA88734F4F6C873B75A56129D6A0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The amount of
training that poll workers received.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74EDDF20510343A68B007CDC10EC44"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The number of poll
workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23432625A94F49A7B0235FC6EC30049F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The number of
polling locations and precincts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE791C21F620E4EC88C5E78A5CFF6BDB3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The ratio of the
number of voting machines to the number of registered voters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45CB7FEECBCB4A868140FF613B258EC5"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Such other
information pertaining to electoral participation as the Commission deems
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H92DBA3244FCD4E28B09F7C3DCD936EAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4B5A7C8F76B4E1498D9AD215FE4EF83" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 333. Public reports on Federal
elections.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H153D5EB1CBE64A188CAFD28781A31FDD"><enum>D</enum><header>Ensuring Well-Run
Elections</header>
<section id="H910D183B202B4BACA778E3013426FE52"><enum>331.</enum><header>Training of
poll workers</header>
<subsection id="H0F6A531AD81F417BB6B73917F2C6F421"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training</header>
<paragraph id="H995FA083B03846719DBF3785D3D75B1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D 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="HC9D65FB26FFB4B9D886D002E1C006BC3" style="OLC">
<section id="H3B95A3A6F5594A2BAC37021838E198B2"><enum>334.</enum><header>Training of
poll workers</header>
<subsection id="H23FB68DDF4AE4CA7BDE263B59B10D38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H224154078FE24B3799DF091B94829566"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
training required under subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include—</text>
<paragraph id="H75B168435A4A43E5ADC300D21D6EA4A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hands-on training
on all voting systems used in the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H899130A619624E97A780789D4E68F746"><enum>(2)</enum><text>training on
accommodating individuals with disabilities, individuals who are of limited
English proficiency, and individuals who are illiterate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE09D73C5F4B744BB97DFA1CFC2845300"><enum>(3)</enum><text>training on
requirements for the identification of voters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0A217DCA03434499FA7CB471C06493"><enum>(4)</enum><text>training on the
appropriate use of provisional ballots and the process for casting such
ballots;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC99ACCBAF32A464C9B63674D0017E016"><enum>(5)</enum><text>training on
registering voters on the day of the election;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82EADD550E024B33A75911A11154D131"><enum>(6)</enum><text>training on which
individuals have the authority to challenge voter eligibility and the process
for any such challenges;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4D99B47B801464CA8F79666B07B2FF1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>training on
security procedures; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E4FA0E7603144BEAE79F0A4B51E0646"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the development
and distribution to poll workers of statewide and uniform training
manuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA47FE3CB6176421D83603E847699FE7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC05BDE65F4A946C48673B6CE613076E" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 334. Training of poll
workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDAF1FF5348A4881A793C5BB238C1C5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
Program</header>
<paragraph id="H5A775A1FDCF2438A9E7DC6FC7D44F58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4035FE154AF94138A04B0545F8538E8" style="OLC">
<part id="H907EE548F3554F138B098DA323185CA4"><enum>9</enum><header>Poll
Worker Training Grant Program</header>
<section id="HD87599B1C0094F0BAC38F4BBC2B1A7AB"><enum>297B.</enum><header>Poll Worker
Training Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="HBE3B51AF91CA4992B6CDDC4767A9CAEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall make grants to States and other
jurisdictions to train individuals to serve as poll workers in elections for
Federal office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2D0F591448C74870ADB7D0F89FB12DFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="HA7843E051D5B43A2B6CD97041655D75D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A recipient of a grant under this section shall use the
funds provided by the grant to develop training materials and procedures for
poll workers and provide poll workers with the necessary training to
effectively and fairly administer elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0D051AB9C1F43C188EF5D828354A3C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
training</header><text>The training provided to poll workers with the payment
made under this section shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF60744FCA46949BCA4B9D8F9E0A3706E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hands-on training
on the functioning of the voting systems used in the election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC17099E788048C98979BDF696FDB3D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>training on how to
prevent, detect and address problems with voting systems used in the
election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE0DE7D2421A40F10008C8AFC6F42F23"><enum>(C)</enum><text>training on
accommodating individuals with disabilities or other specific needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF5D3676D71042A9A0B78826D92250C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>training on
requirements for the identification of voters;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00318321410B47BA9BF19F237768CC00"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training on the appropriate use of
provisional ballots and the process for casting such ballots; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5E0FD7ED6064F089EADC70FE9C3D8D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training through the development and
distribution of educational materials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F41CAE582D440399D49133FD3AF7D04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H91EE0D5CC3FF4CE0BBC11DD0DB6D8209"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State or jurisdiction is eligible to receive a grant
under this section with respect to a fiscal year if it submits to the
Commission a notice not later than 3 months before the first day of the fiscal
year (in such form as the Commission may require) that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0C1174B69CA41D587B90643BB5C1805"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifications
that the State or jurisdiction will use the grant (either directly or as
reimbursement) for the uses described in subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCB1BDC359784043AA178E794B0145E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
information and certifications as the Administrator may require which are
necessary for the administration of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB55B32745DFE4741A4F6747605C35815"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance of
states that require changes to State law</header><text>In the case of a State
or jurisdiction located in a State that requires the enactment of State
legislation to carry out an activity covered by any certification submitted
under this subsection, the State or jurisdiction shall be permitted to make the
certification notwithstanding that the legislation has not been enacted at the
time the certification is submitted, and such State or jurisdiction shall
submit an additional certification once such legislation is enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7EFF6B46741647009617CC60A6ED23C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H62D9028C46CA4B239CB7977B95BD8D27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each recipient of a grant under this section shall submit
to the Commissioner a report describing the activities carried out with the
funds provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FC7C8251A06478E9952D944C45C2516"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
recipient of a grant shall submit the report required under paragraph (1) not
later than 60 days after the end of the fiscal year for which the entity
received the grant which is the subject of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE2E9EB7AC8224C3AA5243BC5C9F3CE1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this part $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5711191795664B0A98025FD5F45B83BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5476EE20CBEC45DEA38C1DD596293573" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 9—Poll Worker Training Grant
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297B. Poll worker training grant
program.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAC8AA137604C4EAA91A761E6A93B896C"><enum>332.</enum><header>Impartial
administration of elections</header>
<subsection id="HAE7F51FD4EB140929B059722546D44D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D 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="HDBA9CA8EB05E439EBA75F5008F616EAF" style="OLC">
<section id="HCD09B5BDE77E4EDDBF12C9C930A7982C"><enum>335.</enum><header>Election
administration requirements</header>
<subsection id="HC2ABAB7342E44E038B9D4C1414C63D15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Publication of
state election laws</header>
<paragraph id="H6A4402DD79E044509FCA1E2C07F00B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 (beginning with 2008).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F338F36A3B94B26A5E6006CA8E32822"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintenance of
laws on the internet</header><text>Each 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9E9D2CAF8644EFB9F4F767CF3B1E650"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice of
changes in state election laws</header><text>Not later than 45 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF7927E369AB947F4A440BF4BE93486BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
last-minute changes to election laws</header><text>No State or local government
shall make any change to election laws or regulations affecting the
administration of Federal elections within 45 days of a Federal election,
unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA9BF2180F954BD7B0FEE246703F00EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ordered to do so
by a court of competent jurisdiction, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3989C26A111A41A19D4FC4052CBC144C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>upon giving
reasonable public notice, in the case of an unforeseen circumstance such as a
natural disaster or a terrorist attack.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3DE9D04A34D448029D00E78DC12AA01"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Observers</header>
<paragraph id="HDB0885676D0445D8B2000000AA063C52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Each
State shall issue uniform and nondiscriminatory standards for granting access
to nonpartisan election observers to polling places. Such standards shall
account for the need to avoid disruption and crowding in polling places, and
shall be developed in consultation with civil rights, voting rights, and voting
protection organizations, State and local election officials, and other
interested members of the community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16A45FDD307A4C1EB5585BC059831147"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access to
polling places</header><text>In accordance with the standards issued under
paragraph (1), each State shall allow reasonable and nondiscriminatory access
to any polling place to nonpartisan domestic observers (including voting rights
and civil rights organizations) and international observers for purposes of
observing a federal election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H581E7DB96C8F4E69A803334BBDCA992D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expulsion from
polling places</header><text>To facilitate a fair, efficient, and transparent
election process, decisions to expel a poll watcher from a polling place shall
be made in a non-discriminatory manner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B2D26695F4749E9BAD3F2A38BB953A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice of denial
of observation request</header><text>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 7 days after such
denial.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4499C2795361451FA9BDA9AFB6BECB00"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Right of
appeal</header><text>Each State shall provide an expedited opportunity to
appeal to an election official a denial of access to, or an expulsion from, a
polling
place.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1796DCFC85DF497BA558F2C592A9FFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31A1AB8E71A548A79799B18136FEC071" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 335. Election administration
requirements.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H538736E6922F457BB01EAFBC4ED99E3B"><enum>333.</enum><header>Study on
encouraging government employees and secondary school students to serve as poll
workers</header>
<subsection id="H73FC553D69B84E9F9EA175FD8BB5D0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subtitle C of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15381 et
seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after section 249A the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08DAECD81BAB41ABAD6E6272703414C7" style="OLC">
<section id="HCE695221CDE845C9982123A4CDB81892"><enum>249B.</enum><header>Study on
encouraging government employees and secondary school students to serve as poll
workers</header>
<subsection id="H077D4301A63A4A6D8595766075209FD5"><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 and
secondary school students to serve as poll workers in Federal elections.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7EC319E499504A18ACADEC6C801E5923"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, the Commission shall
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6347956CA78744EFBE89037273791B88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated under section 210 for fiscal year 2008, $100,000
shall be used solely to carry out the purposes of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H22399F357DDE47B9BB6EADEA5EB23440"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249A the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6046F6137473422E9C2235ED7559BFF" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 249B. Study on encouraging government
employees and secondary school students to serve as poll
workers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H18CE2F2EF034471CB94E28DDD00ED6"><enum>E</enum><header>Standards for
Purging Voters</header>
<section id="HD72AE914FB77470FA5233082095C97C"><enum>341.</enum><header>Standards for
purging voters</header>
<subsection id="H7D4F178A99A04939008879D07CCE12DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle D 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="HCEF45E4BF3494BED8BEAB1B3FCFFAA35" style="OLC">
<section id="H33D9EA1FE71948829729556C83CAF4D0"><enum>336.</enum><header>Removal from
voter registration list</header>
<subsection id="H194D50DAA0B54C3EBB0286501E00F953"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
rules</header><text>Each State shall adopt uniform and nondiscriminatory
criteria, processes, and procedures for the removal of voters from a voter
registration list and the restoration of voters to the list if improperly
removed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6A936B3CD4DB466086A99B2622B9FAA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
notice</header><text>Not later than 45 days before any Federal election, each
State shall provide public notice of—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A2013A1565B48590000AC00C9C95CF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D161F7FD45C41F7B3DCAF6DCCF1DA1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the criteria,
processes, and procedures used to determine which names were removed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7B0F14EBDA24A0F95E147767BE44802"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice to
individual voters</header>
<paragraph id="HCA5EFC0C8ED54ABA97C0922BB5B6EBB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No individual shall be removed from the voter
registration list under section 303 unless such individual is first provided
with a notice and opportunity to cure that meet the requirements of paragraphs
(2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB36A2383D63A44EF8937CF41A3232B00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements of
notice</header><text>The notice required under paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C52F3F7B6DC4D47BE5787157DEEDF08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provided to each
voter in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BF690A616A6417BAD6355A2E6C1F5E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent with
the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
1973gg et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD68832DDA134943B2ACD409C130FD00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>transmitted to the
last known address of the voter by certified mail, and include a postage
pre-paid response card,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99EEBB0166BF46C7B1BC157E04F1578"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in a form that
provides the voter with clear notice of the reason for removal, the opportunity
to cure, and the option to cast a provisional ballot; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89EBD6A32A0C4E87B59F9E2D4D690080"><enum>(E)</enum><text>mailed to each
voter not later than 30 days before the State or local election official
removes the voter’s name from the registration list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H358AF5EA704740B300AC7B19ABCD7DC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Opportunity to
cure</header><text>The opportunity to cure required under paragraph (1)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B6AF0FF9CD24B72B6D781926D38EEAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>give the voter a
reasonable opportunity to file a written request that the appropriate State
election official retain the voter on the registration rolls (including through
the postage pre-paid response card required under paragraph (2));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H108A3FA1FC18472CAF8C46531900C5C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow the voter to
submit to the appropriate State election official any information or evidence
the voter believes demonstrates that the State is in error and the voter should
remain on the registration rolls; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F3555F35ECD4DBD80D2CBCE7400874C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not later than 14
days after the appropriate State election official receives a request to retain
the voter on the registration list, require the official to send the voter a
written response that approves or rejects the request and, if the request was
rejected, includes an explanation for the rejection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7CD039B496F540BBA2883BCE631C28AC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Provisional
ballot</header><text>A voter who receives notice that he or she will be removed
from the registration list, and who has not received a response approving a
request to cure under paragraph (3), shall be permitted to cast a provisional
ballot consistent with section 302 of this Act, and if it is determined that
the voter should remain on the rolls, such provisional ballot shall be counted
as a vote in that election in accordance with State law and the requirements of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5E41DA32E5E7451C9450E484AEA98A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Preservation of
records</header><text>Each State shall retain the registration records of
individuals removed from the voter registration rolls for a period of at least
5 years after the date of removal.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0ECB28C47F444368B19FCF9780DDB4E2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>Notwithstanding
subsection (b), no State or jurisdiction may disclose that a voter was removed
from the voter registration list for reason of a felony conviction or an
adjudication of incompetency, other than to the voter, unless ordered to do so
by a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise required to do so under State
or Federal law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H887502FF0E4E467090F08059715100FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exception for
Certain States</header><text>The requirements of this section shall not apply
to a State in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the
date of the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, there is no voter
registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to elections
for Federal
office.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H428AE3C949EC4D0684C447C229F6F45D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H452993692B034CE3AE8E45D2E6D90050" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 336. Removal from voter registration
list.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H22258986D9F142E1AA0224523D94CF00"><enum>F</enum><header>Election Day
Registration and Early Voting</header>
<section id="H20286AD22C6343438884386900244C90"><enum>351.</enum><header>Election day
registration</header>
<subsection id="H90550F5E13E94033A4008EB8D1E4A41F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H338B3B4C53614C648913CE1EDA4897B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D 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="HD0BEBFF0049648CD92B8870D49FD3E7" style="OLC">
<section id="H781A9BEC5867475EBEEDDF12AC9661B7"><enum>337.</enum><header>Election day
registration</header>
<subsection id="H8DAB8FFDF3964A7200FB9C5936D1C0AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="H69E75C35CCF4420B89B2F700B79F9985"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to register to
vote in such election at the polling place; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8A1500CAD4C48CEB23D014F91D2F060"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81C2850143E541CF8E66EDBDEC25FA8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>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 the
Count Every Vote Act of 2007, there is no voter registration requirement for
individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal
office.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE45E0DD0035A471989FB00005D6D19D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9208DA377C7F4A258049FB34EC94D500" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 337. Election Day
registration.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAB4425468AE94F69A596EA9DD958F6AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election Day
Registration Form</header>
<paragraph id="H89E152C7199D446799B6D194474DF508"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53674A4D55C947368C620059F194733F" style="OLC">
<section id="HFB96C31634914707AE01AD4905B280D7"><enum>299A.</enum><header>Election day
registration forms</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Commission shall develop an election day registration form for elections for
Federal
office.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB066B88841A84B4BA1B7E1C37B2AECB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle E of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18210AF947CB4DF7A1C28DE825C70364" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299A. Election Day registration
forms.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51DD16A8774A4E0F8496554DA6A70249"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Election Day
Registration Grant Program</header>
<paragraph id="HBDECBDDDC7034F559E0732A2CA00B24E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15401 et
seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following
new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE42E5EF2382F4782ADE0E9DFB1C056C7" style="OLC">
<part id="H7967B5D08F9E4F54A0A93C007E81F100"><enum>10</enum><header>Election Day
Registration Grant Program</header>
<section id="H3A80253EE17A4BB4B4653FCDCFC84100"><enum>297C.</enum><header>Election Day
Registration Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="HFD8F6C22D31343C5B7E011FAA4CB53EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall make grants to States and other
jurisdictions to carry out activities to provide access, and allow real-time
updates, to computerized registration lists at polling places in order to
facilitate the implementation of same-day election registration and resolve
problems with voter lists at the polling place, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HA131F5A820DC40119F2C849C35AFFA92"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing secure access at polling places
to the computerized statewide voter database required under section
303(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31C671C1845643CEAFF910EAF7C6B8C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating and implementing secure mechanisms
to update those lists at the polling place in order to facilitate same-day
registration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3897A6FEAA444B28814F80902B3A18C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">testing and monitoring the use and
implementation of the database at polling places and provide a paper copy of
the database at the polling place; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90CF17257FC540808B11CD76535E676E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training poll workers in how to use and
update the database at a polling place.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H623F8695DA974C4D873C87D6F637A7F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="HC8B0CF20104F4BCAAFE4CE9EB8E806DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State or jurisdiction is eligible to receive a payment
under the program under this section with respect to a fiscal year if it
submits to the Commission a notice not later than 3 months before the first day
of the fiscal year (in such form as the Commission may require) that
contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="H654137BDE0854EB28EEE870309EC8B98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifications
that the State or jurisdiction will use the payment (either directly or as
reimbursement) to carry out the activities described in subsection (a);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A87C094D99B48F2BC43658C00A3800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
information and certifications as the Commission may require which are
necessary for the administration of the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H515B2016F2FC4B8CA8F6AB26328B5612"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance of
states that require changes to state law</header><text>In the case of a State
or a jurisdiction located in a State that requires the enactment of State
legislation to carry out an activity covered by any certification submitted
under this subsection, the State or jurisdiction shall be permitted to make the
certification notwithstanding that the legislation has not been enacted at the
time the certification is submitted, and such State or jurisdiction shall
submit an additional certification once such legislation is enacted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81E2A527A3FC4A30ADB43E4DC9E1AE86"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H272B1F4CF4DB4D7691BDE8E38FEF4854"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each entity which receives a grant under this part shall
submit to the Commission a report describing the activities carried out with
the funds provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9C3A80B8B8843B1A15EFD92E63E9037"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Each
entity shall submit a report required under paragraph (1) not later than 60
days after the end of the fiscal year for which the entity received the grant
which is the subject of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E62A6B99DA04051B52D46B7B6F9846"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized be appropriated for grants under this part $30,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11F233685262495BAC008B8598E2DD63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment </header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A55AB937F404FABA976D3EDAEDC9717" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 10—Election Day Registration Grant
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297C. Election Day registration grant
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H009B31290D3D42ED8FDB29DBA3ED9392"><enum>352.</enum><header>Early
voting</header>
<subsection id="H0E9A7D2E05F849C0A6F83F03C19D71A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H7275D2853B7E4108A0586FB02CBD2726"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D 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="HAF0F972176AA4AAEB9004DD0061D2F5" style="OLC">
<section id="H9EB29285136D42218E8EB8A780B7B696"><enum>338.</enum><header>Early
voting</header>
<subsection id="H1ADADEC8B30C4E35B8D14C66346600D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>During the 15-day period (or, at the option of the State,
a longer period) which ends on the date of an election for Federal office, each
State shall allow individuals to vote in the election in the same manner as
voting is allowed on the date of such election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D64C56C9A7146108000166F3BF9D558"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum Early
Voting Requirements</header><text>Each polling place which allows voting prior
to the day of a Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD13C4B876D074BFB9B8F36266125751C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow such voting
for no less than 4 hours on each day (other than Sunday); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE096AC9F71E9430FA65CEB68BF8BF59C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have minimum
uniform hours each day for which such voting occurs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4ECB0064ABB24C8EB7CD102625476845"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
election day registration to early voting</header><text>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
337.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H184484EB1D494830B83D73348DF4D1FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95E4ECB45A664EA088088E1285F8B8C5" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 338. Early
voting.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE32411C3AE9B45EF907125A8F5B604DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for
Early Voting</header>
<paragraph id="HCBCC73EE671C49C7B3F629C73FBDEA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle E of title II of such Act, 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="HF7023C68A0C9403A981460B6092C6B93" style="OLC">
<section id="H46DD76B4E45C4535AF73B08F74A54BCD"><enum>299B.</enum><header>Standards for
early voting</header>
<subsection id="H94A7D9FED9CC4114B34E2B002EF99046"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HAAB59CF2EE824ABEBC99088B2861A52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall issue standards for the
administration of voting prior to the day scheduled for a Federal
election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4400D9483E247D282E79E8080852059"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for
polling places</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0893114A888A40C191864058927E8CA9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Such
standards shall be developed in consultation with civil rights, voting rights,
and voting protection organizations, State and local election officials, and
other interested members of the community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2710A59A02364249BEAA5D0034DA2E87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFAE7A6059A246699800D64E2137EAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle E of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H075E174AAF5A4270B4CF03E612F9A983" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299B. Standards for early
voting.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFA90C5F5E02B4B77ABE52E243F1DB25"><enum>G</enum><header>Newly Eligible
Voters</header>
<section id="H7A3EC0FD04CF4D4C9372BE2BE4C03B4"><enum>361.</enum><header>Encouraging the
registration of newly eligible voters</header>
<subsection id="H19B67CB868D7454684005F7000F63E30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H50310B3C7AAA45838077C5F16F137E8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D 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="H53E7D151D3E641DC8D8E5C9658343186" style="OLC">
<section id="HEF583170421B4D8782DEDD24772F596B"><enum>339.</enum><header>Encouraging the
Registration of Newly Eligible Voters</header>
<subsection id="H70660925C4E64F41B6C4343B008B5D52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Newly eligible
voters</header>
<paragraph id="H8F6CA68ECC004CC3A0A67CEEBB6D144"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State shall mail a voter registration application to
each individual who is a citizen of the United States residing in that State on
the date the individual reaches 18 years of age, if the State has issued a
driver’s license or has another accessible record of the individual’s address
and date of birth.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H579DED1470E149D8B61611C2929C8C19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
certain States</header><text>The requirement 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 the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, there is
no voter registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to
elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8DD854CE37F4AA2843EEBDEAE38B520"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
education</header><text>Each State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Education and the Commission, shall develop and implement procedures to provide
opportunities for persons to apply to register to vote at public educational
institutions, including but not limited to—</text>
<paragraph id="H44E244B529EE441DA72212FB00A1A500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>high school
graduation ceremonies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A8837C55FDD47D5AA9C87386440D4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>orientation at
public colleges and universities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03D8FBCB085341BF98858E9DD7878C04"><enum>(3)</enum><text>colleges,
universities, and trade schools participating in Federal student loan
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H503B640DA0124A6FB8F2F318035F7348"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Naturalization
proceedings</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Commission, shall develop and implement procedures to provide
opportunities for persons to apply to register to vote at, or otherwise in
connection with, naturalization proceedings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFECAB76BDCAE4916BC50C91F00D32378"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Changes of
address forms</header><text>The United States Postal Service shall include the
National mail voter registration application form developed pursuant to section
9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 along with the materials made
available to citizens who change their address. The Postal Service shall also
make such form available on its change of address web site.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB8D77B582F13410296772918264EF73"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on use
of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No information
relating to the failure of an individual to sign a voter registration
application may be used for any purpose other than voter
registration.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DDD214294FA41BCA097A15CC73BD7D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC4C3A7C59404DA29E284D23114C59F7" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 339. Encouraging the registration of
newly eligible
voters.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H56C71779004D4215AE72F5D87999B2D5"><enum>362.</enum><header>Civic education
pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HAF757D3675CA48748C2BF0373903FC7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Subtitle
D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>),
as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new
part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F1FC09BB4DD427B9837AEE69C1CCD0" style="OLC">
<part id="H2527A6790B7A4C35B9AC0077A10FD96"><enum>11</enum><header>Civic Education
Pilot Program</header>
<section id="HE8FEFE0B90B44B4C832DA18178A79079"><enum>297D.</enum><header>Civic
Education Pilot Program</header>
<subsection id="H4EB6C5F2E8914644A017E6CAF500477"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall make grants to carry out pilot
programs under which States will teach high school students the mechanics and
importance of participation in the democratic process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H866AF6CC6CC5471EA2628EF8D6B0BAC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Materials</header><text>The
Commission shall develop educational materials to assist States in meeting the
purposes of this pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA84E0FDA28B242B500CFBDEE74F959EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Curriculum</header><text>A
State receiving funds under a pilot program under this section shall use the
funds to encourage leadership, community development, and participation in the
political process, including through—</text>
<paragraph id="H786DD1DDFB9D4B50B9199C9D63B7FB7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the provision of
cross-disciplinary instruction in government, history, law and democracy,
including the importance of voting and registering to vote;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5500AA1931E24D70B8CDDF313C4BDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the incorporation of
a discussion of current issues and events into the classroom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EC8E1D6E1CA4D419754F0F16B0048BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the development
and implementation of programs that provide students with the opportunity to
apply what they learn through performing community service that is linked to
classroom discussion;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C43A57A40B447D18FB37E7383EB551"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the development and
implementation of programs that allow students to meet and discuss current
events and legislation with community and political leaders; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA362032610234C258E415FECBC27BD2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the development of
simulations of democratic processes and procedures and the encouragement of
student participation in those simulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F15925D3A4C4326B9484704F9865FC6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements for
grant recipients</header><text>In making grants under this section, the
Commission shall ensure that the funds provided are spent for projects and
activities which are carried out without partisan bias and without promoting
any particular point of view regarding any issue, and that each recipient is
governed in a balanced manner without any partisan bias. A grant recipient who
is determined to have violated this subsection shall be disqualified from
receiving any additional grants under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC911E477027844AC87751F28CA09AA8C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="HC9D199E36B5949A3B6283F775B928708"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State which receives a grant under this part shall
submit to the Commission a report describing the activities carried out with
the funds provided under the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F9D09DA549A4BD994C1505259396554"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>An
State shall submit a report required under paragraph (1) not later than 60 days
after the end of the fiscal year for which the entity received the grant which
is the subject of the report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA7451BD88DA4D8F97D04FE5D13D9020"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this part $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and
2011.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H32FFA425F7104E48900090466CF92889"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58B83D59F96B4B3FAB9DA925AC66C0C1" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 11—Civic Education Pilot
Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297D. Civic Education Pilot
Program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>VOTER
REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION</header>
<section id="HF0D62BC5F51D4EDEB255C87D9200EC88"><enum>401.</enum><header>Voter
registration</header>
<subsection id="H478A758764664BBA89EFD60512BD90BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contents of
Registration Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H3A61C0DE78B7438D9EFA939D1BD9B8EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mail-In
Application</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">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BCDD39575A84539893BB58081813EED" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HBCC705B3DE5140B9B04EABF52601124C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of
the Count Every Vote Act of 2007—</text>
<clause id="HE72C4D02A6284B14B7A6CEF8C4274BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
lieu of the questions and statements required under subparagraph (A), such mail
voter registration form shall include on the form an affidavit to be signed by
the registrant attesting both to citizenship and age; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3CC6F169291B402897679BA0C0BFA092"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subparagraph (B)
shall not
apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC799ECC4D8D4FC58B73DF4988FA9F78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application
Identifying Numbers</header>
<subparagraph id="H7F886EC38FA44C2BB57F3F40D2903B71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Registration
Application</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(5) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 15483(a)(5)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H065E7A57A4AE4DD0BA67ACFABBF7AD7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFCC3F4C074744A9189F78B7338175389"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8178044B0696490986F333C6E7A137AA" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE2F7E9C27720438581E7CF7566C6A7EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Identifying
numbers in registration applications</header><text>An application for voter
registration shall—</text>
<subclause id="H40B0DD56B3D047C1B5B5B211C54DD682"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide a space
for applicants to state if they lack a driver's license or Social Security
number, and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA2A6F974AE824D8BB436DAC5004BBDD7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>state explicitly
that the applicant may enter any personal identification document number issued
by a State motor vehicle authority in the space provided for a driver's license
number.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86EC9E65BD1E45B5935BFDC1E98C3413"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(a)(5)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15483(a)(5)(A)) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HA7594144F4DB4FB5AFFFF36679A4C000"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (i)(I), by striking <quote>driver’s license, the applicant’s driver’s
license number</quote> and inserting <quote>motor vehicle driver's license (as
defined in section 3(3) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–1(3))), the applicant’s motor vehicle driver’s license
number</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C0D06FB4A7F41FEA300ED1300CF59D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>driver’s license</quote> and inserting
<quote>motor vehicle driver’s license (as defined in section 3(3) of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
1973gg–1(3)))</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDFACF96678B4C6B8264EFA3CEF9C421"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Testing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC6775927FD3417DBBBED272DE898D5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79B8EB098609449AA6498D47ECB50604"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75591FA4D7F849AFACF5283736113BD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5315365135CB4560AC5C6F2BE1304100"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Testing</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act
of 2007, the Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HDD0397C41806450400A58CB42322F9E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issue voluntary
guidance for usability testing of registration forms; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82F67B02E7744B9AAC1BAAE7FF7C79C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct usability
testing of all national or Federal registration forms, and make the results
available upon request to the
public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD318107EE05F40068800FDE0E900F1BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of
Standards for Determining Matching of Information Provided With
Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H599F3710979644569C25C2C3B7D1BA9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
requirements for determination of validity of numbers
provided</header><text>Section 303(a)(5)(A)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15483(a)(5)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
the following: <quote>, except that the information provided by an individual
shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this subparagraph if, based on
the information provided, the State is able to determine the individual’s motor
vehicle driver’s number or other personal identification document number or the
last four digits of the individual’s Social Security number, or is able to
locate one of those numbers in another State record.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C49BA9D847940FB8FEBA953EE1FAC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for
determination of match of Social Security numbers</header>
<subparagraph id="H2801DAAF7C6E47B8BF8F6649B3E653D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements for
States</header><text>Section 303(a)(5)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15483(a)(5)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA53B284E3A6E4E4BAA61E9269E9553DD" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0E0DBDFE2D064EA4B7B5EADF25CAAA42"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Matching
standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information
provided by an applicant for voter registration shall be deemed to be validly
matched with information maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security
shall be deemed validly matched for purposes of this subparagraph if it may be
reasonably concluded that the applicant is substantially likely to be the same
individual as an individual reflected in the database of the Social Security
Administration.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CD2DCFF8AB14F8693E3ED802B669374"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures of
Commissioner of Social Security</header><text>Section 205(r)(8) of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/405">42 U.S.C. 405(r)(8)</external-xref>), as added by section 303(a)(5)(C) of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF620466F94DE46AFB84D75BB05E44CA5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H25288B3F8A04452AAC9C9C027EC56C24"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall develop procedures
consistent with the matching standard established under section
303(a)(5)(B)(iii) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the accuracy
of the matching process under the agreements under this paragraph, including
procedures to account for typographical errors and common variations in
recording data. Such procedures shall be uniform, nondiscriminatory, and open
to public
scrutiny.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42FABA90E2684610AB23EB239E54148E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Processing of
Registration Applications</header>
<paragraph id="H1EC0890CECBF452A998C1910C17EC067"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Processing
requirements</header><text>Subtitle D 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="H7224CD69FEC040C182008FE1295C3937" style="OLC">
<section id="HF74D5A4C3F9D4A229C5EA4D7D0EB61A7"><enum>340.</enum><header>Processing of
registration applications</header>
<subsection id="H40F9D751EC09407180D2D004AEB98DFC"><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 id="H5B904216902244529786C60073AD43AB"><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 id="H018DF1FEE82849298EB729A965F8327B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presumption To
cure material omission</header><text>Each State and jurisdiction shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E338D579BB140D29D5220CF8B01D9F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide a process
to permit voters an opportunity to cure any material omission on the voter
registration application within a reasonable period of time before the
election; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H114CE9E5AB8C4DDE8344AD91D7E5EA70"><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 id="H57C77A0F98D84DBEA5887CCEC23D8CF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Standards for
Material Omission From Registration Forms</header>
<paragraph id="H9D146F03857346D28641348DA13046FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this section, a <quote>material omission
or information that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter</quote>
consists of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H905DEE0F2FC64E6FA0CEA7D0682BDD2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the omission of
information necessary to establish the eligibility of the applicant to vote;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD56C15441C9E4FD485FEBA6094279159"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inclusion of
information that establishes the applicant’s ineligibility to vote.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF54785705298498A9B381DFCDAACF20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain
information not a material omission</header><text>For purposes of this section,
the following shall not constitute a <quote>material omission or information
that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter</quote>:</text>
<subparagraph id="H56B009F8576B481794634DB1D65382BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The failure to
provide a Social Security number or driver’s license number.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50BD49646AD84A9DBABB48AC0100D31B"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EFA736715E24DF79006E31C8D0747A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The mere fact of a
mismatch between the information provided by the voter and the information in a
State government database, absent cause to believe that the mismatch is
evidence of ineligibility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE62E38C7D075456A8EFDE30DFC572FC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State
Rules</header><text>Each State shall adopt uniform and nondiscriminatory
standards regarding the eligibility of citizens to vote in elections in the
State, and describing the procedures and circumstances under which a voter
registration form may be rejected, consistent with the requirements of this Act
and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D7BBF8EFE3C4525AFB46C3E00C7D3D9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exception for
Certain States</header><text>The requirements of this section shall not apply
to a State in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the
date of the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, there is no voter
registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to elections
for Federal
office.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6610919B16F94033BF2DE8AE71F18620"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CD471C93B974B5C99478C4D069C5473" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 340. Processing of registration
applications.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63797FC3740F4DED994049131DE3C00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Study on Uses of
the Internet in Federal Elections</header>
<paragraph id="HC5047BEB60D646FA809369CC314344BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle C of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15381 et
seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after section 249B the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB216B0533C4449DBDD8D4F59DEC897" style="OLC">
<section id="HB2B66D4C5D00424AAB3E4990B8DB3FFE"><enum>249C.</enum><header>Study on
internet registration and other uses of the internet in federal
elections</header>
<subsection id="H16A4A862CF3C46C298D68FFBC7A37E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Commission shall conduct a study on—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AEADDBCED1F4E89AEE795A600D700B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the feasibility of
voter registration through the Internet for Federal elections; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H735B3BE03E364D9BA622802F11DBF03C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other uses of the
Internet in Federal elections, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58B2CC26BF46495DA01D65743C34CC73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of the
Internet to publicize information related to Federal elections;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24336F3824C6459AADCC47D8E9334B48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of the
Internet to provide public access portals through which voters can confirm,
correct and update voter registration records; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F8D65F3D62A4D70BE6806015BCDB06C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the use of the
Internet to vote in Federal elections.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H950EAF6BD2AD4611A1FB1EFEFA345D22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act
of 2007, 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="H3ED5A36BBFCF4A5FA12B1466FDE34145"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249B the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D63A1DA2D4F4EDB93BD002E5D98E374" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 249C. Study on Internet registration
and other uses of the Internet in Federal
elections.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FE3C53D990045ABBBF59B92F08400F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDDB9860B185646BEBFBFF51F8B0088F0"><enum>402.</enum><header>Establishing
Voter Identification For Certain Voters Who Register by Mail</header>
<subsection id="H3BA893F5ADF345CC84A8E3F82E3247BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header>
<paragraph id="H3911358B80954C9F972D616379104F60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Individuals
voting in person</header><text>Section 303(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(2)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF5566A79CE94B589EF200D2D5D0015"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (I); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4666EF62E31347F69EFE3985E932E125"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DB20C48519741EF8800A135F88CF23B" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H17E1BF6F2D3041000000A81787CDB5A0"><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>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H58A3C8CB511D4DE29BD332604DE3A200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individuals
voting by mail</header><text>Section 303(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15483(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE5C795EA9B34E109C37DE4DDCC911A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (I);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H262FFF5A37C14AD5B17CA154CFE81D1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39C0F60038D2495D9D53ECC3B178563"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9891118EAD342EBA6D548E790A8482" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H7903BCC41AAB4BB797801368AEADD586"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a written
affidavit executed by such individual attesting to the individual’s
identity.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97495EBE41D9454FBD12170601677257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for
Verifying Voter Information</header>
<paragraph id="HE4E6DC26292E4614AB8171B6786B17B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle E of title II of such Act, 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="HE0A536302CFA4B3D846E859DD1F68758" style="OLC">
<section id="H61F5944453AF41C89FE64DF79ED9DBFF"><enum>299C.</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H111AA1FE9A2C43B2BB709D1400ADDEB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle E of
title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD479E695EF9452FBB074DC99093BD14" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299C. Voter
identification.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H54C5F3046D4E47DBA160546DE1B5F1AC"><enum>403.</enum><header>Requirement for
Federal certification of technological security of voter registration
lists</header>
<subsection id="H9DABE7D6D62E45ED8539181C9FF0CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 303(a)(3) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">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 Commission, to
prevent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H38483CB6FBC8471C82DC0800E69CDEA"><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="HB6EAC152CDC54C01B5594111FAC3FD07"><enum>404.</enum><header>Coordination
with state databases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
303(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15483(a)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
the following: <quote>including the databases of social services agencies, in
order to confirm and correct information in voter registration records and
ensure the accurate and timely processing of applications to register to
vote.</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Prohibition on
Certain Campaign Activities</header>
<section id="HC0D0E0A8CC424DE5A8B3BE66677EF2EE"><enum>501.</enum><header>Prohibition on
certain campaign activities</header>
<subsection id="HDC1EFE6E199642A3BE77C82D06198246"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/431">2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting after section 319 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA650E24654414ECF0056277559F834AA" style="traditional">
<section id="HC8BE48777E74457B9D51FE000077E0B6"><enum>319A.</enum><header>Campaign activities by election officials and voting system
manufacturers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBACE4A846DDF402EA4BAD4FDB1F5DDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph id="H06105A134BEF4B84B64D24C6E820B7DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Chief State
election officials</header><text>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 id="H38230E804B3B48E191B1F512D1153991"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Voting system
manufacturers</header><text>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 id="H125E0C20CF5D46748B8801CDB5F3D665"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H2D0F253C40124C9AB3EBDB7F3CD19034"><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><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF7AFDAA92D144A29FA2001CDD83EADE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited
political activities</header><text>The term <term>prohibited political
activities</term> means actively campaigning to support or oppose a candidate
or slate of candidates for Federal office, making public speeches in support of
such a candidate, soliciting 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><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA96ED9FD00C4D3A99E14E4369897492"><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></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H049E970EB9A445489CC8020566DB782E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>ENDING DECEPTIVE
PRACTICES</header>
<section id="HFDE79C56F2824F19AFA7E9F0F651C139"><enum>601.</enum><header>Ending
deceptive practices</header>
<subsection id="HB8C7833FE7E844DCB9E8A3A36BD995B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H2A43DC3B0AF647F786EB715C62BFB8EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of
section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1971">42 U.S.C. 1971(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC63DCA45F5BB42B2A4552B9835659EF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>No person</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79310C0A2F7A4414A039AB2525D0F99E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6A28CE48687049AB93DC8DB420577168"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
person</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DE81B52C37B4167B4A8E822F3A67DD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6A3552BBFF349B8B1CC23F55000A1A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H264EFEB77AE4483AAA9D9000029136BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deceptive
acts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 id="HA2BA7D2EA2724C05917100D73B8D11D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of section 2004(b) of the
Revised Statutes is amended by striking <quote>or coercion</quote> and
inserting <quote>coercion, or deceptive acts</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FB14E7D6AC84B9B9463F1458CAF9F3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criminal
Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 594 of title
18, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA3BF241A27ED450996D4F5142DBCA09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Whoever</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H384053FA01EF4DDFA9BDFF9799EAEDD1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD87CE192660549F2A664BA21D09CE6FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Intimidation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA9C82C86C934027BAA261F5E45976F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C60B8DFC9644A7495ADAE49DA59F16C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H25320F0C6F2A438BA33071F35757B24C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deceptive
acts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever knowingly
deceives any person regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0689245A8E74265BC4EA0E49B12FB1"><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 id="HD0EEA54446F049BF8098BF6983DE277F"><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 shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned not more than five years, or
both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DCC3785F1084D6AB93BA934F001E9F6"><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 id="HA7F47B19F62B4FFFB659581F5B3BF2A8"><enum>701.</enum><header>Voting rights
of individuals convicted of criminal offenses</header>
<subsection id="H167B7A8C57F64557841E1222F3BEEB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
Title</header><text>This title may be cited as the <quote>Civic Participation
Act of 2007</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC969ECE0151C4B259F0052F0DB7931EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H6A85B29B414D48E2A060ED10463DBD21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
makes the following findings:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D1CD23B875C418996F9EE768B10A4DD"><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 id="H0C3C02EC2C2D4C1DA2D191024BC884A0"><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 id="H1E278F1117C44DD288E95389292999BA"><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 id="H88D4480B8C044BE9B2379C262D45A3F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An estimated
5,400,000 individuals in the United States, or 1 in 40 adults, currently cannot
vote as a result of a felony conviction. Women represent about 650,000 and
military veterans represent about 500,000 of those 5,300,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE563D8D6AC5E4575BCB1E5D671290451"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State
disenfranchisement laws disproportionately impact ethnic minorities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8050B37CFEA4D4B9B93417E2202E670"><enum>(F)</enum><text>12 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 id="HA874FF4B74934CC69D32B1BC84EC5C3F"><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 id="H22B7EED4EE4E418B92731439270071E4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>In 8 States, a
pardon or order from the Governor is required for an ex-offender to regain the
right to vote. In two States, ex-offenders must obtain action by the parole or
pardon board to regain that right.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63D7EA036E4B47A4857EB385BD67FD45"><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 id="H340706CB47F347839F867CF67119D686"><enum>(J)</enum><text>State procedures
that require individuals to apply to have their voting rights restored are
often unfair and inefficient. Long backlogs often cause delays of months or
years before individual applications are processed. Few persons who seek to
have their right to vote restored have the financial and political resources
needed to succeed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5480BF2D67B340369EEB097400871EEB"><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 id="H1F922907ED8F4F0A8C1E55BB9F74E7BF"><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="H028F21BDB4A943EF9F5E43A172515556"><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="HD353B48414144D329C931F66E36149CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H8B653ACFF9344A53BFD519572E11F1FA"><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="HDE46B55383CC4577A313C957E733D437"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text>The
term <term>election</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BE85FF8FC284C53B22DFFAF6D95A69B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a general,
special, primary, or runoff election;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E82AEF3EF754AFAAA224FA227D453A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a convention or
caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78D59EF1B6C1454999398FECA8DC798C"><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="H59ACA909EC5B455A8ECEE8FF739BF265"><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="H18B3C4F4AAE94DF78B5DF4D23B859F11"><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="HADDFD57B648A4C1483F04E5E259B7535"><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="H5451A769745A42B3A4A9CC581683D4BF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Probation</header><text>The
term probation means probation imposed by a Federal, State, or local court,
with or without a condition on the individual involved concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF944081ED1B4E0FABEFD56C63C7A56C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual’s
freedom of movement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H753A65BF8A134F7F8FAA7B688D223200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment of
damages by the individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H548616EC69614C2E8179173B273FEC33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>periodic reporting
by the individual to an officer of the court; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D1E1E3D38324BD99F137E30E42EE5B3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>supervision of the
individual by an officer of the court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6BA9D470ABA442D38DE55D959CF10A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rights of
Citizens</header><text>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="HAD1506D1592644BFA2D9CDBA83BD658E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is serving a
felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H447D774BA7A24A2DBB3C00BF86BBCF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is
on parole or probation for a felony offense</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9E6C4E9C0A64045A5678E00004343D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H420FDE5BE5884F69AF9102ADCC7E0064"><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="H082036C44D704A5380EFC485E7BD1C78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Private right of
action</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F2C0A30C45A49E89EBE00D68E55664"><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="HFB33D2B8CA3940BEB104BCD2ECEEEA5B"><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="H77B3D410BD3642329E544DE700070077"><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="H467EBFCF307A4828B5AA0061C3FF8ECA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to
other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H1355010871EB465698D5C6EE2F00B846"><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 id="H8F32F17846E4418D0057C2309C1C9992"><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 Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973">42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.</external-xref>) or the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0980025B60A144D0A34D3F19EE9C5300"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Notification of
restoration of voting rights</header>
<paragraph id="H34849F1F32844EB3AEB283B64C0168F4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle D 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="H8BF01EC434CD4F11BE8D4E4D12D6ADE8" style="OLC">
<section id="H890DE4CB8573495FA61528D77C81BB39"><enum>341.</enum><header>Notification of
restoration of voting rights</header>
<subsection id="H3E743EFBC9024F7792294BEA0254744C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification</header>
<paragraph id="H9A9A058E692A429CB61972E100C703FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the date determined under subsection (b), each State
shall notify in writing 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 Civic Participation Act of 2007 and may register to vote
in any such election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF16BAC00BF549FC82CA52173FC7A500"><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 id="H758D1A47720E41D9BEDC42F993CBC37C"><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 id="H8E2CF555E6354E5BA42F7F78B155B9B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Any
term which is used in this section that is also used in the Civic Participation
Act of 2007 shall have the meaning given to such term in that Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86FAB0750B7844B4960872902B092343"><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 Civic
Participation Act of
2007.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C39EE6AB8D34D31B2C3341EF796CDF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of
title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52B92E2129CF41B4B62B47AF83FA4E79" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 341. Notification of restoration of
voting
rights.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C60820C16CE410F979600BC31A89B25"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<paragraph id="HAD9416A872DA4DF40038C563B0EA29D8"><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 id="HD1F5E3041A47459AADE39B6447236EA9"><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>Election Day As
A Public Holiday</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0933BCCCAE944429FF912F0D800B282"><enum>801.</enum><header>Acceleration of
Study on Election Day as a public holiday</header>
<subsection id="HD244B4E9CA7F45C29500EE009D3BEBC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 241 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15381) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DB3074A50104632BCB2B7AA44B86600" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1F0625710E2C4EAE8C023CE4CB00665C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on
Election Day</header>
<paragraph id="H496C32B9E52E48DC8CE2124F571103EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) with respect to
election administration issues described under subsection (b)(10) shall be
submitted not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Count
Every Vote Act of 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADF88EA07A474E178CAC8E068F676DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>In addition to the requirements under subsection
(c), the report described in paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BD23846626E4B2BA6E1FEE1A4CBD5A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of
the impact of making Election Day a public holiday on low-wage hourly
workers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4798397D2DF34DC1B581AF323C6CB58F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a discussion of
incentives and strategies to encourage Federal employees to serve as poll
workers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAC44ECE3850460E97AC272CFF00B0AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a discussion of
methods to encourage State and local government employees to serve as poll
workers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H955FAE7FE0044E15AA841DD4BF9E24AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under
section 210 for fiscal year 2008, $100,000 shall be authorized solely to carry
out this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBB2F11C9F7744438D03C35EDB367482"><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>IX</enum><header>Additional
Improvements to Election Procedures</header>
<section id="HBF50476EEA6E40CAA165547EAFFBE990"><enum>901.</enum><header>Transmission of
certificate of ascertainment of electors</header>
<subsection id="HC4D997E586B64C1EBADA35F2626D96F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/6">Section 6</external-xref> of title 3, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E0010D529B74849A16BF5B6CD182200"><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 id="HA2A2DFD4C37E441BA89C8BE7F509378C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>by registered mail</quote> and inserting <quote>by overnight
courier</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC827DD6D501145FCAA6CCDC8C978BEBA"><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="H68E4DD15160E4771BD986BE61F3254B4"><enum>902.</enum><header>Study on
feasibility of creating ranking system of state election administration
processes</header>
<subsection id="HA960E18BB6F54F0F9E3B237B229C11AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</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 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is amended
by inserting after section 249C the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H103E1A45061A4D8FBFC43072705B5988" style="OLC">
<section id="HD240D7CE1E4F402B8D9CD03B0958E9E2"><enum>249D.</enum><header>Study on
feasibility of creating ranking system of State election administration
processes</header>
<subsection id="H0D483CB604F148C282C2A05746DABE9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="HFCF048A999644F8CB2ADD8A79CF9BA90"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall conduct and make publicly available
a comprehensive study of the costs and benefits of developing a Democracy Index
(Index) of State election administration processes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6091BBE9818E47338DE1E45299009152"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study through
appropriate entity</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, the Commission shall seek to
enter into agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Science Foundation, the AEI–Brookings Election Reform Project, or other
appropriate nongovernmental entity to carry out the study required in
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81C131446D10406EBF2150B36C526F05"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issues
considered</header><text>The study shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H223F30EE95A54674958CF846137892D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the
appropriate scope and methodology, if any, to be used in organizing and
administering the Index;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H857AAE69DFFF415BBAA78934AB09C7BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommend an
appropriate methodology for gathering and standardizing information related to
the quality of each State’s election administration processes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34D48A364A384B94A5ADBB3939BEB216"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommend an
appropriate methodology for ranking the quality of State election
administration processes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41CA6033303F4C36B8FCE7A1467E95B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, <quote>election administration processes</quote>
includes the registration of eligible voters, the casting of ballots, and the
counting of ballots.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA94576F2E33F46B494E4F490BFF3A9C8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report and
Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 2007, the Commission shall submit to
the President and Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection
(a), together with recommendations for administrative and legislative action as
the Commission deems appropriate. The report shall be made publicly available
in paper copy and
electronically.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE6F213ABE8EC49E8B329D4A702E9B256"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 249C the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2127DC47D74485198EC7DC2D2F388AF" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 249D. Study on feasibility of
creating ranking system of State election administration
processes.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Strengthening the
election assistance commission</header>
<section id="H55037655650040FAB7E12611B72D21C1"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Strengthening
the election assistance commission</header>
<subsection id="H7AE7F0322FB54F1C99DCF7D7846BB7B"><enum>(a)</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>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008,
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such
sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B9D8F10924E4EBBB9DBB0D4D5A63541"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget
requests</header>
<paragraph id="H27B5C8F102554802B4004FFFDBC2D500"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part 1 of subtitle A of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15321 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 209 the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82EB912CBA3F4E7C93DB00CB2BC38767" style="OLC">
<section id="H4A1DA6A1F4164AE88E7B44BE4D1DFB6E"><enum>209A.</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A57F393DDE74CAB926E61923BBFEF88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 209 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF83FE9BA2B0415AA8ED8916D4FB5DB1" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 209A. Submission of budget
requests.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89468C550815405683C8FE492085E1A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption From
Paperwork Reduction Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3502">section 3502</external-xref> of title 44,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A39D90B0E7D4C2EA319071260067EF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60FF81CBCA9C4F12A975D26F018D39B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H128C1CF78369426EA6789BF4C145127" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA5DF7B875C8B478E99C4AA2478AD7CAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Election Assistance
Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4796160EAC4341C0904DF01F32DEB6F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>NIST
Authority</header>
<paragraph id="HB7AE29059E834857A278CDFBC4127450"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</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>
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<section id="HF180C13C3B4A430990C3E11B0018BD5D"><enum>299D.</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEABC1AA7BFB04FD187FAFD54CAAA0070"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by this
Act, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle E of
title II the following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299D. Technical
support.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEAD118D5BE0E49C4BC32C88D8B6D583"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Removal of
Full-Time Employee Cap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
there shall be no cap on the number of full-time equivalent personnel who may
be employed at the Election Assistance Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6DB11B8EFC1439494DA71E1B7797C74"><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="HD1543B47C747418A8F74D9BF204D7692"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Repeal of
exemption of election assistance commission from certain government contracting
requirements</header>
<subsection id="H1E7A213284654F919FDD000F7B8E16E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15325) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF030CAA2A9640FFB3464397F5603F96"><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="HF634930E62074F5B849D9E439FEBA9C0"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Membership of
technical guidelines development committee</header>
<subsection id="HD68296CDBB1E4531866845DC4FC23DA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 221(c)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15361">42 U.S.C. 15361(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1399F54C0F4C414EBCAD6318DBE8E735"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD07C3454AD445F5A3D8855B10C367CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H3A06D4C43E6140D5AA13AD0600F2F7A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual with expertise in providing
assistive technology to individuals with a wide range of
disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H25B3ADCCC36141949DE676B390280413"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H417DD759D8C34F2EB42B9C31413076F9"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for requirements payments</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/42/15407">42 U.S.C. 15407(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2A90185C43914031872374C96FB4F9E0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD2E4F80BCC054BA5A8C41200A4D7D100"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year
2008, $3,000,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38D0252B536A415B9362BE476CD007B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For each fiscal
year after 2008, such sums as are
necessary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>XI</enum><header>Effective
Date</header>
<section id="H1106AC52BF4943CDB1D8C31D889849B0"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect
to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November
2008 and each succeeding election for Federal office.</text>
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