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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 512 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the Election 

Assistance Commission from making payments under such Act to States 

and jurisdictions which fail to meet certain standards to protect the 

integrity and certainty of elections for Federal office, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2023 

Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. PERRY) 

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

House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit 

the Election Assistance Commission from making payments under such Act to States and jurisdictions which 

fail to meet certain standards to protect the integrity 

and certainty of elections for Federal office, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘One Citizen One Vote 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYMENTS TO STATES FAILING TO 

2 MEET ELECTION INTEGRITY AND CERTAINTY 

3 STANDARDS. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Title IX of the Help America 

5 Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141 et seq.) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 907. PROHIBITING PAYMENTS TO STATES AND JURIS8 DICTIONS FAILING TO MEET ELECTION IN9 TEGRITY AND CERTAINTY STANDARDS. 

10 ‘‘The Commission may not make any payment under 

11 this Act to any State or jurisdiction unless the State or 

12 jurisdiction certifies to the Commission each of the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(1) The State or jurisdiction does not permit 

15 an individual to cast a ballot in an election for Fed16 eral office unless— 

17 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who de18 sires to cast a ballot in person, the individual 

19 presents to the appropriate election official a 

20 current and valid photo identification of the in21 dividual; or 

22 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who de23 sires to cast a ballot by mail, the individual in24 cludes with the ballot a copy of a current and 

25 valid photo identification of the individual. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The State or jurisdiction does not accept 

2 a voted absentee ballot in an election for Federal of3 fice which is delivered in person to an election offi4 cial by any individual other than the voter to whom 

5 the ballot was transmitted, other than an individual 

6 described as follows: 

7 ‘‘(A) An election official while engaged in 

8 official duties as authorized by law. 

9 ‘‘(B) An employee of the United States 

10 Postal Service while engaged in official duties 

11 as authorized by law. 

12 ‘‘(C) Any other individual who is allowed 

13 by law to collect and transmit United States 

14 mail, while engaged in official duties as author15 ized by law. 

16 ‘‘(3) The State or jurisdiction does not provide 

17 any drop box into which an individual may deliver 

18 a voted ballot, other than a drop box which is lo19 cated at the office of a State or local election offi20 cial. 

21 ‘‘(4) The State or jurisdiction does not deliver 

22 an absentee or other mail-in ballot to any individual 

23 who does not request the delivery of such a ballot. 

24 ‘‘(5) The State or jurisdiction does not permit 

25 any individual who is not a citizen of the United 


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1 States to register to vote or vote in any election for 

2 public office, or any ballot initiative or referendum, 

3 held in the State or jurisdiction.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

5 of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 

6 relating to title IX the following: 

‘‘Sec. 907. Prohibiting payments to States and jurisdictions failing to meet 

election integrity and certainty standards.’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall apply with respect to payments made on 

9 or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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