1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Voting Line Reduction and
Online Registration Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—PROMOTING INTERNET REGISTRATION
Sec. 101. Requiring availability of Internet for voter
registration.
Sec. 102. Use of Internet to update registration
information.
TITLE II—AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS
Sec. 201. Automated voter registration.
Sec. 202. List maintenance, privacy, and security.
Sec. 203. Promoting accuracy of Statewide voter registration
lists.
Sec. 204. Definitions.
TITLE III—SHORTENING VOTER WAIT TIMES AND EARLY
VOTING
Sec. 301. Equitable allocation of voting systems, poll workers,
and election resources.
Sec. 302. Early voting.
Sec. 303. Conforming amendment to enforcement
provision.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header>Promoting Internet
Registration</header>
<section id="HD6E5D09D0AE049B4AAE7E40C64E187B2"><enum>101.</enum><header>Requiring
availability of Internet for voter registration</header>
<subsection id="H77E9ACC120D44B6DA87E65CA52099F25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring
Availability of Internet for Registration</header><text>The National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting after section 6 the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HEABFD2D9C2344FBB8E5038C7E19DA3B5"><enum>6A.</enum><header>Internet
Registration</header>
<subsection id="HAC7E1C2A868647F1BA996F357DCA5D56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring
Availability of Internet for Online Registration</header>
<paragraph id="HF4260799C57A400C85DFA5D0C80D0CF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of
online registration</header><text>Each State, acting through the chief State
election official, shall ensure that the following services are available to
the public at any time on the official public websites of the appropriate State
and local election officials in the State, in the same manner and subject to
the same terms and conditions as the services provided by voter registration
agencies under section 7(a):</text>
<subparagraph id="H02B1BA8D59B9419096570AC11D398AE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Online application
for voter registration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B33458FB70C4673AFF1848741778A97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Online assistance
to applicants in applying to register to vote.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4658AEE169614DDD849AB7FB6FF42EEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Online completion and submission by
applicants of the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the
Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2), including
assistance with providing a signature in electronic form as required under
subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E526B1AC86A4081A33B2D2A01BE8C35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Online receipt of
completed voter registration applications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFD0D3E28FDD4DBEA5105F7846519D47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceptance of
completed applications</header><text>A State shall accept an online voter
registration application provided by an individual under this section, and
ensure that the individual is registered to vote in the State, if—</text>
<paragraph id="H813ADA1F2C0240A49041A72B313F723F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the individual
meets the same voter registration requirements applicable to individuals who
register to vote by mail in accordance with section 6(a)(1) using the mail
voter registration application form prescribed by the Election Assistance
Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8333C54CF1B4D94A1FEDFD2AAB546E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the individual
provides a signature in electronic form in accordance with subsection (c) (but
only in the case of applications submitted during or after the second year in
which this section is in effect in the State).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC691BBB845DE4279BD66E1A8F376CAC4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Signatures in
electronic form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of this section, an individual provides a signature in electronic form
by—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AE5E4215E074E7681287B79A7D99BFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>executing a
computerized mark in the signature field on an online voter registration
application; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D660337D0594E229306E9173CE98BD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submitting with
the application an electronic copy of the individual’s handwritten signature
through electronic means.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H45680148B39E490BB83E7F233C12766D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Confirmation and
disposition</header>
<paragraph id="H3D04757652A443E29BED20B18B5A7510"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Confirmation of
receipt</header><text>Upon the online submission of a completed voter
registration application by an individual under this section, the appropriate
State or local election official shall send the individual a notice confirming
the State’s receipt of the application and providing instructions on how the
individual may check the status of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1BC0E8ECC024AB5997EC55B49675693"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice of
disposition</header><text>As soon as the appropriate State or local election
official has approved or rejected an application submitted by an individual
under this section, the official shall send the individual a notice of the
disposition of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H402B63FD9DB949E993A14136A9F8E613"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Method of
notification</header><text>The appropriate State or local election official
shall send the notices required under this subsection by regular mail, and, in
the case of an individual who has requested that the State provide voter
registration and voting information through electronic mail, by both electronic
mail and regular mail.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74E73B538E3C46A3A3B9638BE2C26B17"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provision of
Services in Nonpartisan Manner</header><text>The services made available under
subsection (a) shall be provided in a manner that ensures that, consistent with
section 7(a)(5)—</text>
<paragraph id="H76444ACF55144B0F96770C3FB9A95F4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the online
application does not seek to influence an applicant’s political preference or
party registration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD608930229E14F56AF92CC2CD927604E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there is no
display on the website promoting any political preference or party allegiance,
except that nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit an applicant
from registering to vote as a member of a political party.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD27452AC03C04E29BD0F843DAAA42D26"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protection of
Security of Information</header><text>In meeting the requirements of this
section, the State shall establish appropriate technological security measures
to prevent to the greatest extent practicable any unauthorized access to
information provided by individuals using the services made available under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5B2A1CEC246D407EB50D7B501F2DC8DD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of
Additional Telephone-Based System</header><text>A State shall make the services
made available online under subsection (a) available through the use of an
automated telephone-based system, subject to the same terms and conditions
applicable under this section to the services made available online, in
addition to making the services available online in accordance with the
requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7847AED4A16A4D638A6B3ECD97453C56"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
among registered voters using mail and online registration</header><text>In
carrying out this Act, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301 st
seq.), or any other Federal, State, or local law governing the treatment of
registered voters in the State or the administration of elections for public
office in the State, a State shall treat a registered voter who registered to
vote online in accordance with this section in the same manner as the State
treats a registered voter who registered to vote by
mail.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9810C5DE49F442AAABA643EB54F2BAEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
requirements for individuals using online registration</header>
<paragraph id="H5F5CA0A223D84D6EA662B8F419D25263"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
individuals registering to vote by mail for purposes of first-time voter
identification requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>by mail</quote> and inserting <quote>by mail or
online under section 6A of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DE6E030A6554001929F8744E8624010"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requiring
signature for first-time voters in jurisdiction</header><text>Section 303(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8823804BDA549309F46DBFE7B3F9B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E6CDB919FE94156B467CD21205932EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5F0F3D32EBA443DB929BBA4F2A36EB74"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Signature
requirements for first-time voters using online registration</header>
<subparagraph id="HBF85F49C27FA49CD83CEBE113508B6E6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall, in a
uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, require an individual to meet the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<clause id="HDE8A0376B6BD4A35922CD89466462507"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual
registered to vote in the State online under section 6A of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H60BBF1E89D3B4696A2D772AC30B1A8CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual
has not previously voted in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6FE473DCE31466FBFCC3C0B7C4D1084"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An
individual meets the requirements of this subparagraph if—</text>
<clause id="H91DCF711659A4ECF95B6FA375A47D329"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an individual who votes in person, the individual provides the
appropriate State or local election official with a handwritten signature;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H7EAF174258B14223830D8B59C047868A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual who votes by mail, the individual submits with the ballot a
handwritten signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H603931B92CE946969EDF87684A9C3BA0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual who is—</text>
<clause id="H5EADFDAF5C624F4BA77A0F0A0D2B263C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entitled to vote
by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5DDC3C52BFC4BBAAA1E0055CD81015D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provided the
right to vote otherwise than in person under section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2455A08910F4DFBB50BFF85B8C54E11"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>entitled to vote
otherwise than in person under any other Federal
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7CB3A388861D411495DED59CDF9B2FE6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Each
State</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (b)(5),
each State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACCA8273717A4D88881B8B047F1C75BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H8EEE55370A4A47B8A2718F6D748DAFC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing of
registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(a)(1)
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H812ECE28A56248FD8261D74ABCED4ADC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA88D2C7F07A847DFAA9EA04736552663"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (E); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FA425E9F5EE40A7B794770123DA9BAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB27EE80998E04E089EE97519EAF6A5BB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8107DDD7422341CDB168981FDA3D8A4D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of online registration through
the official public website of an election official under section 6A, if the
valid voter registration application is submitted online not later than the
lesser of 30 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the
election (as determined by treating the date on which the application is sent
electronically as the date on which it is submitted);
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3CAB801775BE4C1FA6FF54AB7E7E25E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Informing
applicants of eligibility requirements and penalties</header><text>Section
8(a)(5) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(5)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>and 7</quote> and inserting <quote>6A, and
7</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C97394FE50A4E3A82994A5BC0C9BED2"><enum>102.</enum><header>Use of Internet
to update registration information</header>
<subsection id="HC1F42E046F7642FABAE19947D90C1BC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header>
<paragraph id="HA3D9B5379EB44674A97E6D9C79560510"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Updates to
information contained on computerized statewide voter registration
list</header><text>Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15483(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H400A365037C64EA6A7C4F3507CCB5A71" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3E04A9C8547D4381A82BAA7790492A16"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Use of Internet
by registered voters to update information</header>
<subparagraph id="HD810B52054314072AD645B03FAC3DFB4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate State
or local election official shall ensure that any registered voter on the
computerized list may at any time update the voter’s registration information,
including the voter’s address and electronic mail address, online through the
official public website of the election official responsible for the
maintenance of the list, so long as the voter attests to the contents of the
update by providing a signature in electronic form in the same manner required
under section 6A(c) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7220C40E45804C06A9A459D36C6DFEAB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Processing of
updated information by election officials</header><text>If a registered voter
updates registration information under subparagraph (A), the appropriate State
or local election official shall—</text>
<clause id="H3AC4457B0B0C4831BB8F2108A9EFBD61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>revise any
information on the computerized list to reflect the update made by the voter;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD92610954CD84487A9895F91860CC27D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the updated
registration information affects the voter’s eligibility to vote in an election
for Federal office, ensure that the information is processed with respect to
the election if the voter updates the information not later than the lesser of
7 days, or the period provided by State law, before the date of the
election.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF4DDC2124EC4817AF8DB9D10056F677"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Confirmation and
disposition</header>
<clause id="H88F353D5E60C43C89CAC154562DC027C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Confirmation of
receipt</header><text>Upon the online submission of updated registration
information by an individual under this paragraph, the appropriate State or
local election official shall send the individual a notice confirming the
State’s receipt of the updated information and providing instructions on how
the individual may check the status of the update.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD79236AA0D374EAEBB0F6FB239049AB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notice of
disposition</header><text>As soon as the appropriate State or local election
official has accepted or rejected updated information submitted by an
individual under this paragraph, the official shall send the individual a
notice of the disposition of the update.</text>
</clause><clause id="H95319AC280904217ACA16B57824B1DD3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Method of
notification</header><text>The appropriate State or local election official
shall send the notices required under this subparagraph by regular mail, and,
in the case of an individual who has requested that the State provide voter
registration and voting information through electronic mail, by both electronic
mail and regular
mail.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB325B938D044EA4A9DDCC2A7E3B54E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(1)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subparagraph
(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (B) and subsection
(a)(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6537B61CB74D423E9CF751E47BC5B194"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ability of
registrant To use online update To provide information on
residence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(d)(2)(A)
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD556CC6C08F04CB8B3FE8761BB1FCAA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by inserting after
<quote>return the card</quote> the following: <quote>or update the registrant’s
information on the computerized Statewide voter registration list using the
online method provided under section 303(a)(6) of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(6))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92BEC3A40873478EAE1877943B8B1B11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>returned,</quote> and inserting the following:
<quote>returned or if the registrant does not update the registrant’s
information on the computerized Statewide voter registration list using such
online method,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Automated
Registration of Certain Individuals</header>
<section id="HF12CDBF4E4124AA99AE762C277A26FBB"><enum>201.</enum><header>Automated voter
registration</header>
<subsection id="H6B560209098A4D5C88A981A4E562DD27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Collection of
information by source agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HB90BBFF114AD452B998639B20BBF5B48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duties of source
agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each source agency
in a State (as defined in subsection (e)) shall, with each application for
services or assistance by an individual, and with each recertification,
renewal, or change of address relating to such services or assistance—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E23BF3DDB3E477D832EB1AF5BC18F83"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify each such
individual of the substantive qualifications of an elector in the State, using
language approved by the State’s chief election official;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E1A290C22A84CAEB8E99ADC3D00CE3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify each such
individual that there is an opportunity to be registered to vote or update
voter registration, but that voter registration is voluntary, and that neither
registering nor declining to register to vote will in any way affect the
availability of services or benefits, nor be used for other purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC2C94F8F63C45B993BA5FD993AA41F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require that each
such individual indicate, after considering the substantive qualification of an
elector in the State, whether or not the person wishes to be registered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE277D6E6DA3545DFAC6A93CC4A1B74C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that each such individual’s
transaction with the agency cannot be completed until the individual has
indicated whether he or she wishes to register to vote; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5836AE674F09485BB5150498754BD606"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for each such
individual who consents to using the individual’s records with the source
agency to enable the individual to register to vote under this section, collect
a signed affirmation of eligibility to register to vote in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2734C962DD9A40F2B78532E0EDF7EADB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No effect on
right to decline voter registration</header><text>Nothing in this subtitle
shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person to decline to be
registered to vote for any reason.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H74393CCAF6AD41D89322CB8ECF867AFE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
information on individuals consenting to voter registration</header>
<paragraph id="H7F1058044A834F1A89BE31385844AAC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each individual who notifies the source
agency that the individual consents to voter registration under this section,
the source agency shall transfer to the chief State election official of the
State the following data, to the extent the data is available to the source
agency:</text>
<subparagraph id="H517F09DC722E433A8AFEE7EB408CD87E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The given name or names and surname or
surnames.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A843F09CC654DB58494E58A28FD28AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Date of
birth.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B9CB793A2AC43B1BDE9C47C2AA9D23E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Residential
address.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H577BB515EF6F4E80A2CDB79E2C483DB7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Mailing
address.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8889DFD98044C539B8FC41AD169A3BA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Signature, in
electronic form.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1693FFD7DF2447D3BF5F89FF71681909"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Date of the last
change to the information.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48DEC33B12D840519D3D3981098C3B05"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The motor vehicle
driver’s license number.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD12460FAF358404F988A231E5AAC7D36"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The last four
digits of the Social Security number.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4AD1C4C2E9C48FCAC3E4C40C8685ABD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing of
transfer</header><text>The source agency shall transfer the data described in
paragraph (1) to the chief State election official on a daily basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D6A701A259940979770672165CBBA8B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The
data transferred under paragraph (1) shall be transferred in a format
compatible with the Statewide computerized voter registration list under
section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6EBE7472C654C56B5AC419C874BE857"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibiting
storage of information</header><text>Any information collected by the source
agency under this section with respect to an individual who consents to
register to vote under this section may not be stored by the source agency in
any form after the information is transferred to the chief State election
official under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3848DCFD0C54ED693CEAFF28D0412E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Registration of
Individuals by Chief State Election Official</header>
<paragraph id="HB2E8E337EA1F468B922D841CA8FC51A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comparison with
Statewide voter registration list</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receiving information from a source
agency with respect to an individual under subsection (b), the chief State
election official shall determine whether the individual is included in the
computerized Statewide voter registration list established and maintained under
section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9DC36CC7AA245C598DF04869F03A4C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Registration of
individuals not on Statewide list</header><text>If an individual for whom
information is received from a source agency under subsection (b) is eligible
to vote in elections for Federal office in the State and is not on the
computerized Statewide voter registration list, the chief State election
official shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5F850B1013E4FE2A14C8A110E872F9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that the
individual is registered to vote in such elections not later than 5 days after
receiving the information, without regard to whether or not the information
provided by the source agency includes the individual’s signature;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCE743E2DA3B4459853A2057A31EC0D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>update the
Statewide computerized voter registration list to include the individual;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFDD9BDF3F9C438EB2E2354BF4589774"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notify the
individual that the individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal
office in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2377CDA1D7043F5B78A1C5109C2B754"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
information incorrectly provided</header><text>If a source agency provides the
chief State election official with information with respect to an individual
who did not consent to be registered to vote under this section, the chief
State election official shall not take any action to register the individual to
vote, except that no such individual who is already included on the
computerized Statewide voter registration list shall be removed from the list
solely because the information was incorrectly provided under subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18F5288931854FA3A8BFA66776DA0D48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No effect on
other means of registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section affects a State’s
obligation to register voters upon receipt of a valid voter registration
application through means provided by National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg">42 U.S.C. 1973gg
et seq.</external-xref>), the Internet registration procedure described in
section 101, or other valid means.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCD79B565BE467F82D1025DCECD13F0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Individuals in
existing records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No later
than January 2015, each individual who is listed in a source agency’s records
and for whom there exists reason to believe the individual is a citizen and not
otherwise ineligible to vote shall be mailed a postage pre-paid return postcard
including a box for the individual to check, together with the statement (in
close proximity to the box and in prominent type), <quote>By checking this box,
I affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, am eligible to vote in this
State, and will be at least eighteen years old by the next general election. I
understand that by checking this box, I will be registered to vote if I am
eligible to vote in the State.</quote>, along with a clear description of the
voting eligibility requirements in the State. The postcard shall also include,
where required for voter registration, a place for the individual’s signature
and designation of party affiliation. An individual who checks the box and
returns the completed postcard postmarked not later than the lesser of the
fifteenth day before an election for Federal office, or the period provided by
State law, shall be registered to vote in that election.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H06F7DB3CAC584E569D0792617FF858C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Options for
State To require special treatment of individuals registered
automatically</header>
<paragraph id="HB050EE1928CA488CB5AD374C5CEC7AFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment as
individuals registering to vote by mail for purposes of first-time voter
identification requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>), as
amended by section 101(b)(1), is amended by striking <quote>of 1993</quote> and
inserting <quote>of 1993 or (at the option of the State) was registered
automatically under section 102 of the Voting Line Reduction and Online
Registration Act</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09746115EFF1474DA1E8F8CDF9D169CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requiring
signature</header><text>Section 303(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b)(2), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E347F948C354164920D96CA6F6C44EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H679ABF47746947DFAE0E40430AE67AAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15165514F3D14A359AF1E42FCABF06C2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6AACFBD955694DFA838201E45D5A96D2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Option for State
to require signature requirements for first-time voters registered
automatically</header>
<subparagraph id="H56835AEF0EF54F84AFF6188E91D11BF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may, in a
uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, require an individual to meet the
requirements of subparagraph (B) if—</text>
<clause id="HE6E39B8FB47C4EE884B0320C0D30EAAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual was registered to vote in
the State automatically under section 101 of the Voting Line Reduction and
Online Registration Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB4666CCB6EC4B62A296691D514178CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual
has not previously voted in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27D1CD28870440398611806375ADB5D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An
individual meets the requirements of this subparagraph if—</text>
<clause id="H264BCF54158E41419322F82742E10E43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of an individual who votes in person, the individual provides the
appropriate State or local election official with a handwritten signature;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA617DEDAF3C94D809DFB2640E3B656BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an
individual who votes by mail, the individual submits with the ballot a
handwritten signature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FDCBE7BBDA34BE39A9E4D39644683A7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inapplicability</header><text>Subparagraph
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual who is—</text>
<clause id="H45E9563B09924DB2998898FD68852155"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entitled to vote
by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C3846B46AFB4A2AA85E548BBCF5F773"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provided the
right to vote otherwise than in person under section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H4868B12482CE4BACB8E06DE173671EE3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>entitled to vote
otherwise than in person under any other Federal
law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04E0BFB06EA5410E99C063CCEB994963"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to effective date</header><text>Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b)(3), is amended by
striking <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections
(b)(5) and (b)(6)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D8FD929C0B244D9A572EF768F03F174"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Source agencies
described</header>
<paragraph id="H7957FD31A81146079F4BB242CDA74812"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any
State, a <quote>source agency</quote> is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0B40A76A9264DEFBBB362BB0A7F519C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each State office
which is described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3124DBAB2700459F86C9335F990F8496"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each Federal
office which is described in paragraph (3) which is located in the State,
except that such office shall be a source agency only with respect to
individuals who are residents of the State in which the office is
located.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50E67DCCF55B4876AE79EE0567B87F93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State offices
described</header>
<subparagraph id="HA768D4E62DBC4C039B387EC1B0219398"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State offices
described in this paragraph are as follows:</text>
<clause id="H75EE09B59AF64D4D89A62BA6CCC4D8F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State motor vehicle authority.</text>
</clause><clause id="H12ABC377B42F4336A40040B95D59FFB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Each office in
the State which is designated as a voter registration agency in a State
pursuant to section 7(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)).</text>
</clause><clause id="H860554D22DA74F7A8230979263F625F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Each State
agency that administers a program providing assistance pursuant to pursuant to
title III of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/501">42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</clause><clause id="H3CF9080400984B92B7659B79C198D2A6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Each State agency
primarily responsible for maintaining identifying information for students
enrolled at public secondary schools in the State, including, where applicable,
the State agency responsible for maintaining the education data system
described in section 6401(e)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C.
9871(e)(2)).</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A8A5FCEB7FB42EBB5D5A035B3DAD214"><enum>(v)</enum><text>In
the case of a State in which an individual disenfranchised by a criminal
conviction may become eligible to vote upon completion of criminal sentence or
any part thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, the State agency
responsible for administering that sentence, or part thereof, or that
restoration of rights.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDC723FA596184901983BF1CF283D806C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>In
the case of a State in which an individual disenfranchised by adjudication of
mental incompetence or similar condition becomes eligible to register to vote
upon the restoration of competence or similar condition, each State agency
responsible for determining when competence or a similar condition is
met.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC75ED9702338415887C0635F3A702B3B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Such other
office which may be designated as a source agency by the chief State election
official of the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE16544C7CFD4D178944D29E0C114E93"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Criteria for
designation of additional source agencies</header><text>In designating offices
of the State as source agencies for purposes of subparagraph (A)(vii), the
chief State election official shall give priority on the basis of the following
criteria:</text>
<clause id="H52EC4C6E0F684FD1A82A805A873ACF90"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
extent to which individuals receiving services or assistance from the office
are likely to be individuals who are eligible to register to vote in elections
for Federal office in the State but who are not registered to vote in such
elections.</text>
</clause><clause id="H734C28CEA4AA46EB89D0FCF6B1F0F7B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
accuracy of the office’s records with respect to identifying information
(including age, citizenship status, and residency) for individuals receiving
services or assistance from the office.</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD489B5DBC914DF09161CF60F9B3A125"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The
cost-effectiveness of obtaining such identifying information and transmitting
the information to the chief State election official.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F3724619685446FBA4F24FC5D7F90C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The
extent to which the designation of the office as a voter registration agency
will promote the registration of eligible individuals to vote in elections for
Federal office in the State and the accuracy of the State’s Statewide
computerized voter registration list under the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FADC8B6A9964182BD913E10603F9B7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal offices
described</header><text>The Federal offices described in this paragraph are as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H34F99ED0D1684E7787E21D07D8030F3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Armed Forces recruitment offices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A9DE77C51DA4FE8AFB1FC1F12879636"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, but only with respect to
individuals who complete the naturalization process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF96D20BCF6D14670BC3BD5458F5CBCAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Social
Security Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59C5543B4ABD4675AD51ADECC70C73DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Administrative
Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the
United States Probation Service, but only with respect to individuals
completing terms of prison, sentences, probation, or parole.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6A7D3393A174F4081FDB8FCA01BBB41"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Department of
Veterans Affairs, but only with respect to individuals applying for or using
health care services or services for homeless individuals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A555509A4FD4C3FA1E9DB7D8C793D59"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Defense
Manpower Data Center of the Department of Defense.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61EB097825A44510A1C3E32F94208BC9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Indian Health
Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19BC595C72094698B4733A33655F194B"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The Center for
Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human
Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC76B00B7370248C38D60E3393110A31F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Any other Federal
office which is designated by a State (with the consent of the President) as a
source agency with respect to the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2C4B67945FC346EE8017903BA2081D74"><enum>202.</enum><header>List
maintenance, privacy, and security</header>
<subsection id="H8ABCF6097DC64F26A571DF529223E067"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Database
management standards</header>
<paragraph id="HDDC911886FE14CED839FD45F87F10D36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Database
matching standards</header><text>The chief State election official of each
State shall establish standards governing the comparison of data on the
Statewide computerized voter registration list under section 303 of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483), the data provided by various source
agencies under section 201, and relevant data from other sources, including the
specific data elements and data matching rules to be used for purposes of
determining—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF2CD90CD58C4295B4C7F2A297634015"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether a data record from any source
agency represents the same individual as a record in another source agency or
on the statewide list;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37AE76BAB4F645D1A182761CB1A72F17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether a data
record from any source agency represents an individual already registered to
vote in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE947F0653AC4C33B6F83000A9191F9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether two data
records in the statewide computerized voter registration list represent
duplicate records for the same individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7B891D854184B0BBA1AD7862D83F8FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether a data
record supplied by any list maintenance source represents an individual already
registered to vote in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4565AEC3FA3E497BA5D1BD4E5D4EFA4D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>which information
will be treated as more current and reliable when data records from multiple
sources present information for the same individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA24128CD2B0B49479CA107EDD6173C61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards for
determining ineligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
chief State election official of a State shall establish uniform and
non-discriminatory standards describing the specific conditions under which an
individual will be determined for list maintenance purposes to be ineligible to
vote in an election for Federal office in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6BDFBC2D6FDB471CB60D4C0D146131AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Privacy and
security standards</header>
<paragraph id="H0031E375377F4376A368B5EB11A0CE4A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Privacy and
security policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief
State election official of a State shall publish and enforce a privacy and
security policy specifying each class of users who shall have authorized access
to the computerized Statewide voter registration list, specifying for each such
class the permission and levels of access to be granted, and setting forth
other safeguards to protect the privacy and security of the information on the
list. Such policy shall include security safeguards to protect personal
information in the data transfer process under section 201, the online or
telephone interface, the maintenance of the voter registration database, and
audit procedure to track individual access to the system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2967494967348B8BF604FF7E88D21E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No unauthorized
access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall establish policies and enforcement
procedures to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the computerized
statewide voter registration list, any list or other information provided by a
source agency under section 201, or any maintenance source for the list.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit access to information
required for purposes of voter registration, election administration, and the
enforcement of election laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B43292FDE6F4721AE85C51EE8B4D412"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inter-agency
transfers</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C4D89A7FDC4462388770791FAA2C08B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall establish policies and enforcement
procedures to maintain security during inter-agency transfers of information
required or permitted under this title. Each State agency and third party
participating in such inter-agency transfers of information shall facilitate
and comply with such policies. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent a
source agency under section 201 from establishing and enforcing additional
security measures to protect the confidentiality and integrity of inter-agency
data transfers. No State or local election official shall transfer or
facilitate the transfer of information from the computerized statewide voter
registration list to any source agency under section 201.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9D3B940F1FA438E9EC3362AA77A5CB6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transmission
through secure third parties permitted</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent a source agency under section 201 from contracting with a third
party to assist in the transmission of data to a chief State election official,
so long as the data transmission complies with the applicable requirements of
this title, including the privacy and security provisions of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H662DF842451445E8A2D3B6257B6475C9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Records
retention</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall establish standards and procedures to
maintain all election records required for purposes of this title, including
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of persons casting provisional
ballots under section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
15482). Records for individuals who have been retained on the computerized
statewide voter registration list under section 301 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15481) but identified as ineligible to vote in an election for Federal office
within the State, or removed from the list due to ineligibility, shall be
maintained and kept available until at least the date of the second general
election for Federal office that occurs after the date that the individual was
identified as ineligible.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61205FF319E74780B593E101F74087E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of
standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief State
election official of a State shall publish on the official’s website the
standards established under this section, and shall make those standards
available in written form upon public request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H09A1D99CF582440A9BFA65B14B76BB38"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of
source information</header><text>The identity of the specific source agency
through which an individual consented to register to vote under section 201
shall not be disclosed to the public and shall not be retained after the
individual is added to the computerized statewide voter registration
list.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H647B72B66E6D4335B71AC18DBEF779AC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Confidentiality
of personal information</header><text>The chief State election official of a
State shall establish policies and enforcement procedures to ensure that
personal information provided by source agencies or otherwise transmitted under
this section is kept confidential and is available only to authorized users.
For purposes of these policies and procedures, the term <term>personal
information</term> means, with respect to an individual any of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA3CCF21D77494A1DAC0976146853FB36"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any portion of a
Social Security number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF937A4E83C224C11A42F9B05F5989368"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any portion of a
vehicle driver’s license number or State identification card number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD438B5E738A24D5DAD53750A1ED171D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
signature.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H300A13BD558A41459332AF008037752D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A
personal residence and contact information (in the case of an individuals with
respect to whom such information is required to be maintained as confidential
under State law).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBEF068CC57E74BC8BADF5100B3160379"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sensitive information relating to any
individual in a category designated as confidential by Federal or State law,
including a victim of domestic violence or stalking, a prosecutor and member of
law enforcement personnel, and a participant in a witness protection
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D0C0ABEDD9C486E9B89CE9D3208837E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A
phone number.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E2ECA4A660F4B05BF8626893DA6886B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>An email
address.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA466A4435B0D498589003D5210316136"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Citizenship
status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB9FD3B9E87C468D9EB041513F62911A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Such other
information as the chief State election official may designate as confidential
to the extent reasonably necessary to prevent identity theft or impersonation,
except that the chief State election official may not designate as confidential
under this subparagraph the name, address, or date of registration of an
individual, or, where applicable, the self-identified racial or ethnic category
of the individual as applicable under Revisions to OMB Directive Number 15 or
successor directives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H137F1E615E3944AB95129E1878079B6F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protections
against liability of individuals on basis of information transferred</header>
<paragraph id="H00541F1631A34461A739BBF1D372D90D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No individual
liability for registration of ineligible individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual who is not eligible to
register to vote in elections for Federal office is registered to vote in such
elections by a chief State election official under section 201, the individual
shall not be subject to any penalty, including the imposition of a fine or term
of imprisonment, adverse treatment in any immigration or naturalization
proceeding, or the denial of any status under immigration laws, under any law
prohibiting an individual who is not eligible to register to vote in elections
for Federal office from registering to vote in such elections. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to waive the liability of any individual who
knowingly provides false information to any person regarding the individual’s
eligibility to register to vote or vote in elections for Federal office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4CCDFD4BF4842E5A09621EED6613539"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibiting use
of information by officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person acting under color of law may use
the information received by the chief State election official under section 201
to attempt to determine the citizenship status of any individual for
immigration enforcement, criminal law enforcement (other than enforcement of
election laws), or any purpose other than voter registration, election
administration, or the enforcement of election laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC028A3EEFF414C7D9D2AE59C1B4F774B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on
transfer of information irrelevant to administration of elections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No source agency shall transmit any
information under section 201 which is irrelevant to the administration of
elections. To the extent that an election official receives any information
which is accidentally or inadvertently transferred by a source agency under
such section, the official shall immediately delete the information from the
official’s records.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFD0C8E856A5F43A994D019C9A1BB5487"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Restriction on
use of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
information relating to an individual’s absence from the statewide voter
registration list under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15483) or an individual’s declination to supply information for voter
registration purposes to a source agency under section 201 may be disclosed to
the public for immigration enforcement, criminal law enforcement other than
enforcement of laws against election crimes, or used for any purpose other than
voter registration, election administration, or the enforcement of election
laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC8305AACBE0E451E89601CF67698C12C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person acting under color of law may
discriminate against any individual on the basis of the individual’s absence
from the statewide voter registration list, the information supplied by the
individual for voter registration purpose to a source agency under section 201,
or the individual’s declination to supply such information, except as required
for purposes of voter registration, election administration, and the
enforcement of election laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H139BD4271C2F4F279187D59597632C84"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Prohibition on
the use of voter registration information for commercial or non-Governmental
purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voter registration
information collected under this title shall not be used for commercial
purposes including for comparison with any existing commercial list or
database.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7E58B88106AC41639E9FB4B4E3D2B17B"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>Whoever
knowingly uses information or permits information to be used in violation of
this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, fined under title
18, United States Code, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12EC0FE5BB6345C4A7DF5DA88B6DA4EE"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Exclusion from
lists of individuals declining registration</header><text>The chief State
election official of a State shall ensure that, with respect to any individual
who declines the opportunity to register to vote under section 201, the
individual’s information is not included on the computerized Statewide voter
registration list under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15483) and is not provided to any third party (except to the extent
required under another Federal or State law). Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to preclude an individual who has previously declined the
opportunity to register to vote from subsequently registering to vote.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6FF657E4229B4BB396AAF3451FC1EC1C"><enum>203.</enum><header>Promoting
accuracy of Statewide voter registration lists</header>
<subsection id="H954D646AE3644B1FB8DD034F7D48F0B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadlines for
transmittal of change of address or other identifying information</header>
<paragraph id="H6D4657E34F4B4F3E9EF329421D6AADD5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information
received by State motor vehicle authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(d) of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-3">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–3(d)</external-xref>) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A287BC03C454236B8C9D2153C5AFC3D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF4639551CC8D4630A09FBBCE084FF534"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Automatic
transmittal of change of address or other identifying
information</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after receiving a change of
address form or any other information indicating that identifying information
with respect to an individual which is included in the records of the State
motor vehicle authority has been changed, the State motor vehicle authority
shall transmit such form or other information to the chief State election
official, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H67C35C7DFEE54D6FB6E602A7304EFCC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the records of the
authority include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABC13BA115454374B4C53830F5C77BBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the individual
states on the form or otherwise indicates that the change of address or other
information is not for voter registration
purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9527F63315D944D798DD473E27BDE403"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information
received by other voter registration agencies</header><text>Section 7 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-5">42 U.S.C.
1973gg–5</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF86CD892596844BA8BFA76648BF2BE4F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6540FEBE5EDF4DF3A5A0F7BAED98E056"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Automatic
transmittal of change of address or other identifying
information</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after receiving a change of
address form or any other information indicating that identifying information
with respect to an individual which is included in the records of a voter
registration agency designated under this section has been changed, the
appropriate official of such agency shall transmit such form or other
information to the chief State election official, unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H48C95AE1D0464F81A674A086B23BA9B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the records of the
agency include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6961F24521B84D598FEA945500197E44"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual states on the form or
otherwise indicates that the change of address or other information is not for
voter registration
purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1BE4AD6134452A84D405B4BBC599B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
received from source agencies</header><text>Not later than 24 hours after
receiving a change of address form or any other information indicating that
identifying information with respect to an individual which is included in the
records of a source agency designated under section 201 has been changed, the
appropriate official of such agency shall transmit such form or other
information to the chief State election official, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7137CA67723741BDAEA3A6EE33329B93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the records of the
agency include information indicating that the individual is not eligible to
register to vote in the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H827AA4EABFA8499D88D8595759A76675"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual
states on the form or otherwise indicates that the change of address or other
information is not for voter registration purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C79B5B7E35D4EFC9B90B11899334C8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Revision of
Statewide computerized list To reflect revised
information</header><text>Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15483">42 U.S.C.
15483(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 102(a), is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C208678DC924CCEBD0E36429CF004BA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF4AC404ED2464AB1BD8B51C49E76E1FF"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Revision of list
to reflect information received from other State offices</header>
<subparagraph id="HA05B1F78D71B424B84A90D7B63606860"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State motor
vehicle authority (pursuant to section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–3(d))) a voter registration agency (designated
under section 7 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5)), or a source agency
(designated under section 201 of the Voting Line Reduction and Online
Registration Act) transmits to the chief State election official a change of
address form or any other information indicating that identifying information
with respect to an individual has been changed, the appropriate State or local
election official shall—</text>
<clause id="H9B739BD447E0420A9C5FFA8FB31E38CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determine whether
the individual appears on the computerized list established under this section;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9AAF84FC7A3645C593E56275CD1437F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the individual
appears on the list, revise the information relating to the individual on the
list to reflect the individual’s new address or other changed identifying
information.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51016EFD255A442283C10EE869408285"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notification to
voters</header><text>If an election official revises any voter registration
information on the computerized list with respect to any voter (including
removing the voter from the list), immediately after revising the information,
the official shall send the individual a written notice of the revision which
includes the following information:</text>
<clause id="H5593EE0B6FB64B8DB2E07428D2CCAC29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The voter’s name,
date of birth, and address, as reflected in the revised information on the
computerized list.</text>
</clause><clause id="H222EC2920F09467CBF802CA02FE563C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
statement that the voter’s voter registration information has been
updated.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6795B31721D493886E96044FB3E2959"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Information on
how to correct information on the computerized list.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7354E58179654987958467E600F63BD4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A
statement of the eligibility requirements for registered voters in the
State.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF48DEBABB0644E22AD7F837B99A2133B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement (in larger font size than the
other statements on the notice) that it is illegal for an individual who does
not meet the eligibility requirements for registered voters in the State to
vote in an election in the State.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF836D83FB6E40ABB30A586A5BBE751F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A
statement that the voter may terminate the voter’s status as a registered voter
in the State, or request a change in the voter’s voter registration
information, at any time by contacting the appropriate State or local election
official, together with contact information for such official (including any
website through which the voter may contact the official or obtain information
on voter registration in the State).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CED2AAF79A8443CB8C7F33D6A58E417"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of
electronic mail</header><text>If an election official has an electronic mail
address for any voter to whom the official is required to send a written notice
under this paragraph, the official may meet the requirements of this paragraph
by sending the notice to the voter in electronic form at that address, but only
if prior to sending the notice, the official sends a test electronic mail to
the voter at that address and receives confirmation that the address is current
and
valid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H228AE0DEC0DE40279E8860546C95EDE9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to elections occurring during 2014 or any succeeding year.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4128FD712494212A4157DA84CD76AA2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="HD8F6D993A9F240A786A3E926A66C6C49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chief State
election official</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
title, the term <term>chief State election official</term> means, with respect
to a State, the individual designated by the State under section 10 of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-8">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–8</external-xref>) to be
responsible for coordination of the State’s responsibilities under such
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBFA51ABBC00472FA69C8F8A91CF2FB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>State</term>
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, but does not include any 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>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Shortening Voter
Wait Times and Early Voting</header>
<section id="H3368A6CB598B4507931E3978C180203D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Equitable
allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election resources</header>
<subsection id="H9DA4E232832E4403AD3F03988FECFD43"><enum>(a)</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DD9C2F5264545D99DC2020D64900F92" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H27A09B18D80C4113AD27C041E4E38540"><enum>C</enum><header>Additional
Requirements</header>
<section id="HE813C9AC7F874E64B1DD8014D3B7D639"><enum>321.</enum><header>Minimum
Required Voting Systems and Poll Workers</header>
<subsection id="HCCDDC0B807EB4B56A6F30EBFE7FD16D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Each State shall provide for the minimum required number
of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all
other physical resources) for each voting site on the day of any Federal
election and on any days during which such State allows early voting for a
Federal election in accordance with the standards determined under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4E83ED595844F349BE457E195A0C0F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voting
Site</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>voting
site</term> means a polling location, except that in the case of any polling
location which serves more than 1 precinct, such term shall mean a
precinct.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H77DD44E4CC7741BBB9E4E6FB9C9FD4B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance and
Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HDD4419EF944E4D01BA5F28A52F2505E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
January 1, 2014, the Commission shall conduct a study and then issue standards
that establish a minimum number of voting systems, poll workers, and other
election resources (including all other physical resources) for each voting
site on the day of any Federal election and on any days during which early
voting is allowed for a Federal election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA61AEB05AFAD4F99AC95CFC878B53709"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution</header>
<subparagraph id="H2FF9343BA51D4A30BAFE08F5BE70186B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards
described in paragraph (1) shall provide for a uniform and nondiscriminatory
distribution of such systems, workers, and other resources, and, to the extent
possible, shall take into account, among other factors, the following:</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2041F31CA7A4A75A30343B8EB71975C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The voting age
population.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC8227F4E0FC34965B7FB8D4B3BB37E15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Voter turnout in
past elections.</text>
</clause><clause id="H781EAF8600A54F5783EE22FDB8E330ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The number of
voters registered.</text>
</clause><clause id="H6FA996E553314988A722694866119160"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The number of
voters who have registered since the most recent Federal election.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0778696D6C73454C9735AEFBC76B9709"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Census data for
the population served by such voting site.</text>
</clause><clause id="H674C9D82207B4661BB3AB742880F9EF4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The educational
levels and socio-economic factors of the population served by such voting
site.</text>
</clause><clause id="H82A080F8463243809C5DFD341C9B5A3A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The needs and
numbers of voters with disabilities and voters with limited English
proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="HBAEB60EED53541F6BC75C1DC153284BB"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>The type of
voting systems used.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1A2B57D191548A4A6C648216E89ECD0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No factor
dispositive</header><text>The standards shall provide that the distribution of
such systems should take into account the totality of all relevant factors, and
no single factor shall be dispositive under the standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A6AE574CA93464485B6310F2C786A5C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>To
the extent possible, the standards shall provide for a distribution of voting
systems, poll workers, and other election resources with the goals of—</text>
<clause id="HFE04CA5447D74C448AA04784C69526AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensuring a fair
and equitable waiting time for all voters in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A51979DCAFA4DCD8EA9F9C55345E032"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preventing a
waiting time of over 1 hour at any voting site.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBFA3ACB5BD85490780488F8FC2264016"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The
standards described in paragraph (1) shall permit States, upon giving
reasonable public notice, to deviate from any allocation requirements in the
case of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or terrorist
attack.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD80DDA5D520A43268F4FE464658B6749"><enum>322.</enum><header>Allocation of
Election Resources</header>
<subsection id="H5F0170598364404F80881BC43B0464D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State Plans To
Prevent Unreasonable Voter Waiting Times</header>
<paragraph id="H6E0A69ADEAB54C159AB67B7ECB4FE235"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days before each election for Federal
office, each State shall submit a written plan to the Commission describing the
measures it is implementing to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, an
equitable waiting time for all voters in the State, and a waiting time of less
than 1 hour at any polling place in the election.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65783CE1AF4341ACB2589DFEEEDAC101"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after receiving a State plan under paragraph (1), the
Commission shall make the plan available to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0940D56D07C44E319FB5F28F9CA5EB10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Remedial Plans
for States With Excessive Voter Wait Times</header>
<paragraph id="H26E9C0E6A12F4C68A502356CD406CE38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compliance with
State remedial plans</header>
<subparagraph id="HEB856C67283A4F309FD5D69DA7589693"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Remedial
plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each jurisdiction for
which the Commission determines that a substantial number of voters waited more
than 90 minutes to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, or in which
there were substantial violations of the standards established under section
321(c) with respect to an election for Federal office, shall comply with a
State remedial plan established by the Commission to provide for the effective
allocation of resources to administer elections held in the State and to reduce
the waiting time of voters.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51F2FE6192B04F0789B75F2537F22AAF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination
with Attorney General and States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each remedial plan established by the
Commission shall provide for coordination between the Commission, the Attorney
General, and the State involved to monitor the compliance of the State with the
remedial plan during the period leading up to the election and on the date of
the election and to respond to serious delays in the ability of voters to cast
their ballots at polling places.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C09B9F946844AEAA5C9FDBED0A0DB2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Jurisdiction
defined</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>jurisdiction</term> has the meaning given the term <term>registrar’s
jurisdiction</term> in section 8(j) of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(j)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H137C0A6A62BD48518D7141C1B7B92F54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency
Ballots</header>
<paragraph id="H9F1B62C11B43412CA24ED555BE7718A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the event of a failure of voting equipment or other
circumstance at a polling place that causes an unreasonable delay, any
individual who is waiting at the polling place to cast a ballot in an election
for Federal office at the time of the failure shall be advised immediately of
the individuals right to use an emergency paper ballot, and upon request shall
be provided with an emergency paper ballot for the election and the supplies
necessary to mark the ballot.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD133B4D6574A418196E507761EA02EEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disposition of
ballot</header><text>Any emergency paper ballot which is cast by an individual
under this subsection shall be counted in the same manner as a regular ballot,
unless the individual casting the ballot would have otherwise been required to
cast a provisional ballot in the absence of the delay, in which case that
ballot shall be treated in the same manner as a provisional
ballot.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5B138FBC4A648EE86ABE4648D517F36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to title III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF102F73570E46E98254E17FBFB28354" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Additional
Requirements</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 321. Minimum required voting systems
and poll workers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 322. Allocation of election
resources.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H46E2E1BD75E34BD5A4EB6DF285AF7943"><enum>302.</enum><header>Early
voting</header>
<subsection id="H3E2765EEB3174A48BE9CF5DA51707D9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Subtitle
C of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 301,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9768C8BDC924479A25FC3CE47BE545C" style="OLC">
<section id="H375FCD06528B42F0B5304AFCF9A153D8"><enum>323.</enum><header>Early
voting</header>
<subsection id="H4766BFFE0CCB4E8BB5B02143248DF922"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>During the 7-day period (or, at the option of the State,
a longer period) which ends on the date of an election for Federal office, each
State shall allow individuals to vote in the election in the same manner as
voting is allowed on the date of such election.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H448BD670D9004B0C94C1E32EBB5467D5"><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="H3B6D3EAD4C604BF382F9A358980C5F01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allow such voting
for no less than 4 hours on each day (other than Sunday); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF82D1D8332D6449E8126BC7116329AA1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have minimum
uniform hours each day for which such voting occurs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58BD7FCCC6704BE2B5ED6FB7FAB76EB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Standards for
early voting</header>
<paragraph id="H9CB46F4D4318475CAB606BE06BDC65B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H28E2D8596738458CB3DDC21F1E3ABBD5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
issue standards for the administration of voting prior to the day scheduled for
a Federal election.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98166A5ADD9E43A2A87DD38E608890E4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Standards for
polling places</header><text>Such standards shall include the nondiscriminatory
geographic placement of polling places at which such voting occurs and the
public listing of the date, time, and location of polling places no earlier
than 10 days before the date on which such voting begins.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DF1E427C65A455F9B48910C82D2673B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Such
standards shall be developed in consultation with civil rights, voting rights,
and voting protection organizations, State and local election officials, and
other interested members of the community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B6D221AFBF24EF4BCD4BD9C7B9E206D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deviation</header><text>The
standards described in paragraph (1) shall permit States, upon giving
reasonable public notice, to deviate from any requirement in the case of
unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or a terrorist
attack.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5B097B633CA24B1BBEE1F7A4A54881A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act, as amended by
section 301, is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle
C of title III the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 323. Early
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</subsection></section><section id="H4B31D42361A34306A4A904F26603E90D"><enum>303.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to enforcement provision</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking <quote>sections 301, 302, and
303</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitles A and C of title III</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="H878095894EDA44A88A2EA5B40BCB0608"><enum>401.</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subsection id="HDDE27B2913ED4AC397B2CB8D7A0746D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b) and section 203(c), the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on January 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9CF57CE6EA124FF7972955E5B59EBF02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the approval of the Election
Assistance Commission, if a State certifies to the Election Assistance
Commission that the State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection
(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes in the certification
the reasons for the failure to meet the deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to
the State as if the reference in such subsection to <quote>January 1,
2014</quote> were a reference to <quote>January 1, 2016</quote>.</text>
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