HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Election Assistance Commission: adopt voluntary guidelines for election officials on use of nonvoting election technology in Federal elections (see H.R. 4457), H3166 [3JY]

——— conduct penetration testing in testing and certification of voting systems and establish Independent Security Testing and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Pilot Program for Election Systems (see S. 1500), S1566 [9MY]

——— direct Standards Board to release voluntary considerations with respect to administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 4407), H3157 [30JN]

——— establish program to make grants to States to provide enhanced pay for election workers (see H.R. 3436), H2425 [17MY]

——— improve administration and operation (see H.R. 4479), H3170 [6JY]

——— prohibit payments to States and jurisdictions which fail to meet certain standards to protect integrity and certainty of Federal elections (see H.R. 512), H323 [25JA]

——— provide grants to support State and local governments making transition to ranked choice voting (see S. 3313), S5540 [15NO]

Elections: confirm requirement that States allow access to designated congressional observers to observe election administration procedures in congressional elections (see H.R. 6513), H6048 [30NO]

——— confirm requirement that States allow access to designated congressional observers to observe election administration procedures in Federal elections (see H.R. 4474), H3170 [6JY]

——— establish certain requirements for timely processing and reporting of results relative to District of Columbia election (see H.R. 4543), H3204 [11JY]

——— establish standards for processing and delivery of election mail (see H.R. 4476), H3170 [6JY]

——— improve procedures and requirements relative to election mail (see S. 1391), S1440 [1MY] (see H.R. 2987), H2085 [27AP]

——— prohibit States from using proprietary voting system hardware or software preventing system from meeting Election Assistance Commission voluntary voting system guidelines for interoperability and auditability (see H.R. 3257), H2309 [11MY]

——— prohibit States from using ranked choice voting to carry out Federal elections (see H.R. 3704), H2637 [25MY]

——— prohibit use of ranked choice voting in District of Columbia election (see H.R. 4493), H3171 [6JY]

——— provide increased protections for election workers and voters in Federal elections (see S. 2575), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 5046), H4140 [27JY]

States: allow use of requirements payments to conduct post-election audit relative to Federal elections (see H.R. 4555), H3205 [11JY]

——— prohibit from receiving or using funds or certain donations from private entities for administration of Federal election (see H.R. 2934), H2083 [27AP]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (see S. 700), S714 [8MR] (see H.R. 1439), H1204 [8MR]

——— allow individuals to vote in Federal elections during early voting period prior to date of election (see H.R. 1295), H1048 [1MR]

——— condition eligibility of State or jurisdiction to receive Federal funds to support administration of elections on requiring voters to present photo identification to receive or cast ballot in such elections (see H.R. 5189), H4181 [11AU]

——— ensure that only eligible American citizens may participate in Federal elections (see H.R. 4460), H3166 [3JY]

——— ensure voters in Federal elections do not wait in long lines to vote (see S. 3517), S5995 [14DE] (see H.R. 5291), H4204 [25AU]

——— establish certain photo identification requirements for voting in District of Columbia elections and require proof of citizenship to register to vote in District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 4488), H3171 [6JY]

——— establish certain requirements for casting provisional ballots in District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 4650), H3612 [14JY]

——— establish certain requirements for voter registration with respect to District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 4496), H3171 [6JY]

——— establish certain requirements relative to use of drop boxes for District of Columbia election (see H.R. 4523), H3176 [10JY]

——— establish requirements for administration of elections for public office in District of Columbia (see H.R. 4477), H3170 [6JY]

——— permit individuals required to present identification to vote in Federal elections to meet requirement by presenting sworn written statement attesting to their identification (see H.R. 861), H737 [7FE]

——— prohibit individuals who are not U.S. citizens from voting in District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 4396), H3157 [30JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for administration of elections for Federal office in States that permit ballot harvesting (see H.R. 4544), H3204 [11JY]

——— require District of Columbia to accept current and valid photo identification of individual issued by Tribal Government for purposes of voter registration and voting in elections (see H.R. 4492), H3171 [6JY]

——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in Federal elections on date of election (see S. 2843), S4589 [19SE]

——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in Federal elections on same date as election (see H.R. 239), H149 [10JA]

——— require voting systems to produce voter-verified, auditable paper records of votes, provide funding to States to meet such requirements, and study use of open-source electronic voting software (see H.R. 466), H276 [24JA]

Remarks in House

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail and establish national procedures for automatic voter registration for Federal elections (H.R. 1439), E193 [8MR]