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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6194 

To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an individual produce 

a photo identification as a condition of registering to vote or voting 

in an election for Federal office unless the requirement was in effect 

as of June 25, 2013. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 

Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. TED LIEU of California, and Mr. POCAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

A BILL 

To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an 

individual produce a photo identification as a condition 

of registering to vote or voting in an election for Federal 

office unless the requirement was in effect as of June 

25, 2013. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘All Ballots Count Act 

5 of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PHOTO 

2 IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO VOTER REG4 ISTRATION.—Section 8 of the National Voter Registration 

5 Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub7 section (k); and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(j) PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF PHOTO IDEN11 TIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—An election official may 

13 not enforce any requirement that an individual 

14 produce a photo identification as a condition of reg15 istering to vote in an election for Federal office, ex16 cept to the extent that the requirement was in effect 

17 as of June 25, 2013. 

18 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

19 this subsection may be construed to prohibit a State 

20 from repealing a requirement under State law that 

21 an individual produce a photo identification as a 

22 condition of registering to vote in an election for 

23 Federal office.’’. 

24 (b) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO VOTING.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title III of the 

26 Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 


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1 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 

2 the following new section: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 303A. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN 

4 PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

5 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—An election official may not en6 force any requirement that an individual produce a photo 

7 identification as a condition of voting in an election for 

8 Federal office, except to the extent that the requirement 

9 was in effect as of June 25, 2013. 

10 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub11 section may be construed to prohibit a State from repeal12 ing a requirement under State law that an individual 

13 produce a photo identification as a condition of voting in 

14 an election for Federal office.’’. 

15 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO

16 ENFORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 

17 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘303, and 303A’’. 

19 (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con20 tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 

21 item relating to section 303 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 303A. Prohibiting enforcement of certain photo identification requirements.’’. 

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