[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4543 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4543

    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
 requirements for the timely processing and reporting of results with 
  respect to a District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
 requirements for the timely processing and reporting of results with 
  respect to a District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Timely Reporting of Election Results Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESSING AND REPORTING RESULTS WITH RESPECT 
              TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. TIMELY PROCESSING AND REPORTING OF RESULTS WITH RESPECT TO 
              A DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION.

    ``(a) Time for Processing Ballots and Reporting Results.--The 
District of Columbia shall begin processing ballots received by mail in 
a District of Columbia election as soon as such ballots are received 
and shall ensure to the greatest extent practicable that the results of 
such District of Columbia election are reported to the public not later 
than 10:00 am on the date following the date of the election, but in no 
case shall such ballots be tabulated or such results be reported 
earlier than the closing of polls on the date of the election.
    ``(b) Requirement To Publish Number of Voted Ballots on Election 
Day.--The District of Columbia shall, as soon as practicable after the 
closing of polls on the date of a District of Columbia election, make 
available on a publicly accessible website the total number of voted 
ballots in the possession of election officials in the District of 
Columbia as of the time of the closing of polls on the date of such 
election, which shall include, as of such time--
            ``(1) the number of voted ballots delivered by mail;
            ``(2) the number of ballots requested for such election by 
        individuals who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot under 
        the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 
        U.S.C. 20301 et seq.); and
            ``(3) the number of voted ballots for such election 
        received from individuals who are entitled to vote by absentee 
        ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
        Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.), including from 
        individuals who, under such Act, voted by absentee ballot 
        without requesting such a ballot.
    ``(c) Requirements To Ensure Bipartisan Election Administration 
Activity.--With respect to a District of Columbia election, District of 
Columbia election officials shall ensure that all activities are 
carried out in a bipartisan manner, which shall include a requirement 
that, in the case of an election worker who enters a room which 
contains ballots, voting equipment, or non-voting equipment as any part 
of the election worker's duties to carry out such election, the 
election worker is accompanied by an individual registered to vote with 
respect to a different political party than such election worker, as 
determined pursuant to the voting registration records of the District 
of Columbia.
    ``(d) District of Columbia Election Defined.--The term `District of 
Columbia election' means any election for public office in the District 
of Columbia, including an election for Federal office, and any ballot 
initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Timely processing and reporting of results with respect to 
                            a District of Columbia election.''.
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