I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 105 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2009 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Nadler of New York, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2009. (b)
Table of Contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Improving Election Administration Sec. 101. National Federal write-in absentee ballot. Sec. 102. Verified ballots; preservation. Sec. 103. Requirements for counting provisional ballots. Sec. 104. Minimum requirements for voting systems and poll workers in polling places. Sec. 105. Election day registration. Sec. 106. Integrity of voter registration list. Sec. 107. Early voting. Sec. 108. Improvements to voting systems. Sec. 109. Voter registration. Sec. 110. Establishing voter identification. Sec. 111. Impartial administration of elections. Sec. 112. Strengthening the Election Assistance Commission. Sec. 113. Additional protections to ensure fair administration of Federal elections. Sec. 114. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 115. Effective date. Title II—Prohibiting Deceptive Practices Sec. 201. Prohibition on deceptive practices in Federal elections. Sec. 202. Modification of penalty for voter intimidation. Sec. 203. Sentencing guidelines. Sec. 204. Reporting violations and remedial action. Title III—Prohibiting Voter Caging Sec. 301. Voter caging and other questionable challenges prohibited. Sec. 302. Severability. Title IV—Restoring Voting Rights Sec. 401. Rights of citizens. Sec. 402. Enforcement. Sec. 403. Notification of restoration of voting rights. Sec. 404. Definitions. Sec. 405. Relation to other laws. Sec. 406. Federal prison funds. Sec. 407. Effective date. Title V—Election Day as Legal Public Holiday Sec. 501. Treatment of election day in same manner as legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment. Sec. 502. Study by Comptroller General of impact on voter participation. Sec. 503. Sense of Congress regarding treatment of day by private employers.
<enum>I</enum><header>Improving Election Administration</header> <section id="H2121640230234392AE8C78BDFA530069"><enum>101.</enum><header>National Federal write-in absentee ballot</header> <subsection id="H2573B51482B445DC8B1F91AC2CB448E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring States To Accept Ballot</header> <paragraph id="HB91CE26D5B294D619DB3344CD6EA0DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text> <quoted-block id="H92E4058229BC46D2935F6838B508C1DB"> <subtitle id="H1BF034BB8A394227809DE16D51C8DC18"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional requirements</header> <section id="H769447EEE9014DA0BDF540C9CAD4F9D"><enum>321.</enum><header>Use of National Federal write-in absentee ballot</header> <subsection id="HCB70EDCBA96B4FCB8C29DD7BE1F84CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person who is otherwise qualified to vote in a Federal election in a State shall be permitted to use the national Federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed by the Commission under section 297 to cast a vote in an election for Federal office.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC735904ADC7F4331B5108B8D99686BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission and processing</header> <paragraph id="H2D9FC459841E42ED87499F02D3688FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a national Federal write-in absentee ballot shall be submitted and processed in the manner provided under the standards prescribed by the Commission under section 297(b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HABDEC008F0904E0EAC91CFC09EB6CB19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>An otherwise eligible national Federal write-in absentee ballot shall be counted if postmarked or signed before the close of the polls on election day and received by the appropriate State election official on or before the date which is 10 days after the date of the election or the date provided for receipt of absentee ballots under State law, whichever is later.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5F8AB2F009E4773AEF8069D8CD91BB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text>The following rules shall apply with respect to national Federal write-in absentee ballots:</text> <paragraph id="H092D890213524CA9A33904BFDF3B1CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In completing the ballot, the voter may designate a candidate by writing in the name of the candidate or by writing in the name of a political party (in which case the ballot shall be counted for the candidate of that political party).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCF3645FABE854F44ACF45EB70563A3A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of the offices of President and Vice President, a vote for a named candidate or a vote by writing in the name of a political party shall be counted as a vote for the electors supporting the candidate involved.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8323A518B83483B8863C4B248408D1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party shall be disregarded in determining the validity of the ballot.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8A9B815D4D8433A9D527F74EED346F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA2B1A0A6C39847D880C1087C7D865E03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment relating to enforcement</header><text>Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking <quote>and 303</quote> and inserting <quote>303, and subtitle C</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B272661884A482D9920006CA0DE167E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents of title III of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4DF7C31651BD40D297BFBB81B275176B" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Additional Requirements</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 321. Use of national Federal write-in absentee ballot.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC8762EE7B4E48EFB7461F10BB1F5289"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance and Standards for National Federal write-in absentee ballot</header> <paragraph id="H84ABDE2B75584F4EA893CAAE92535D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text> <quoted-block id="HFAFCF77ABB1947F2B26059E716E7739E"> <subtitle id="HF5CF47D4B5A04AA2BE6965BFDFAFC8E"><enum>E</enum><header>Guidance and standards</header> <section id="H5BBCBAE40EA44030B2D180DEF1B350C6"><enum>297.</enum><header>National Federal write-in absentee ballot</header> <subsection id="HFC82F0AE24AA4F33BFDA05A0F7B655A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Form of ballot</header><text>The Commission shall prescribe a national Federal write-in absentee ballot (including a secrecy envelope and mailing envelope for such ballot) for use in elections for Federal office.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC07297CEC68848498FEDF23A1814BA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The Commission shall prescribe standards for—</text> <paragraph id="H91A78E33A70D4191A85E7C9561795279"><enum>(1)</enum><text>distributing the national Federal write-in absentee ballot, including standards for distributing such ballot through the Internet; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H892A16E9EEEE4CA0819BF8E015ED7379"><enum>(2)</enum><text>processing and submission of the national Federal write-in absentee ballot.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H21C997C38985440CA1B195BF95D14F09"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 202 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15322) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9AD0411A37494969B547F99E3D2C0600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA117ABE2B2EA410CA0DC290084BD79E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H8E4008DB5F3A4551A95F7116768607BF"> <paragraph id="H6E43731D2B9D449292F8167796AACB80"><enum>(5)</enum><text>carrying out the duties described in subtitle E;</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C6E9F4A8804022807918CE1268BC56"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title II of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4E58C2B229C43A5917E00F9B438AEA2" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle E—Guidance and Standards</toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297. National Federal write-in absentee ballot.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EE1322AE8994B70A355005143221305"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act</header> <paragraph id="HB47359EA763E48A4BB9FDD5B00A68D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act, in consultation with the Election Assistance Commission, shall facilitate the use and return of the national Federal write-in ballot prescribed by the Commission under section 297 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (b)(1)) for absent uniformed service voters and overseas voters so that such voters face no greater difficulties in the submission and processing of their ballots than those faced by absentee voters who reside in the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDB080A49F81B42AC9FBC048998FF4C8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The terms <term>absent uniformed service voter</term> and <term>overseas voter</term> shall have the meanings given such terms by section 107 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF50CAD52F0A2491F9F38054D9362FDCF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Verified Ballots; Preservation</header> <subsection id="H9706A687035447899EC182E1C1FB100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Verification</header> <paragraph id="H6576D1A427874893899EE090A758FB55"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H7472939B656C4641BECAFD7C41E00000"> <paragraph id="HB92DCFC4E8E9452C85B751985F694B95"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Verified ballots</header><text>In order to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A)(i), on and after January 1, 2011:</text> <subparagraph id="HD435DB5E8FE24EF1AEAAEFCE54F8601"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The voting system shall provide an independent means of voter verification which meets the requirements of subparagraph (B) and which allows each voter to verify the accuracy of the ballot before it is cast and counted, and to correct any errors before the record of the ballot is produced and preserved under this paragraph and paragraph (2)(B)(iii).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B7871D518CD40F585B7178294B23027"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A means of voter verification meets the requirements of this subparagraph if the voting system allows the voter to choose from one of the following options to verify the voter’s vote selection:</text> <clause id="H8FD1D02A5B5845FB96919E342500C822"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A paper record.</text> </clause><clause id="H1610DBEB1CE84C899C352B0966E3BBF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An audio record.</text> </clause><clause id="H1B37D2A5A8844BF3B7D923573E38199B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A pictorial record.</text> </clause><clause id="H6E4C2562FAAA411E0079D4821BE0209"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>An electronic record or other means that provides for voter verification that is accessible for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides privacy and independence equal to that provided for other voters.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7077E5FE436E464EA953DED8BBA47C80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any means of verification described in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subparagraph (B) must provide verification which is equal or superior to verification through the use of a paper record.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC22843F9F71422BA60025B5811F0092"><enum>(D)</enum><text>None of the means of verification under this paragraph may employ cryptography in the record.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H80AB1B38F2D34D4DA72665BEDA7585EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Clause (i) of section 301(a)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting <quote>and consistent with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (4), and (7)</quote> after <quote>independent manner</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H87246EFA05A24D7AB6147274E9AFC87B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preservation of Records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 301(a)(2)(B)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BBE812D56784032BC046F2D23BEFF62" style="OLC"> <clause id="H84BC36D5E6944577BC994FEF423C59D2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The record produced to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A)(i) and this paragraph shall be available as an official record for any audit or recount conducted with respect to any election in which the system is used, and shall be preserved after the voter has verified its accuracy—</text> <subclause id="HB54E7042D1654C0C90291E48C74491B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of a paper record, within the polling place on the date of the election in a manner that ensures the security of the votes as verified; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEC03608453654F9B9918EA572B0093ED"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a record described in clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of paragraph (7)(B), through a method established by the Commission which provides protection of the record equal to or superior to the methods used to preserve paper records.</text> </subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H0A0A6B2D239B4E77908CC2F0EFBBF063"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance</header> <paragraph id="HD42C3495257F48C9A61206B2455B23A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Subtitle E of title II of such Act, as added by section 101(b)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H8723099DA66745FD98DC81F281B6166D"> <section id="HDB913D9394664E0600E219E18DB96398"><enum>298.</enum><header>Verified ballots</header> <subsection id="H19F716AB0EB449D7B1F0DA9874A55089"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall issue uniform and nondiscriminatory standards—</text> <paragraph id="HA980F780DEFE498A9FB51E7B49B8DDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for verified ballots required under section 301(a)(7); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H644A377C68C541999CF6A178ACDD6067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for meeting the audit requirements of section 301(a)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC17FD3C3D79C497497F3EC9364CC959F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>The standards issued under subsection (a) shall provide for partial audits of the results of elections using the records produced pursuant to section 301(a)(7), and shall provide that those records shall be used for the official count of votes in the event that the tallies derived from the records differ from the tallies otherwise derived from the voting system used in the election involved.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4871C6680DEF42B2A2FEF7DB7F930000"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle E of title II of such Act, as added by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF82191AC2F1C45439348F64C13F26109" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 298. Verified ballots.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5E083E288F3A423AA367C0B72B624CD2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H3E71476C32E3457986AC9B6232E97313"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Election Assistance Commission</header><text>Section 207 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15327) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCFF7E302233B4C20A500C4C819E63F84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C1496F474274B84926B8328C2130768"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HE52E74BA039C44A9B734C75258ED7685"> <paragraph id="H506D8207D5FE450E859C3C205360C1E5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of the progress on implementing the verified ballot requirements of section 301(a)(7) and the impact of the use of such requirements on the accessibility, privacy, security, usability, and auditability of voting systems.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35D67E7F683D42E700155D3200554D57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 258 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15408) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H83ABF9008B93464ABB699DAE38B626A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD703729CB4EE4A22A1E8BD598218249C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54D298C06FAE4961B7F178DD7BFBCD00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H7CF2C6AF6DAA4CF6B05FA929A5AC9B8F"> <paragraph id="H62BB622DCA59404FA47603112428B2C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis and description in the form and manner prescribed by the Commission of the progress on implementing the verified ballot requirements of section 301(a)(7).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HCB1CBA3BF902498AA57CB2456293D854"><enum>103.</enum><header>Requirements for counting provisional ballots</header> <subsection id="H58482AF07DF349309670AAD336337B5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1ED3FE156DD64518A08FB65E581700C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8F6BA0EFDD004BE4894DF68A5006B6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H0FC29DE21F4C4F1D8979D49B039153E4"> <subsection id="H15C0DD6FBA2649FC86E5E0E111F95BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Statewide counting of provisional ballots</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(4), notwithstanding at which polling place a provisional ballot is cast within the State, the State shall count such ballot if the individual who cast such ballot is otherwise eligible to vote in the election.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBCB69BF0C22B4D98AFAEA5D8D1CA4193"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15482(e)), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB17C1E3FBE6E4A389301B575685500F3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDF96032279124DE98EDFF894E0D91BCF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective Date for Provisional Voting and Voting Information</header> <paragraph id="HDF2CE27287084E4A86CE7D02A1009615"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements fo this section on and after January 1, 2004.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7571FA803FEB4AEB00E08D933240B0C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statewide counting of provisional ballots</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (d) on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H7103C4C2CB294D24802EBEDA66A84E39"><enum>104.</enum><header>Minimum Requirements for voting systems and poll workers in polling places</header> <subsection id="HDB57907CD98A463B00C7F5E35F53F83"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum Requirements</header> <paragraph id="HA680E217A7904860A791B840CB11DC8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 101(a)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H3A390D5E351D44D0B000A4CFEE722FEF"> <section id="HD2FB7540126D4C578E27ACA8D74BE765"><enum>322.</enum><header>Minimum requirements for voting systems and poll workers</header> <subsection id="H3790CB5F87244852964DF48BE33428B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State shall provide for the minimum required number of functioning and accurate voting systems and poll workers required in each precinct 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 299A.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9B3E0E814D5449F2ACBFC010F21FBAD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H61E3EB224CF84551B83C8D78D0005F66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added by section 101(a)(3), is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D7C3131E1E64E82ADEAC8156DFC899F" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 322. Minimum required voting systems and poll workers.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7F1F112258164A598BA972DDD8DEF864"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards</header> <paragraph id="H4EC29552CF6547C9AEA8DDC6C1BCA4"><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 id="HFD59096D29144E49AA3854CFBAF3A8B5"> <section id="H25A59A0000F544B78FCE9C974D87500"><enum>299.</enum><header>Standards for establishing the minimum required voting systems and poll workers</header> <subsection id="H2AD8CE1F35114ADD900000A5CA9EFDE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall issue standards regarding the minimum number of voting systems and poll workers required in each precinct 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="HF1088310317E48F68DB39083FE02076"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards described in subsection (a) shall provide for a uniform and nondiscriminatory geographic distribution of such systems and workers, based on a ratio of the number of systems and workers per voter, taking into account voter registration statistics for the precinct, the most recent available census data regarding the number of individuals residing within the precinct who are eligible to register to vote, and the level of voter turnout during previous elections held in the precinct.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB61B81FEBDC6464382A465FEA4347FE8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The standards described in subsection (a) shall permit States, upon providing adequate public notice, to deviate from any allocation requirements in the case of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or a change in voter turnout.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2FD8E2C780EA44B581B3D34F7200085C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3646757141D942F09326BAB7330D8A6" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299. Standards for establishing the minimum required voting systems and poll workers.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9185B73D976F4FAD82A1DD895076FE4"><enum>105.</enum><header>Election day registration</header> <subsection id="H4F14EE2E237947868DF944CD8BF63971"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header> <paragraph id="H3884AEC8619B4420B88DDBC17E6024C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HD98F5EC9CB8E44A6A51EB77FAA62A"> <section id="H7C205C9B209242FF903DA3F8C02DB596"><enum>323.</enum><header>Election day registration</header> <subsection id="H1192E77C19B14B9F00D8BA31F09093D1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H3732EB31A347424B9C4FEB1869334F23"><enum>(1)</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> <subparagraph id="H49DD62D52A604D46A688C55938671104"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to register to vote in such election at the polling place using the form established by the Commission pursuant to section 297; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEE78B6AF8FB4EFFBBC561DD4E19C4BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to cast a vote in such election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC0A78E808484EC19FEF3067D75673FE"><enum>(2)</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 this Act, there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal office.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCAE94BB19C4476E9520112BAF5B3C97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8A136286CDAA469000A60017EFED23F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E77C928FF604824B35C804DC9139CF5" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 323. Election Day registration.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB74ADDF45434A7790F11B93465F2515"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election day registration form</header> <paragraph id="H4ABD6315FF5B472595B09BFCAA0164C"><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 id="H72CC2FE40AB64E1800A89E128E3E18A7"> <section id="HA023168C89534D9A80D3EA13D8CFF5A7"><enum>299A.</enum><header>Election day registration form</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="H4B959196C29E4BEBB81337CF7FD8D3D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C5A54F5793B4F02A9980942651C8645" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299A. Election Day registration form.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H86D506F13B324232BE19D02FD242C688"><enum>106.</enum><header>Integrity of voter registration list</header> <subsection id="H0FD0913F4B944E1EAC417C4648EA8862"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HF5C0E14002124377A9625937B2F2F7BB"> <section id="H8992E5C737794C19A1B6EFAAEA95F283"><enum>324.</enum><header>Removal from voter registration list</header> <subsection id="H746C524FAF864549AF4B7D74D1790325"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public notice</header><text>Not later than 45 days before any Federal election, each State shall provide public notice of 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.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H45C1D5B26A364FFDB63269E2EC79AD83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice to individual voters</header> <paragraph id="H47CB0F7FFEAB410EA7A0C939E828CE80"><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 which meets the requirements of paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8757D73B42C4B3995BE66D296C71A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements of notice</header><text>The notice required under paragraph (1) shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="HCE997603D7894631A5C75588F8CBB851"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provided to each voter in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30FC2D6DCC69485690638CC43D3F3FE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E400A10BD7E4327A80063C653499013"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the form and manner prescribed by the Election Assistance Commission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC42DF0E29A71449D81E77BF053EE2393"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HD5E79582E5BE4260BAA4F561F400F3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C782757D08467D9205491594458740" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 324. Removal from voter registration list.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H4DB47F34513A4BEF9331AAEBD26665D4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Early voting</header> <subsection id="H35847659F05C4E0B86E91C82050034A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <paragraph id="H2C58DD53EEA347959EEE46BED2AD8EA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H1A4F866E177C44678E33B99BF84B97B1"> <section id="HC7F8C5F7863F46E0B53D7421F65CDE00"><enum>325.</enum><header>Early voting</header> <subsection id="HC84CD25035654B8EAC86CEBEF3AE649E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State shall allow individuals to vote in an election for Federal office not less than 15 days prior to the day scheduled for such election in the same manner as voting is allowed on such day.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H78212D502F4B4A84B152BEE829A96400"><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="H2D0338B34B44468F9494BAC9BBA646C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow such voting for no less than 4 hours on each day (other than Sunday); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE324724DCB004EE1A821F331A6C91CE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have uniform hours each day for which such voting occurs.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA452AE03D2BF4BE7A807867DF3058593"><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 323.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H322C0703F6CC44389E75ED39391DEE00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD891CCAB5F4747D99490BEC4668FCCD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E86EE598FE74F0C92A69E06C3AD3551" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 325. Early voting.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD9AB2A76677492EB37C8290A9FF04EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for early voting</header> <paragraph id="HB03F7017D47C4686B8C56317FA4C6E1"><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> <quoted-block id="H9C7BA4953A7149A4A800D310B5502053"> <section id="HF214C40E41354347AC41DB1FBCE5EC5"><enum>299B.</enum><header>Standards for early voting</header> <subsection id="HCAFF6BD5081E499D97E516B4B4954D5C"><enum>(a)</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. Such standards shall include the nondiscriminatory geographic placement of polling places at which such voting occurs.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC2420BE6FD844CB6A32493536EC42D00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The standards described in subsection (a) shall permit States, upon providing adequate public notice, to deviate from any requirement in the case of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or a change in voter turnout.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC2DA8B6A1E9F440E82408E58F3BD69CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FAC629156DC42C1A600CE23104BDFD5" 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><section id="H325F991B67D545F48091E9630432858D"><enum>108.</enum><header>Improvements to voting systems</header> <subsection id="H485DE8475C33410F87DA86B95C4B5678"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 301(a)(1)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>, a punch card voting system, or a central count voting system</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF0E5D7C4CF704794ACEBC3923721BB90"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of requirements for punch card systems</header><text>Section 301(a)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>any lever</quote> and inserting <quote>any punch card voting system, lever</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H7525CD21376A4ADD8B38203ED6A02EF5"><enum>109.</enum><header>Voter registration</header> <subsection id="H15D8B23243B943B781D31CE5ABD9B300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 303(b)(4) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="HCACFC21D85D34E14B928A18959DEF7AC"> <subparagraph id="H9EA3AA7DD08F4238800000AC93F76494"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>On and after January 1, 2011—</text> <clause id="H8DD661BBE27F4AC88E22FC434D33F544"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in lieu of the questions and statements required under subparagraph (A), such mail voter registration form shall include an affidavit to be signed by the registrant attesting both to citizenship and age; and</text> </clause><clause id="HE1053405CB334B6F848CE810A75D9618"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subparagraph (B) shall not apply.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC716A91703704820927E3954A93CFC2F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application to forms developed by States</header><text>For purposes of section 6(a)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–4(a)(2)), any form developed and used by a State for the registration of voters in elections for Federal office shall not be considered to meet all of the criteria stated in section 9(b) of such Act unless the form meets the requirements of subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HE4693D456BA142F0A507A1C91D700295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internet registration</header> <paragraph id="HA72EA9FB5C0A48CC895315080511EA1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H65C33E977F344BE2A1BAF5681572043B"> <section id="HC69E491B9B5649B089A6CA3F8044B23"><enum>326.</enum><header>Internet registration</header> <subsection id="HE756681FA2BA4A5E8D10F8003F502000"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Internet registration</header><text>Each State shall establish a program under which individuals may access and submit voter registration forms electronically through the Internet.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA6B7BDD9C9E146A0AEE83D85C7DA676C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE50DABE2B8D844798211404C6DE48519"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4E137E3C5DD4F0BB7ABDB6BAEB7D395" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 326. Internet registration.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7713718135C437480422E6B63CAC014"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards for Internet registration</header> <paragraph id="HB58BCB440105495DA1DDF25563899500"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle E of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H46F19618799943859E004B73CA64C1E8"> <section id="HCAC9541361F242799522782C187B81DF"><enum>299C.</enum><header>Standards for Internet registration programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall establish standards regarding the design and operation of programs which allow electronic voter registration through the Internet.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8EF76A166474413F9E569951FAB4D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8FB51277CDD49EF8F094180AF206542" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299C. Standards for Internet registration programs.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4B318E18B95846599DA207581086924C"><enum>110.</enum><header>Establishing voter identification</header> <subsection id="HF1B72223903F40C8BE25616B4655ABAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H326EDEBF0D39446FAE8984009E2325A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In person voting</header><text>Section 303(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H09FEF5A212C24E58853C4404735645E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (I); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2525C97F19647D4AB2880501CF8C9E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text> <quoted-block id="H6D566B068596429ABB9363DF2294945E"> <subclause id="HEE19B56E6869496F8F1073F460E64C66"><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="HCFB704CBFE2045D08EDBE0EDE59B75FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>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="H4E6787D9683443B5BD28AF2635E9AE1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (I);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6C8F2310D1747C5853046C8FBCF2347"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7796C1AF6D8E4C37ADA43FB3C14D9DAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>and by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text> <quoted-block id="HFDB2BA1D83DA48F68058E2C3F8F0DD5C"> <subclause id="H2FC193D51DDB42A68950305918688893"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a written affidavit, executed by such individual, attesting to such individual’s identity.</text> </subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A84C5A269CB44E3A1D86FFDE2BD8B42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for verifying voter information</header> <paragraph id="HDAD447D43B9F40ADA41BA1FFF07DE5AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle E of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HB7FC726B6A3D4E5594B58B3124CAA6F9"> <section id="H1E1C2567541B4CFDB5A0659836DA3C80"><enum>299D.</enum><header>Voter identification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall develop standards for verifying the identification information required under section 303(a)(5) in connection with the registration of an individual to vote in a Federal election.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDE79D3A06E3B4D1BBDE2BB41EF06F67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle E of title II of such Act, as added by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B260C4F57294DC0AA624523A7FD200" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299D. Voter identification.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEC23086057DC4DFF991900152D1BA57D"><enum>111.</enum><header>Impartial administration of elections</header> <subsection id="HE0C5782BAD55407F9CE88608CA9DBF6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election Administration Requirements</header> <paragraph id="HFA6E2C1106884505001331D0CCB8203D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H6E62C72E1B44474284AA0F4EECAF3B1"> <section id="HD0FAEE7F061E4D81A92ECDDB84312293"><enum>327.</enum><header>Election administration requirements</header> <subsection id="H689BF709244F42E0B25DAD69A8EACEE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice of changes in State election laws</header><text>Not later than 15 days prior to any Federal election, each State shall issue a public notice describing all changes in State law affecting the administration of Federal elections since the most recent prior election.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H78A32CCAA6B94B16871949EA6BB140FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Observers</header> <paragraph id="HBC1B626ED2DE4A77AB8BB1EFD34A4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each State shall allow uniform and nondiscriminatory access to any polling place for purposes of observing a Federal election to—</text> <subparagraph id="HA7EBCDC6183246949340052B4FAA29C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>voting rights and civil rights organizations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD38DFC558D9646EEBE60D844CDE572F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nonpartisan domestic observers and international observers.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C77535DCFF94CA8870043F0ED730217"><enum>(2)</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 (1) for access to any polling place for purposes of observing a Federal election. Such notice shall be issued not later than 24 hours after such denial.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE207F69737849C982D5EB5D7403F400"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No interference with election permitted</header><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to permit any individual observing a Federal election pursuant to this subsection to engage in campaign activity at a polling place or interfere in any way with the conduct of the election.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC423F635A2FA433482882830F49A0C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBA3AAE609C4144C3802F1792F200C0DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EA090A525274038B79036AC6F588768" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 327. Election administration requirements.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BE6FBA6E1A642FC9749AD4978EF26C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of Administration of Elections by Nonpartisan Boards</header> <paragraph id="HAAD8292E28154BE695F2D6A078383DC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Election Assistance Commission shall conduct a study analyzing the feasibility and desirability of requiring States to carry out the administration of elections for Federal office through nonpartisan election boards.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAECFF7EA97854CE8B72FFB516DB7186"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2011, the Commission shall submit a report to Congress and the relevant committees of Congress on the study conducted under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H67DA4FD41C6C472B9D45409214291513"><enum>112.</enum><header>Strengthening the Election Assistance Commission</header> <subsection id="HEADD32A72D294C148F95A5893B1D06EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Budget requests</header> <paragraph id="H74565FDC56484AE187C2D288D700B5FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part 1 of subtitle A of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15321 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 209 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="H7E4E76E5C9CF420890A119B3C119F940"> <section id="HEDF445D8F2BE41319D7400715462D370"><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 all relevant committees of the House and Senate.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CDD4056EAE44746821DD0683B68A315"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for part 1 of subtitle A of title II of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 209 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A455823E1D44A13B8D976AD2C8501D8" 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="H3D7D61490D144AB98BFF9434E2DA097C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption from paperwork reduction Act</header><text>Section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H43C3A4E2DA7D4DFC8F23CA01FBC4E500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H14ACBC25260849D794001E0696186595"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H6BE4EC0C12A24226950005A3B1EC4307"> <subparagraph id="HDB8B0CA6C375412E975DA400A57BEA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Election Assistance Commission;</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70F555E7140B4E2F8C42AF93BAF1382C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>Section 209 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15239) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3D5BDED2BBF14F879EE25F50F6EF02A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Commission</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H455E2E0C9ED94885BDEDDA685AA7947"> <subsection id="HC751180C115C4FE28C5B073344878506"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the Commission</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D08983799F04DCA82AFEF3F77C5EE46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HF10FA472CB3D4A448C68F62900705EA3"> <subsection id="H6E6A8C32F3694E8B81B035BE94CD00B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>On and after January 1, 2011, subsection (a) shall not apply to any authority granted under subtitle E of this title or subtitle C of title III.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F13C0CDA0F341A8807346333FCBDD5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>NIST authority</header> <paragraph id="HC0620C8A013A4FBA93ED1B346D5FBE3"><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> <quoted-block id="HC5D16388A9EA483B89A4EAF45E9CA8E8"> <section id="H1FA5E1028DD644C099C3D17EE7FEC3F6"><enum>299E.</enum><header>Technical support</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">At the request of the Commission, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall provide the Commission with technical support necessary for the Commission to carry out its duties under this title.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0F13FB1622EA4848ADDE00374B5E6DEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle E of title II of such Act, as added by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDE52A8398E54368B652B6D79123C95D" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299E. Technical support.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EBD9389BCF345098838F43995E7F60"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 210 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15330) is amended by striking <quote>for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2005</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFEB8DA65ADE2469A86BF42F53B4E00C" style="OLC"> <text>for the Commission to carry out this title the following:</text><paragraph id="HE16DFD43440B4E96B1C2A3A74CCFA41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2003 through 2009, $10,000,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H461181016E8E4C148339768E978F20A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $23,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is solely to carry out section 299E.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4189C63417134CD498905875B763F0DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE1359BD012D429080E6BA6ACCBA2B1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header>Additional Protections to Ensure Fair Administration of Federal Elections</header> <subsection id="H572B9398D6814276A446CBE8B25CBCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring Use of Publicly Available Open Source Software in Voting Machines</header> <paragraph id="H5566560B979E40320047CE7B47235273"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requiring Use of Open Source Software</header> <subparagraph id="HCE08FD6FD9A24B6BA585AABD52098670"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III 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="H656BD39511AE4BD1BC54B032CD085532" style="OLC"> <section id="H70B352EDFCDC41C39B8BC8EE205100B3"><enum>328.</enum><header>Requiring Use of Publicly Available Open Source Software in Voting Machines</header> <subsection id="HB632720888D14CFDB4ECCC587FE97629"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Each State shall ensure that each voting machine used by the State for elections for Federal office uses open source software which may be accessible for inspection by the public, in accordance with standards established by the Commission under section 299G.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC41DC7681981466EB231A800646CB270"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FE5E204CDFD40E38E9E11D0B59CE0E4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC540E3872A5B412F8DA6F14845193765" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 328. Requiring use of publicly available open source software in voting machines.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB156FC30712F49E991A66FD55564B73E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of Standards</header> <subparagraph id="H26FCA391CDF14BD9BBFFD846E5D569E"><enum>(A)</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="HCD4B95C683574FBA912963D3CC958F0" style="OLC"> <section id="H651640C4019844E397C845BD1DA270BF"><enum>299F.</enum><header>Standards for Publicly Available Open Source Software in Voting Machines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall establish standards for the software used in voting machines for elections for Federal offices, including standards to ensure that all such software is open source software which may be accessible for inspection by the public.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCEDD595065A412EB70026C4DFFFE038"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8096CD242CA4E77BA14D0FDF7C2F3DC" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299F. Standards for publicly available open source software in voting machines.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1412AC5A80324FE4B11DCF63F7D6A050"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standards for Conducting Recounts</header> <paragraph id="H4D803837E069445597A9FF8EBFEDF3AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III 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="HFB1B6BCB146444E6A657AFCB3081A377" style="OLC"> <section id="H8F9BE190E47448CC811BA73912DF8700"><enum>329.</enum><header>Standards for Conducting Recounts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In conducting any recount with respect to any election for Federal office in the State, the State shall ensure that a vote in the election will be counted when the intent of the voter can reasonably be determined from the ballot.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1C77C6BD3C6F435885FAC3BE21823D98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD458C77F45AE4CE296FD8870D5F0A2BC" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 329. Standards for conducting recounts.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC58F1B9A93B2495193CC48191120D8FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest of Entities Involved in Manufacture, Distribution, or Other Activities Relating to Voting Machines</header> <paragraph id="HEA6F94F10B614A0ABDA9DA34022B98D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibiting agreements by states with entities failing to meet anti-conflict of interest standards</header> <subparagraph id="H621EC80BD73F4BB7A7DEC37EE3007F46"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle C of title III 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="H9CFD816700284FACAB8B2D6DA7F6FEED" style="OLC"> <section id="HCE530D999A444AB287EB441BF4751704"><enum>329A.</enum><header>Prohibiting Agreements With Entities Failing to Meet Anti-Conflict of Interest Standards for Entities Involved With Voting Machines</header> <subsection id="H39222DF9D9304DB69FFB5BE583195586"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>In carrying out an election for Federal office, a State may not enter into any agreement with an entity regarding the manufacture, distribution, installation, servicing, or other activity with respect to a voting machine to be used for the election if the entity is not in compliance with the standards established by the Commission under section 299G for prohibiting conflicts of interest of such entities.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H13AE21D645CC486C95A70068E8F53AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2011.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AB22B7806CC4D9995D8F1C869DE2D21"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for subtitle C of title III of such Act, as added and amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACAC774931084C4D82D267EE2518E6BE" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 329A. Prohibiting agreement with entities failing to meet anti-conflict of interest standards for entities involved with voting machines.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H630FCCDA2F484D73949E03DBC8BD1765"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment of standards</header> <subparagraph id="HA569E87A31F04080ACBBCA6764D1076B"><enum>(A)</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="HFF286C1ED790465981D9EF067BC5F08E" style="OLC"> <section id="H67944801B86A468F9395994C24B81EAE"><enum>299G.</enum><header>Standards for Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest of Entities Involved in Manufacture, Distribution, or Other Activities Relating to Voting Machines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall establish standards to prohibit conflicts of interest of entities engaged in the manufacture, distribution, installation, servicing, or other activities with respect to voting machines, including standards to prohibit any such entity from directly or indirectly providing any funds or property (including in-kind funds and property) to any candidate for public office, any political party, any political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, any organization described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any other entity organized for any partisan political purpose.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H370EB6A1626F422E9087F9896435F1B2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for 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 item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D558DCF36EC471AABE4CBA1F58D300" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 299G. Standards for prohibiting conflicts of interest of entities involved in manufacture, distribution, or other activities relating to voting machines.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBEBBC11FC72D428CAE07CD9189B60835"><enum>114.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 257(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15408(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="HA5D52C9DBB574F38B6B9E5AFB199AFD6"> <paragraph id="HA9C2BB4D2FAC4C0F9DA6BEE2B7612008"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2010, $2,000,000,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4DE707CB7AAE4BC000AE9E008E5FEF4D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For each fiscal year after 2010, such sums as are necessary.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H43F76D5784FC4A1900E6BA38AB6FDCE"><enum>115.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on January 1, 2010.</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Prohibiting Deceptive Practices</header> <section commented="no" id="H32752C3222E24271B3E98DE996DDCDD8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Prohibition on deceptive practices in Federal elections</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H5DBBE749817B4127A83846E07F641D19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H332F1E842BF547D1A511C91C10A8B12B" style="USC"> <section id="H3D7EF5E54D1F45DFA045192114A59E4"><enum>618.</enum><header>Deceptive practices in Federal elections</header> <subsection id="HD0C0E8B0C485472E923594F5C60052C6"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, within 60 days before a Federal election, knowingly communicates election-related information about that election, knowing that information to be false, with the intent to prevent another person from exercising the right to vote in that election, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEE43A441CAB24379BA05F8C66B4224AF"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this section—</text> <paragraph id="H244DE5E67A044CA39F8113ECEECD00BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal election</term> means any general, primary, run-off, or special election for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Commissioner from a territory or possession; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B454D27C0C54967BDE855E508E89938"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>election related information</term> means information regarding—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE9037993BC64B8E8E48722208354D91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the time, place, or manner of conducting the election;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19875C7BF6AE4D5C00C2081934CE9817"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the qualifications for or restrictions on voter eligibility for the election, including—</text> <clause id="HC1EAD2D1695A428F897FE3B322873090"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any criminal penalties associated with voting in the election; or</text> </clause><clause id="H893B66032CF04A15BB836CCFC0DD44B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>information regarding a voter's registration status or eligibility;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA43140BE99264509A0B3CE37D79EAF82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to a closed primary election, the political party affiliation of any candidate for office, if the communication of the information also contains false information described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F9FC5CE49404C2D91EFE3E2FAC821C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the explicit endorsement by any person or organization of a candidate running for any office voted on in the election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HA47C9B90638A41B1B8EBE7800A8A450"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71CEC1816F9E4E7098FD8C59FFC8801F" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">618. Deceptive practices in Federal elections.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="H29C994194A9F42A0A1C9FBE83D1A754"><enum>202.</enum><header>Modification of penalty for voter intimidation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 594 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H2D652603520B4A229510FB8198128481"><enum>203.</enum><header>Sentencing guidelines</header> <subsection id="H46DB569D251F4592A484139FC002C39E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review and Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Sentencing Commission, pursuant to its authority under section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in accordance with this section, shall review and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of any offense under sections of title 18, United States Code, that are added or modified by this title.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H557B28132048458FBDD65D85C9B53A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The United States Sentencing Commission may, for the purposes of the amendments made pursuant to this section, amend the Federal sentencing guidelines in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act of 1987 (28 U.S.C. 994 note) as though the authority under that section had not expired.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80412079AA6A41D08FE3C10800CFFB34"><enum>204.</enum><header>Reporting violations and remedial action</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H337D8C1F99AA4DC6910090D738278656"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Any person may report to the Attorney General any violation or possible violation of section 594 or 618 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD6D9A606BF2640A0A5047204DB00CB58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corrective action</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC24BD8B5586F4F05921CFE651438DBD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Immediately after receiving a report under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall consider and review such report and, if the Attorney General determines that there is a reasonable basis to find that a violation has occurred, the Attorney General shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HFC816B89E26B4F8682F123C6DA47DD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>undertake all effective measures necessary to provide correct information to voters affected by the false information;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5905E9813E7441CBB95D74135BDD97"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">refer any matter under the jurisdiction of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to such division for prosecution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB8A12542B4B451900ED5BD1DC825B08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>refer the matter to the appropriate Federal and State authorities for criminal prosecution or civil action after the election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9857DD8AA0CA495FB9D338FC89FD96EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H494454947D3E4A4FB9E3B4EEF03736E5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations regarding the methods and means of corrective actions to be taken under paragraph (1). Such regulations shall be developed in consultation with the Election Assistance Commission, civil rights organizations, voting rights groups, State and local election officials, voter protection groups, and other interested community organizations.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC2323E8A8C834FE2A965F4847E349888"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Study</header> <clause commented="no" id="HAEEB9350DA5B472FB69DF0DE61D47BA3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the Election Assistance Commission, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of providing the corrective information under paragraph (1) through public service announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public broadcast.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HFE48A403E6AA44028E6D9356C3C7BF5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report detailing the results of the study conducted under clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCB06993BFF4E4AAEA47230FF73AC1165"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publicizing remedies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall make public through the Internet, radio, television, and newspaper advertisements information on the responsibilities, contact information, and complaint procedures applicable under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2389FD6CA19E48E5880015C4E11398ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header> <paragraph id="HAD3F9519065A4C389B07302B3FA6DB5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after any primary, general, or run-off election for Federal office, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report compiling and detailing any allegations of false information submitted pursuant to subsection (a) and relating to such election.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A394EB097364E1E9EA7E2F368777D02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H7CAD2D3BE0BB41068534504C7D2F3F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>detailed information on specific allegations of deceptive tactics;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C1CC3DB90C04238A649F1433E64EAA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>statistical compilations of how many allegations were made and of what type;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D3D72FC303448138D3233DD9E198E02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the geographic locations of and the populations affected by the alleged deceptive information;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32E17A121E0D4731850784A9EF9291B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the status of the investigations of such allegations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1709CDAC1B214AC288936E21E52CDB2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any corrective actions taken in response to such allegations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C89B9F984E44F50B83700AA41815E35"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the rationale used for any corrective actions or for any refusal to pursue an allegation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07D3EB21387E4FA9A39F3C23B9BD14C1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the effectiveness of any such corrective actions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F31F056AF3E4F67A8CFA92D6F30F0A1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>whether a Voting Integrity Task Force was established with respect to such election, and, if so, how such task force was staffed and funded;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2D06706FCBA4FE8B781FBAEC99F6E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any referrals of information to other Federal, State, or local agencies;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1B0B92703604850996D8323FBEC8FC4"><enum>(J)</enum><text>any suit instituted under section 2004(b)(2) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971(b)(2)) in connection with such allegations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68BEB362301B4153A888006326CA61D4"><enum>(K)</enum><text>any criminal prosecution instituted under title 18, United States Code, in connection with such allegations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H878FED0EF5F4486B8360D6523866EEB6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report made public</header><text>On the date that the Attorney General submits the report required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall also make the report publicly available through the Internet and other appropriate means.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9D91C8D89AA447178679A5187F6C594F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of duties</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HFDDB9F1D022141C9BA213BB28701B415"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall delegate the responsibilities under this section to a Voting Integrity Task Force established under paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1EC847B89F894484805383588F38B9C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Voting integrity task force</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1843B670910B4804AB24CB76D2071489"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish a Voting Integrity Task Force to carry out the requirements of this section with respect to any general, primary, run-off, or special election for Federal office.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE6BBC34581E46DDA6E182D3DF1FBE23"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>Any Voting Integrity Task Force established under paragraph (1) shall be under the direction of the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, jointly.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1202885E1A784B9F9F31A4B7BD2F6063"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Federal office</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>Federal office</term> means the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Commissioner from a territory or possession of the United States.</text> </subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Prohibiting Voter Caging</header> <section id="HF4C449BF74A646548690651D4314BF1C"><enum>301.</enum><header>Voter caging and other questionable challenges prohibited</header> <subsection id="HC88C184EC8E645F1BC8E3139D0E296FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 201(a), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H398656518B5740FAB1594506AA6D6D67" style="USC"> <section id="H82692BB81F3E43808DF2AFBA38E04B9"><enum>619.</enum><header>Voter caging and other questionable challenges</header> <subsection id="H2056ADE06550425E89E0DA948DF528A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="HAA441346212A4D08806D0182695B366D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>voter caging document</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H04612089554D480F84F67BCB69E80046"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a nonforwardable document that is returned to the sender or a third party as undelivered or undeliverable despite an attempt to deliver such document to the address of a registered voter or applicant; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04CD9FE2F42E45B59C341B8C733F6B00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any document with instructions to an addressee that the document be returned to the sender or a third party but is not so returned, despite an attempt to deliver such document to the address of a registered voter or applicant, unless at least two Federal election cycles have passed since the date of the attempted delivery;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H390EAA971AA84DBDB637F6DD1D85A800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>voter caging list</term> means a list of individuals compiled from voter caging documents; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2E5DAFA746884BCFA02470E38700B58B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>unverified match list</term> means a list produced by matching the information of registered voters or applicants for voter registration to a list of individuals who are ineligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdiction, by virtue of death, conviction, change of address, or otherwise; unless one of the pieces of information matched includes a signature, photograph, or unique identifying number ensuring that the information from each source refers to the same individual.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CBB96BF193A434BAF6900902C00F188"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition Against Voter Caging</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State or local election official shall prevent an individual from registering or voting in any election for Federal office, or permit in connection with any election for Federal office a formal challenge under State law to an individual’s registration status or eligibility to vote, if the basis for such decision is evidence consisting of—</text> <paragraph id="H8ED8EC42784A4F26B6C81E7D38A402D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a voter caging document or voter caging list;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1549773E1880431FB1B5947E92062F62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an unverified match list;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H53D00B7CFBF34101A73FD04C14C29B00"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material to an individual’s eligibility to vote under section 2004 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1971(a)(2)(B)); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8C8983AC6230477C9EDA5E1BF8C77E84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other evidence so designated for purposes of this section by the Election Assistance Commission,</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">except that the election official may use such evidence if it is corroborated by independent evidence of the individual’s ineligibility to register or vote.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H8CD2B2F195E54590949EA060D07073C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements For Challenges by Persons Other Than Election Officials</header> <paragraph id="H762A7A4E35DC46588C00A9783FF64B79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Attestation of first-hand knowledge of ineligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person, other than a State or local election official, shall submit a formal challenge to an individual’s eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office unless that challenge is supported by personal, first-hand knowledge regarding the grounds for ineligibility which is—</text> <subparagraph id="H4EAE92E438A84453BBC376136855897B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>documented in writing; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC88E61F8624640D49FA060C289B7FEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to an oath or attestation under penalty of perjury that the individual who is the subject of the challenge is ineligible to register to vote or vote in that election.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6151567AC0CE49EF9221E349CE104BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibiting challenges based on certain evidence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person, other than a State or local election official, shall submit a formal challenge to an individual’s eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office if the basis for such challenge is evidence consisting of—</text> <subparagraph id="H0C41890D0AC04D09B6FEB0C69815A8C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a voter caging document or voter caging list;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA97522B679284C258CAC513C883D316F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an unverified match list;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AAEC4CCF7704549B2B0104336734141"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material to an individual’s eligibility to vote under section 2004 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1971(a)(2)(B)); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38C32B62F20643CE9023ED999D4E009B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other evidence so designated for purposes of this section by the Election Assistance Commission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C0A751E03BD4401932173B0C59302B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties for Knowing Misconduct</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever knowingly challenges the eligibility of one or more individuals to register or vote or knowingly causes the eligibility of such individuals to be challenged in violation of this section with the intent that one or more eligible voters be disqualified, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, for each such violation. Each violation shall be a separate offense.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC8302457F1CD49218CD171ABBA7370ED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No Effect on Related Laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section is intended to override the protections of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) or to affect the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.).</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HBD11834F88524DEBBEE523A9EADF60D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 201(b), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF83D00D808F84A538000BC885B00B1F4" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">619. Voter caging and other questionable challenges.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HFCAFF4181F5544748D3D3BC00A7ABAE"><enum>302.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this title or any amendment made by this title, or the application of a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this title and the amendments made by this title, and the application of the provisions to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding.</text> </section><enum>IV</enum><header>Restoring Voting Rights</header> <section id="HE8F24C06B9C441959F7F9739E7732D17"><enum>401.</enum><header>Rights of citizens</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The right of an individual who is a citizen of the United States to vote in any election for Federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless such individual is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at the time of the election.</text> </section><section id="HCA6549E767FC4222B0076814009836B4"><enum>402.</enum><header>Enforcement</header> <subsection id="HDA3035C6E5D14DB689AD13C000E4A41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Attorney general</header><text>The Attorney General may, in a civil action, obtain such declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy a violation of this title.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H657FCE7A92EE484EA92D63E8936D2DAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private right of action</header> <paragraph id="H417CCCCBC25848AC8C9504B981BDC5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notice to election official</header><text>A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this title may provide written notice of the violation to the chief election official of the State involved.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD78BFC46B172433F8D036C93D3602879"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Action permitted</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), if the violation is not corrected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under paragraph (1), 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, in a civil action obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H268E25A3BF72421582ADBE4E13DCD545"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver of notice for violations occurring near date of election</header><text>If the violation occurred within 30 days before the date of an election for Federal office, the aggrieved person need not provide notice to the chief election official of the State under paragraph (1) before bringing a civil action to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the violation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC6CED13299C3451B9F8D00DCB9038348"><enum>403.</enum><header>Notification of restoration of voting rights</header> <subsection id="H9EA21423E3934B088F00C716CEF0047"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State notification</header> <paragraph id="H6D0DE8FF406848FB98A0EB64D711CFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>On the date determined under paragraph (2), each State shall notify in writing any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the law of that State that such individual has the right to vote in an election for Federal office pursuant to this title and may register to vote in any such election.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H73E7E364551642B7B1EFBE259E3CE616"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of notification</header> <subparagraph id="HBEBD1E57216D4BD69E83F736FE232660"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Felony conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been convicted of a felony, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on which the individual—</text> <clause id="H5DBB8A750859410FB64F3193C502C4DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is sentenced to serve only a term of probation; or</text> </clause><clause id="HE94811CBDA0E4EC3911CEDEA92764B69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is released from the custody of that State (other than to the custody of another State or the Federal Government to serve a term of imprisonment for a felony conviction).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8CC35442B554A4AA436C400D9F9931"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Misdemeanor conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on which such individual is sentenced.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FAEFD56280148EDBA69EE0713ECCD0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal notification</header> <paragraph id="HF72B57507CCC4DD7B3A7F5A22EB89459"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>On the date determined under paragraph (2), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall notify in writing any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under Federal law that such individual has the right to vote in an election for Federal office pursuant to this title and may register to vote in any such election.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFE396328D4EB47E9B7A791569B895783"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date of notification</header> <subparagraph id="H8C1C5AB1E1EC407ABDF81474E5000478"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Felony conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been convicted of a felony, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on which the individual—</text> <clause id="H1E2522CF89314480B328E3E2FD982160"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is sentenced to serve only a term of probation by a court established by an Act of Congress; or</text> </clause><clause id="HFC91EE7BA47040CAAB6C0607112B1CE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is released from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (other than to the custody of a State to serve a term of imprisonment for a felony conviction).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB1062E15336415EB1EB49DADE00D000"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Misdemeanor conviction</header><text>In the case of such an individual who has been convicted of a misdemeanor, the notification required under paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on which such individual is sentenced.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEA3110F05BA5443B8FABF8D9686DDEE"><enum>404.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title:</text> <paragraph id="HD6B9221372824C45A6D6A202F8CBB83C"><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="H33CC6BAC06454592B6A53816D3740091"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election</header><text>The term <term>election</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAB15083D824475DAE6678B2202707DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a general, special, primary, or runoff election;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H783A8ABB0A4E433990AFD9C3948E6D39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a convention or caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0A8BFFCD38C4E02B9B81870493E5591"><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="HA4214B323DB84E3FB7D08CCF63433C27"><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="HD3B526A3C6644790B097869289BDFBE7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal office</header><text>The term <term>Federal office</term> means the office of President or Vice President of the United States, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H63E79CA4FE304512952B39A1EDE56D4F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Probation</header><text>The term <term>probation</term> means probation, imposed by a Federal, State, or local court, with or without a condition on the individual involved concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H5A962703EF134A5A005F7369721828D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual’s freedom of movement;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C58C32B381045078656FFEC7D752FD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment of damages by the individual;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H000D404F42B54F08892F40B7B2E99A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>periodic reporting by the individual to an officer of the court; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEC94BAE4FF146F49D07362E351300C0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>supervision of the individual by an officer of the court.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HF12DA6544450409893912C48935B34F1"><enum>405.</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header> <subsection id="H3AFB5C6823E545A0A75200E51D598478"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State laws relating to voting rights</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit the States enacting any State law which affords the right to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less restrictive than those established by this title.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1C598EE6AC7B4A28946FDB9DDED2B2EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain Federal Acts</header><text>The rights and remedies established by this title are in addition to all other rights and remedies provided by law, and neither rights and remedies established by this title shall supersede, restrict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) or the National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 1973–gg).</text> </subsection></section><section id="HB5EB7AAF7B4F4294B25C21AF97C900E8"><enum>406.</enum><header>Federal prison funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No State, unit of local government, or other person may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal grant amounts unless that person has in effect a program under which each individual incarcerated in that person’s jurisdiction who is a citizen of the United States is notified, upon release from such incarceration, of that individual’s rights under section 401.</text> </section><section id="HACDB7677E9E34C9596E64C68D9239F61"><enum>407.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall apply to citizens of the United States voting in any election for Federal office held after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </section><enum>V</enum><header>Election Day as Legal Public Holiday</header> <section id="H382E5A7C69104CA08CF3AF7E83C4515"><enum>501.</enum><header>Treatment of election day in same manner as legal public holiday for purposes of Federal employment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of any law relating to Federal employment, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2010 and each even-numbered year thereafter shall be treated in the same manner as a legal public holiday described in section 6103 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </section><section id="HDBA47AE87AFE4FD999AF8525B8C01011"><enum>502.</enum><header>Study by Comptroller General of impact on voter participation</header> <subsection id="HD83D088B38BD4C63BBD43BED08D55C8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the impact of section 501 on voter participation.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE95FDC1689444C86B000D2FCD5B6E25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than May 1, 2015, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress and the President on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section id="HB3C66F869C1841AE94007BFA761EA6AA"><enum>503.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding treatment of day by private employers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that private employers in the United States should give their employees a day off on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2010 and each even-numbered year thereafter to enable the employees to cast votes in the elections held on that day.</text> </section>