[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4026 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4026

To prohibit election officials from requiring an individual to provide 
  a photo identification as a condition for voting in an election for 
                            Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2007

   Mr. Ellison (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
 McDermott, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Scott 
    of Virginia, Mr. Watt, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. McCollum of 
  Minnesota, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Waters, and Mr. 
  Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit election officials from requiring an individual to provide 
  a photo identification as a condition for voting in an election for 
                            Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Access Protection Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM REQUIRING PHOTO 
              IDENTIFICATION AS CONDITION FOR VOTING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 303 the following new section:

``SEC. 303A. PROHIBITING ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS 
              TO PROVIDE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--An election official may not require an 
individual to provide a photo identification as a condition for 
receiving or casting a ballot in any election for Federal office.
    ``(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after the date of the enactment of the Voter Access 
Protection Act of 2007.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking ``and 303'' and 
inserting ``303, and 303A''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
following:

``Sec. 303A. Prohibiting election officials from requiring individuals 
                            to provide photo identification.''.
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