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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 156 

To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Americans’ access 

to the ballot box by establishing consistent standards and procedures 

for voter registration and voting in elections for Federal office, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee 

on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To ensure election integrity and security and enhance Americans’ access to the ballot box by establishing consistent 

standards and procedures for voter registration and voting in 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Restoring Faith in Elections Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Federal standards for mail-in ballots. 

Sec. 103. Federal standards for reporting election results. 

TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION 

Sec. 201. Short title; findings and purpose. 

Sec. 202. Automatic registration of eligible individuals. 

Sec. 203. Contributing agency assistance in registration. 

Sec. 204. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible voters in existing records. 

Sec. 205. Voter protection and security in automatic registration. 

Sec. 206. Registration portability and correction. 

Sec. 207. Payments and grants. 

Sec. 208. Treatment of exempt States. 

Sec. 209. Miscellaneous provisions. 

Sec. 210. Definitions. 

Sec. 211. Effective date. 

TITLE III—PROMOTING STANDARDIZED ADMINISTRATION OF 

ELECTIONS 

Sec. 301. Requiring parity in treatment of methods of voting. 

Sec. 302. Requiring standard election administration procedures in all jurisdictions in State. 

TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCURACY OF VOTER REGISTRATION 

LISTS 

Sec. 401. Establishment of National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clearinghouse. 

Sec. 402. Pre-election maintenance and certification of official voter registration list. 

Sec. 403. Requiring applicants for motor vehicle driver’s licenses in new State 

to indicate whether State serves as residence for voter registration purposes. 

3 TITLE I—FEDERAL STANDARDS 

4 FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS 

5 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Verifiable, Orderly, 

7 and Timely Election Results Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 

3 Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 

5 sections 305 and 306, respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after section 303 the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 304. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—When otherwise permitted by 

10 State law, any vote-by-mail system used in an election for 

11 Federal office must be designed and implemented to en12 sure a secure, uniform, and timely system to cast a mail13 in ballot in accordance with this section. 

14 ‘‘(b) REQUESTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Requests for a mail-in bal16 lot under such system may be submitted electroni17 cally or by postal mail using a standardized form ap18 proved for such requests by the chief State election 

19 official. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUEST.—The form for such requests 

21 must enable an election official who receives the re22 quest to confirm— 

23 ‘‘(A) the identity of the individual submit24 ting the request; 


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1 ‘‘(B) that the individual is validly reg2 istered to vote in the jurisdiction where the re3 quest is submitted; and 

4 ‘‘(C) that the individual continues to reside 

5 at the physical address where the individual is 

6 registered to vote (if different than the mailing 

7 address where the ballot is requested to be 

8 sent). 

9 ‘‘(3) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—Such re10 quest must be submitted by an individual and re11 ceived by the office of the State or local election su12 pervisor not later than 21 days before the date of 

13 the election for Federal office. 

14 ‘‘(4) MAILING OF BALLOTS.—Upon receipt of 

15 such a request, the State or local election supervisor 

16 shall fulfill the request by mailing a mail-in ballot to 

17 the individual within 3 days. 

18 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE OR LOCAL ELEC19 TION OFFICIALS.—The office of the State or local election 

20 supervisor shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) record the total number of mail-in ballots 

22 sent to voters pursuant to this section; and 

23 ‘‘(2) include a notation on the voter rolls main24 tained by the office and provided to the individual 

25 polling locations, which identifies that a voter has 


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1 received a mail-in ballot and the date that mail-in 

2 ballot was sent to the voter. 

3 ‘‘(d) BALLOT REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be considered validly 

5 cast and eligible to be counted in an election for 

6 Federal office, a mail-in ballot must— 

7 ‘‘(A) be marked using blue or black ink, 

8 and properly designate the individual’s vote for 

9 each candidate; 

10 ‘‘(B) be signed by the individual using the 

11 same signature the individual used to register 

12 to vote; 

13 ‘‘(C) be dated; 

14 ‘‘(D) be received by the appropriate elec15 tion official no later than the time polls close on 

16 the date of the election; and 

17 ‘‘(E) include an attestation, signed by the 

18 individual, that the individual submitting the 

19 mail-in ballot is— 

20 ‘‘(i) the individual to whom the ballot 

21 was mailed; 

22 ‘‘(ii) registered to vote in the jurisdic23 tion where the ballot is being submitted; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) submitting the mail-in ballot in 

2 lieu of casting a ballot in-person, and will 

3 not attempt to cast a ballot in-person after 

4 submitting the mail-in ballot. 

5 ‘‘(2) RETURN OF BALLOTS IN-PERSON.—An in6 dividual may choose to return a mail-in ballot in-per7 son to the polling place where the individual is reg8 istered to vote in lieu of returning the ballot by mail. 

9 ‘‘(e) OPTION TO VOTE IN-PERSON.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who receives 

11 a mail-in ballot with respect to an election for Fed12 eral office may instead vote in-person in such elec13 tion if the individual turns in the blank or incom14 plete mail-in ballot received by the individual to the 

15 polling location where the individual plans to vote in16 person. 

17 ‘‘(2) PROVISIONAL BALLOT.—If the individual 

18 attempts to vote in-person but does not bring their 

19 blank or incomplete mail-in ballot to the polling loca20 tion, the individual shall be directed to complete a 

21 provisional ballot. 

22 ‘‘(f) PERSONS PERMITTED TO POSSESS MAIL-IN

23 BALLOTS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 

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1 pleted by another person, except as provided in this 

2 subsection. 

3 ‘‘(2) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person may possess 

5 or return a mail-in ballot completed by an im6 mediate family member, provided that the per7 son does not possess more than two such com8 pleted mail-in ballots other than his or her own. 

9 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY

10 MEMBER.—In this paragraph, the term ‘imme11 diate family member’ means the spouse, child, 

12 parent, grandparent, or sibling of the person. 

13 ‘‘(3) CAREGIVER.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A caregiver may pos15 sess or return a mail-in ballot completed by a 

16 person under the supervision or care of the 

17 caregiver, provided that the caregiver does not 

18 possess more than two such completed mail-in 

19 ballots other than his or her own. 

20 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION OF CAREGIVER.—In this 

21 paragraph, the term ‘caregiver’ means an indi22 vidual who has the responsibility for the care of 

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1 vidual who provides (on behalf of such indi2 vidual or of a public or private agency, organi3 zation, or institution) compensated or uncom4 pensated care to an older individual. 

5 ‘‘(4) INCIDENTAL POSSESSION EXCEPTED.— 

6 The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply 

7 to the incidental possession of mail-in ballots by a 

8 postal worker or election official acting within the 

9 scope of his or her official capacity. 

10 ‘‘(5) PENALTY.—Any person who violates this 

11 subsection shall be fined under title 18, United 

12 States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or 

13 both. 

14 ‘‘(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 

15 with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 

16 date of the enactment of this section.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN18 FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 

20 304’’. 

21 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

22 of such Act is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec24 tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 

25 306; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec2 tion 303 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Federal standards for mail-in ballots.’’. 

3 SEC. 103. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC4 TION RESULTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 

6 Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended 

7 by section 102(a), is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 

9 sections 306 and 307, respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 304 the following 

11 new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 305. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR REPORTING ELEC13 TION RESULTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The chief State election official 

15 shall ensure that ballots validly cast in an election for Fed16 eral office are able to be counted and reported in a timely 

17 manner as follows: 

18 ‘‘(1) Mail-in ballots received prior to the date of 

19 the election shall be counted beginning at least one 

20 week prior to the date of the election. 

21 ‘‘(2) One hour after polls close on the date of 

22 the election, each voting precinct shall report to the 

23 chief State election official the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The total number of mail-in ballots 

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1 ‘‘(B) The total number of ballots cast in2 person in the voting precinct. 

3 ‘‘(C) Of the ballots reported under sub4 paragraphs (A) and (B), the number of such 

5 ballots that have been counted and the number 

6 of such ballots that remain to be counted. 

7 ‘‘(3) All ballots validly cast in an election for 

8 Federal office shall be counted and reported within 

9 24 hours after the conclusion of voting on the date 

10 of the election. 

11 ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 

12 with respect to elections for Federal office held after the 

13 date of the enactment of this section.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN15 FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

16 21111), as amended by section 102(b), is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘and 304’’ and inserting ‘‘304, and 305’’. 

18 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

19 of such Act, as amended by section 102(c), is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating the items relating to sec21 tions 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 

22 307; and 

23 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec24 tion 304 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 305. Federal standards for reporting election results.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—AUTOMATIC VOTER 

2 REGISTRATION 

3 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2023’’. 

6 (b) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.— 

7 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

8 (A) the right to vote is a fundamental 

9 right of citizens of the United States; 

10 (B) it is the responsibility of the State and 

11 Federal Governments to ensure that every eligi12 ble citizen is registered to vote; 

13 (C) existing voter registration systems can 

14 be inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and con15 fusing, with damaging effects on voter partici16 pation in elections and disproportionate impacts 

17 on young people, persons with disabilities, and 

18 racial and ethnic minorities; and 

19 (D) voter registration systems must be up20 dated with 21st-century technologies and proce21 dures to maintain their security. 

22 (2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— 

23 (A) to establish that it is the responsibility 

24 of government at every level to ensure that all 

25 eligible citizens are registered to vote; 


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1 (B) to enable the State and Federal Gov2 ernments to register all eligible citizens to vote 

3 with accurate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date pro4 cedures; 

5 (C) to modernize voter registration and list 

6 maintenance procedures with electronic and 

7 internet capabilities; and 

8 (D) to protect and enhance the integrity, 

9 accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility of the 

10 electoral process for all eligible citizens. 

11 SEC. 202. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI12 VIDUALS. 

13 (a) REQUIRING STATES TO ESTABLISH AND OPER14 ATE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The chief State election offi16 cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys17 tem of automatic registration for the registration of 

18 eligible individuals to vote for elections for Federal 

19 office in the State, in accordance with the provisions 

20 of this title. 

21 (2) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘automatic reg22 istration’’ means a system that registers an indi23 vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in a 

24 State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 

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1 ment agencies to election officials of the State so 

2 that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 

3 be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 

4 in such elections. 

5 (b) REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BASED ON NEW

6 AGENCY RECORDS.—The chief State election official 

7 shall— 

8 (1) not later than 15 days after a contributing 

9 agency has transmitted information with respect to 

10 an individual pursuant to section 203, ensure that 

11 the individual is registered to vote in elections for 

12 Federal office in the State if the individual is eligible 

13 to be registered to vote in such elections; and 

14 (2) send written notice to the individual, in ad15 dition to other means of notice established by this 

16 part, of the individual’s voter registration status. 

17 (c) ONE-TIME REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BASED ON

18 EXISTING CONTRIBUTING AGENCY RECORDS.—The chief 

19 State election official shall— 

20 (1) identify all individuals whose information is 

21 transmitted by a contributing agency pursuant to 

22 section 204 and who are eligible to be, but are not 

23 currently, registered to vote in that State; 

24 (2) promptly send each such individual written 

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1 lished by this title, which shall not identify the con2 tributing agency that transmitted the information 

3 but shall include— 

4 (A) an explanation that voter registration 

5 is voluntary, but if the individual does not de6 cline registration, the individual will be reg7 istered to vote; 

8 (B) a statement offering the opportunity to 

9 decline voter registration through means con10 sistent with the requirements of this title; 

11 (C) in the case of a State in which affili12 ation or enrollment with a political party is re13 quired in order to participate in an election to 

14 select the party’s candidate in an election for 

15 Federal office, a statement offering the indi16 vidual the opportunity to affiliate or enroll with 

17 a political party or to decline to affiliate or en18 roll with a political party, through means con19 sistent with the requirements of this title; 

20 (D) the substantive qualifications of an 

21 elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 

22 registration application form for elections for 

23 Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 

24 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 

25 the consequences of false registration, and a 


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1 statement that the individual should decline to 

2 register if the individual does not meet all those 

3 qualifications; 

4 (E) instructions for correcting any erro5 neous information; and 

6 (F) instructions for providing any addi7 tional information which is listed in the mail 

8 voter registration application form for elections 

9 for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 

10 9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 

11 1993; 

12 (3) ensure that each such individual who is eli13 gible to register to vote in elections for Federal of14 fice in the State is promptly registered to vote not 

15 later than 45 days after the official sends the indi16 vidual the written notice under paragraph (2), un17 less, during the 30-day period which begins on the 

18 date the election official sends the individual such 

19 written notice, the individual declines registration in 

20 writing, through a communication made over the 

21 internet, or by an officially logged telephone commu22 nication; and 

23 (4) send written notice to each such individual, 

24 in addition to other means of notice established by 

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1 (d) TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 YEARS

2 OF AGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 

3 as an eligible individual for purposes of this title on the 

4 grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age 

5 at the time a contributing agency receives information 

6 with respect to the individual, so long as the individual 

7 is at least 16 years of age at such time. 

8 (e) CONTRIBUTING AGENCY DEFINED.—In this part, 

9 the term ‘‘contributing agency’’ means, with respect to a 

10 State, an agency listed in section 203(e). 

11 SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE IN REG12 ISTRATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this title, each 

14 contributing agency in a State shall assist the State’s chief 

15 election official in registering to vote all eligible individuals 

16 served by that agency. 

17 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTING AGEN18 CIES.— 

19 (1) INSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA20 TION.—With each application for service or assist21 ance, and with each related recertification, renewal, 

22 or change of address, or, in the case of an institu23 tion of higher education, with each registration of a 

24 student for enrollment in a course of study, each 

25 contributing agency that (in the normal course of its 


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1 operations) requests individuals to affirm United 

2 States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 

3 overall application for service or assistance) shall in4 form each such individual who is a citizen of the 

5 United States of the following: 

6 (A) Unless that individual declines to reg7 ister to vote, or is found ineligible to vote, the 

8 individual will be registered to vote or, if appli9 cable, the individual’s registration will be up10 dated. 

11 (B) The substantive qualifications of an 

12 elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 

13 registration application form for elections for 

14 Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 

15 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 

16 the consequences of false registration, and the 

17 individual should decline to register if the indi18 vidual does not meet all those qualifications. 

19 (C) In the case of a State in which affili20 ation or enrollment with a political party is re21 quired in order to participate in an election to 

22 select the party’s candidate in an election for 

23 Federal office, the requirement that the indi24 vidual must affiliate or enroll with a political 

25 party in order to participate in such an election. 


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1 (D) Voter registration is voluntary, and 

2 neither registering nor declining to register to 

3 vote will in any way affect the availability of 

4 services or benefits, nor be used for other pur5 poses. 

6 (2) OPPORTUNITY TO DECLINE REGISTRATION

7 REQUIRED.—Each contributing agency shall ensure 

8 that each application for service or assistance, and 

9 each related recertification, renewal, or change of 

10 address, or, in the case of an institution of higher 

11 education, each registration of a student for enroll12 ment in a course of study, cannot be completed until 

13 the individual is given the opportunity to decline to 

14 be registered to vote. 

15 (3) INFORMATION TRANSMITTAL.—Upon the 

16 expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 

17 date the contributing agency informs the individual 

18 of the information described in paragraph (1), each 

19 contributing agency shall electronically transmit to 

20 the appropriate State election official, in a format 

21 compatible with the statewide voter database main22 tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 

23 Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), the following infor24 mation, unless during such 30-day period the indi25 vidual declined to be registered to vote: 


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1 (A) The individual’s given name(s) and 

2 surname(s). 

3 (B) The individual’s date of birth. 

4 (C) The individual’s residential address. 

5 (D) Information showing that the indi6 vidual is a citizen of the United States. 

7 (E) The date on which information per8 taining to that individual was collected or last 

9 updated. 

10 (F) If available, the individual’s signature 

11 in electronic form. 

12 (G) Information regarding the individual’s 

13 affiliation or enrollment with a political party, 

14 if the individual provides such information. 

15 (H) Any additional information listed in 

16 the mail voter registration application form for 

17 elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant 

18 to section 9 of the National Voter Registration 

19 Act of 1993, including any valid driver’s license 

20 number or the last 4 digits of the individual’s 

21 social security number, if the individual pro22 vided such information. 

23 (c) ALTERNATE PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN CON24 TRIBUTING AGENCIES.—With each application for service 

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1 newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu2 tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu3 dent for enrollment in a course of study, any contributing 

4 agency that in the normal course of its operations does 

5 not request individuals applying for service or assistance 

6 to affirm United States citizenship (either directly or as 

7 part of the overall application for service or assistance) 

8 shall— 

9 (1) complete the requirements of section 7(a)(6) 

10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 

11 U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)); 

12 (2) ensure that each applicant’s transaction 

13 with the agency cannot be completed until the appli14 cant has indicated whether the applicant wishes to 

15 register to vote or declines to register to vote in elec16 tions for Federal office held in the State; and 

17 (3) for each individual who wishes to register to 

18 vote, transmit that individual’s information in ac19 cordance with subsection (b)(3). 

20 (d) REQUIRED AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATIC REG21 ISTRATION OPPORTUNITY WITH EACH APPLICATION FOR

22 SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.—Each contributing agency 

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1 tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu2 dent for enrollment in a course of study, the opportunity 

3 to register to vote as prescribed by this section without 

4 regard to whether the individual previously declined a reg5 istration opportunity. 

6 (e) CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES.— 

7 (1) STATE AGENCIES.—In each State, each of 

8 the following agencies shall be treated as a contrib9 uting agency: 

10 (A) Each agency in a State that is re11 quired by Federal law to provide voter registra12 tion services, including the State motor vehicle 

13 authority and other voter registration agencies 

14 under the National Voter Registration Act of 

15 1993. 

16 (B) Each agency in a State that admin17 isters a program pursuant to title III of the So18 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), title 

19 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 

20 et seq.), or the Patient Protection and Afford21 able Care Act (Public Law 111–148). 

22 (C) Each State agency primarily respon23 sible for regulating the private possession of 

24 firearms. 


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1 (D) Each State agency primarily respon2 sible for maintaining identifying information for 

3 students enrolled at public secondary schools, 

4 including, where applicable, the State agency 

5 responsible for maintaining the education data 

6 system described in section 6201(e)(2) of the 

7 America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 

8 9871(e)(2)). 

9 (E) In the case of a State in which an in10 dividual disenfranchised by a criminal convic11 tion may become eligible to vote upon comple12 tion of a criminal sentence or any part thereof, 

13 or upon formal restoration of rights, the State 

14 agency responsible for administering that sen15 tence, or part thereof, or that restoration of 

16 rights. 

17 (F) Any other agency of the State which is 

18 designated by the State as a contributing agen19 cy. 

20 (2) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—In each State, each 

21 of the following agencies of the Federal Government 

22 shall be treated as a contributing agency with re23 spect to individuals who are residents of that State 

24 (except as provided in subparagraph (C)): 


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1 (A) The Social Security Administration, 

2 the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De3 fense Manpower Data Center of the Depart4 ment of Defense, the Employee and Training 

5 Administration of the Department of Labor, 

6 and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Serv7 ices of the Department of Health and Human 

8 Services. 

9 (B) The Bureau of Citizenship and Immi10 gration Services, but only with respect to indi11 viduals who have completed the naturalization 

12 process. 

13 (C) In the case of an individual who is a 

14 resident of a State in which an individual 

15 disenfranchised by a criminal conviction under 

16 Federal law may become eligible to vote upon 

17 completion of a criminal sentence or any part 

18 thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, 

19 the Federal agency responsible for admin20 istering that sentence or part thereof (without 

21 regard to whether the agency is located in the 

22 same State in which the individual is a resi23 dent), but only with respect to individuals who 

24 have completed the criminal sentence or any 

25 part thereof. 


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1 (D) Any other agency of the Federal Gov2 ernment which the State designates as a con3 tributing agency, but only if the State and the 

4 head of the agency determine that the agency 

5 collects information sufficient to carry out the 

6 responsibilities of a contributing agency under 

7 this section. 

8 (3) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

9 Each institution of higher education that receives 

10 Federal funds shall be treated as a contributing 

11 agency in the State in which it is located, but only 

12 with respect to students of the institution (including 

13 students who attend classes online) who reside in the 

14 State. An institution of higher education described 

15 in the previous sentence shall be exempt from the 

16 voter registration requirements of section 487(a)(23) 

17 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 1094(a)(23)) if the institution is in compliance with 

19 the applicable requirements of this part. 

20 (4) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 

21 prior to the date of each election for Federal office 

22 held in the State, the chief State election official 

23 shall publish on the public website of the official an 

24 updated list of all contributing agencies in that 

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1 (5) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—The chief State elec2 tion official of each State, in collaboration with each 

3 contributing agency, shall take appropriate measures 

4 to educate the public about voter registration under 

5 this section. 

6 SEC. 204. ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE 

7 IN REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN 

8 EXISTING RECORDS. 

9 (a) INITIAL TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—For 

10 each individual already listed in a contributing agency’s 

11 records as of the date of enactment of this Act, and for 

12 whom the agency has the information listed in section 

13 203(b)(3), the agency shall promptly transmit that infor14 mation to the appropriate State election official in accord15 ance with section 203(b)(3) not later than the effective 

16 date described in section 211(a). 

17 (b) TRANSITION.—For each individual listed in a con18 tributing agency’s records as of the effective date de19 scribed in section 211(a) (but who was not listed in a con20 tributing agency’s records as of the date of enactment of 

21 this Act), and for whom the agency has the information 

22 listed in section 203(b)(3), the Agency shall promptly 

23 transmit that information to the appropriate State election 

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1 6 months after the effective date described in section 

2 211(a). 

3 SEC. 205. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO4 MATIC REGISTRATION. 

5 (a) PROTECTIONS FOR ERRORS IN REGISTRATION.— 

6 An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 

7 law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication concerning 

8 immigration status or naturalization, or subject to an alle9 gation in any legal proceeding that the individual is not 

10 a citizen of the United States on any of the following 

11 grounds: 

12 (1) The individual notified an election office of 

13 the individual’s automatic registration to vote under 

14 this title. 

15 (2) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec16 tions for Federal office but was automatically reg17 istered to vote under this title. 

18 (3) The individual was automatically registered 

19 to vote under this title at an incorrect address. 

20 (4) The individual declined the opportunity to 

21 register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 

22 citizenship, including through automatic registration, 

23 under this title. 

24 (b) LIMITS ON USE OF AUTOMATIC REGISTRA25 TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 


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1 fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 

2 to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in3 cluding through automatic registration) under this title 

4 may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 

5 State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi6 vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra7 tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 

8 alone. 

9 (c) PROTECTION OF ELECTION INTEGRITY.—Noth10 ing in subsection (a) or (b) may be construed to prohibit 

11 or restrict any action under color of law against an indi12 vidual who— 

13 (1) knowingly and willfully makes a false state14 ment to effectuate or perpetuate automatic voter 

15 registration by any individual; or 

16 (2) casts a ballot knowingly and willfully in vio17 lation of State law or the laws of the United States. 

18 (d) CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES’ PROTECTION OF IN19 FORMATION.—Nothing in this title authorizes a contrib20 uting agency to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly dis21 close any of the following: 

22 (1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg23 ister to vote or not to register to vote. 

24 (2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 

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1 (3) Any information that a contributing agency 

2 transmits pursuant to section 203(b)(3), except in 

3 pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 

4 (e) ELECTION OFFICIALS’ PROTECTION OF INFOR5 MATION.— 

6 (1) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara8 graph (B), with respect to any individual for 

9 whom any State election official receives infor10 mation from a contributing agency, the State 

11 election officials shall not publicly disclose any 

12 of the following: 

13 (i) The identity of the contributing 

14 agency. 

15 (ii) Any information not necessary to 

16 voter registration. 

17 (iii) Any voter information otherwise 

18 shielded from disclosure under State law or 

19 section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg20 istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

21 20507(a)). 

22 (iv) Any portion of the individual’s so23 cial security number. 

24 (v) Any portion of the individual’s 

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1 (vi) The individual’s signature. 

2 (vii) The individual’s telephone num3 ber. 

4 (viii) The individual’s email address. 

5 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS REG6 ISTERED TO VOTE.—With respect to any indi7 vidual for whom any State election official re8 ceives information from a contributing agency 

9 and who, on the basis of such information, is 

10 registered to vote in the State under this part, 

11 the State election officials shall not publicly dis12 close any of the following: 

13 (i) The identity of the contributing 

14 agency. 

15 (ii) Any information not necessary to 

16 voter registration. 

17 (iii) Any voter information otherwise 

18 shielded from disclosure under State law or 

19 section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg20 istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

21 20507(a)). 

22 (iv) Any portion of the individual’s so23 cial security number. 

24 (v) Any portion of the individual’s 

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1 (vi) The individual’s signature. 

2 (2) VOTER RECORD CHANGES.—Each State 

3 shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make 

4 available for public inspection and, where available, 

5 photocopying at a reasonable cost, all records of 

6 changes to voter records, including removals and up7 dates. 

8 (3) DATABASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.— 

9 The Director of the National Institute of Standards 

10 and Technology shall, after providing the public with 

11 notice and the opportunity to comment— 

12 (A) establish standards governing the com13 parison of data for voter registration list main14 tenance purposes, identifying as part of such 

15 standards the specific data elements, the 

16 matching rules used, and how a State may use 

17 the data to determine and deem that an indi18 vidual is ineligible under State law to vote in an 

19 election, or to deem a record to be a duplicate 

20 or outdated; 

21 (B) ensure that the standards developed 

22 pursuant to this paragraph are uniform and 

23 nondiscriminatory and are applied in a uniform 

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1 (C) publish the standards developed pursu2 ant to this paragraph on the Director’s website 

3 and make those standards available in written 

4 form upon request. 

5 (4) SECURITY POLICY.—The Director of the 

6 National Institute of Standards and Technology 

7 shall, after providing the public with notice and the 

8 opportunity to comment, publish privacy and secu9 rity standards for voter registration information. 

10 The standards shall require the chief State election 

11 official of each State to adopt a policy that shall 

12 specify— 

13 (A) each class of users who shall have au14 thorized access to the computerized statewide 

15 voter registration list, specifying for each class 

16 the permission and levels of access to be grant17 ed, and setting forth other safeguards to pro18 tect the privacy, security, and accuracy of the 

19 information on the list; and 

20 (B) security safeguards to protect personal 

21 information transmitted through the informa22 tion transmittal processes of section 203 or sec23 tion 204, the online system used pursuant to 

24 section 207, any telephone interface, the main25 tenance of the voter registration database, and 


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1 any audit procedure to track access to the sys2 tem. 

3 (5) STATE COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL

4 STANDARDS.— 

5 (A) CERTIFICATION.—The chief executive 

6 officer of the State shall annually file with the 

7 Election Assistance Commission a statement 

8 certifying to the Director of the National Insti9 tute of Standards and Technology that the 

10 State is in compliance with the standards re11 ferred to in paragraphs (3) and (4). A State 

12 may meet the requirement of the previous sen13 tence by filing with the Commission a statement 

14 which reads as follows: ‘‘lllll hereby 

15 certifies that it is in compliance with the stand16 ards referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 

17 section 205 of the Automatic Voter Registration 

18 Act of 2023.’’ (with the blank to be filled in 

19 with the name of the State involved). 

20 (B) PUBLICATION OF POLICIES AND PRO21 CEDURES.—The chief State election official of a 

22 State shall publish on the official’s website the 

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1 cedures available in written form upon public 

2 request. 

3 (C) FUNDING DEPENDENT ON CERTIFI4 CATION.—If a State does not timely file the cer5 tification required under this paragraph, it shall 

6 not receive any payment under this title for the 

7 upcoming fiscal year. 

8 (D) COMPLIANCE OF STATES THAT RE9 QUIRE CHANGES TO STATE LAW.—In the case 

10 of a State that requires State legislation to 

11 carry out an activity covered by any certifi12 cation submitted under this paragraph, for a 

13 period of not more than 2 years the State shall 

14 be permitted to make the certification notwith15 standing that the legislation has not been en16 acted at the time the certification is submitted, 

17 and such State shall submit an additional cer18 tification once such legislation is enacted. 

19 (f) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF INFORMATION.—No 

20 person acting under color of law may discriminate against 

21 any individual based on, or use for any purpose other than 

22 voter registration, election administration, or enforcement 

23 relating to election crimes, any of the following: 

24 (1) Voter registration records. 


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1 (2) An individual’s declination to register to 

2 vote or complete an affirmation of citizenship under 

3 section 203(b). 

4 (3) An individual’s voter registration status. 

5 (g) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRA6 TION INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.—In7 formation collected under this title shall not be used for 

8 commercial purposes. Nothing in this subsection may be 

9 construed to prohibit the transmission, exchange, or dis10 semination of information for political purposes, including 

11 the support of campaigns for election for Federal, State, 

12 or local public office or the activities of political commit13 tees (including committees of political parties) under the 

14 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 

15 SEC. 206. REGISTRATION PORTABILITY AND CORRECTION. 

16 (a) CORRECTING REGISTRATION INFORMATION AT

17 POLLING PLACE.—Notwithstanding section 302(a) of the 

18 Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), if 

19 an individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal 

20 office held in a State, the appropriate election official at 

21 the polling place for any such election (including a location 

22 used as a polling place on a date other than the date of 

23 the election) shall permit the individual to— 

24 (1) update the individual’s address for purposes 

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1 (2) correct any incorrect information relating to 

2 the individual, including the individual’s name and 

3 political party affiliation, in the records of the elec4 tion official; and 

5 (3) cast a ballot in the election on the basis of 

6 the updated address or corrected information, and to 

7 have the ballot treated as a regular ballot and not 

8 as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 

9 Act. 

10 (b) UPDATES TO COMPUTERIZED STATEWIDE VOTER

11 REGISTRATION LISTS.—If an election official at the poll12 ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor13 mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi14 cial shall ensure that the address or information is 

15 promptly entered into the computerized statewide voter 

16 registration list in accordance with section 

17 303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 

18 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 

19 SEC. 207. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis21 sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 

22 State in implementing the requirements of this title (or, 

23 in the case of an exempt State, in implementing its exist24 ing automatic voter registration program). 


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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 

2 to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 

3 to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 

4 Commission may require, an application containing— 

5 (1) a description of the activities the State will 

6 carry out with the grant; 

7 (2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 

8 such activities without partisan bias and without 

9 promoting any particular point of view regarding 

10 any issue; and 

11 (3) such other information and assurances as 

12 the Commission may require. 

13 (c) AMOUNT OF GRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis14 sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 

15 eligible State under this section. In determining the 

16 amounts of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 

17 to providing funds for those activities which are most like18 ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 

19 title (or, in the case of an exempt State, which are most 

20 likely to enhance the ability of the State to automatically 

21 register individuals to vote through its existing automatic 

22 voter registration program), including— 

23 (1) investments supporting electronic informa24 tion transfer, including electronic collection and 


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1 transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 

2 and the appropriate State election officials; 

3 (2) updates to online or electronic voter reg4 istration systems already operating as of the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act; 

6 (3) introduction of online voter registration sys7 tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 

8 previously exist; and 

9 (4) public education on the availability of new 

10 methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 

11 and correcting registration. 

12 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 

14 be appropriated to carry out this section— 

15 (A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

16 (B) such sums as may be necessary for 

17 each succeeding fiscal year. 

18 (2) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

19 Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 

20 of this subsection shall remain available without fis21 cal year limitation until expended. 

22 SEC. 208. TREATMENT OF EXEMPT STATES. 

23 (a) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro24 vided in subsection (b), this title does not apply with re25 spect to an exempt State. 


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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of this 

2 title apply with respect to an exempt State: 

3 (1) Section 206 (relating to registration port4 ability and correction). 

5 (2) Section 207 (relating to payments and 

6 grants). 

7 (3) Section 209(e) (relating to enforcement). 

8 (4) Section 209(f) (relating to relation to other 

9 laws). 

10 SEC. 209. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

11 (a) ACCESSIBILITY OF REGISTRATION SERVICES.— 

12 Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 

13 it provides under this title are made available to individ14 uals with disabilities to the same extent as services are 

15 made available to all other individuals. 

16 (b) TRANSMISSION THROUGH SECURE THIRD PARTY

17 PERMITTED.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to 

18 prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 

19 third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 

20 transmittal requirements of this title, so long as the data 

21 transmittal complies with the applicable requirements of 

22 this title, including the privacy and security provisions of 

23 section 205. 

24 (c) NONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION

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1 uting agencies under this title and by the State under sec2 tions 205 and 206 shall be made in a manner consistent 

3 with paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) of 

4 the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

5 20506(a)). 

6 (d) NOTICES.—Each State may send notices under 

7 this title via electronic mail if the individual has provided 

8 an electronic mail address and consented to electronic mail 

9 communications for election-related materials. All notices 

10 sent pursuant to this title that require a response must 

11 offer the individual notified the opportunity to respond at 

12 no cost to the individual. 

13 (e) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 

14 Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat15 ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 

16 rights of action, shall apply with respect to this title in 

17 the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 

18 (f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Except as pro19 vided, nothing in this title may be construed to authorize 

20 or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, re21 strict, or limit the application of any of the following: 

22 (1) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 

23 10301 et seq.). 

24 (2) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab25 sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 


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1 (3) The National Voter Registration Act of 

2 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 

3 (4) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 

4 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this title, the following definitions apply: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 

8 means, with respect to a State, the individual des9 ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na10 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

11 20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 

12 State’s responsibilities under such Act. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 

14 Assistance Commission. 

15 (3) The term ‘‘exempt State’’ means a State 

16 which, under law which is in effect continuously on 

17 and after the date of the enactment of this Act, op18 erates an automatic voter registration program 

19 under which an individual is automatically registered 

20 to vote in elections for Federal office in the State if 

21 the individual provides the motor vehicle authority of 

22 the State with such identifying information as the 

23 State may require. 

24 (4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

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1 SEC. 211. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

3 (b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall 

4 apply with respect to a State beginning January 1, 2025. 

5 (b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com6 mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 

7 State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 

8 (a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 

9 in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 

10 deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 

11 reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2025’’ were 

12 a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2027’’. 

13 TITLE III—PROMOTING STAND14 ARDIZED ADMINISTRATION 

15 OF ELECTIONS 

16 SEC. 301. REQUIRING PARITY IN TREATMENT OF METHODS 

17 OF VOTING. 

18 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer19 ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (e); and 

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each State and jurisdic2 tion shall administer an election for Federal office 

3 under standards which apply equally to all methods 

4 of voting used in the election, including standards 

5 relating to signature verification, and shall not pre6 pay or otherwise subsidize the costs associated with 

7 one method of voting in an election unless the State 

8 or jurisdiction prepays or otherwise subsidizes the 

9 costs associated with other methods of voting in the 

10 election in an equivalent amount. 

11 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS.—Para12 graph (1) does not apply with respect to costs pre13 paid or otherwise subsidized by a State or jurisdic14 tion in providing accommodations for disabled voters 

15 or in meeting the requirements of the Uniformed 

16 and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 302(e) of such Act, 

18 as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking 

19 the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except 

20 that the requirements of subsection (d) shall apply with 

21 respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed22 eral office held in November 2024 and each succeeding 

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1 SEC. 302. REQUIRING STANDARD ELECTION ADMINISTRA2 TION PROCEDURES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS 

3 IN STATE. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Help Amer5 ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082), as amended by 

6 section 301(a), is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub8 section (f); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(e) REQUIRING STANDARD ELECTION ADMINISTRA12 TION PROCEDURES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS.—Each State 

13 shall ensure that the procedures used for the administra14 tion of elections for Federal office in the State, including 

15 the procedures used to determine the conditions under 

16 which individuals may cast provisional ballots and the cri17 teria for the acceptance and rejection of provisional bal18 lots, are standardized and uniform for all jurisdictions in 

19 the State which administer such elections.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 302(f) of such Act, 

21 as redesignated by subsection (a) and as amended by sec22 tion 301(b), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 

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1 TITLE IV—PROMOTING ACCU2 RACY OF VOTER REGISTRA3 TION LISTS 

4 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DECONFLICTION 

5 VOTING DATABASE AND CLEARINGHOUSE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

7 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the 

8 National Deconfliction Voting Database and Clearing9 house. 

10 (b) PURPOSE.—The National Deconfliction Voting 

11 Database and Clearinghouse shall assist States in ensur12 ing the integrity of elections for Federal office by serving 

13 as a database and clearinghouse of voter registration 

14 records and lists of eligible voters in elections for Federal 

15 office, so that States may ensure that individual voters 

16 are registered only in the one State in which they are dom17 iciled, deceased voters are purged from voting rolls, and 

18 only citizens of the United States vote in such elections. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

20 has the meaning given such term in the National Voter 

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1 SEC. 402. PRE-ELECTION MAINTENANCE AND CERTIFI2 CATION OF OFFICIAL VOTER REGISTRATION 

3 LIST. 

4 (a) REQUIRING STATE TO CERTIFY COMPLETION OF

5 PROGRAM TO REMOVE INELIGIBLE VOTERS PRIOR TO

6 DATE OF ELECTION AND TRANSFER CERTIFIED LIST OF

7 ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 

8 8(c)(2)(A) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 

9 (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘A 

10 State shall complete’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eligible 

11 voters’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than 90 

12 days prior to the date of an election for Federal office, 

13 each State and the chief State election official of each 

14 State shall certify to the Election Assistance Commission 

15 and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

16 that the State has completed a program to remove the 

17 names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible 

18 voters with respect to the election, and shall transfer to 

19 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (for 

20 inclusion in the National Deconfliction Voting Database 

21 and Clearinghouse) the certified list of eligible voters in 

22 the election.’’. 

23 (b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STATE AND

24 CISA BY UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND SOCIAL

25 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—Section 8(c)(2) of such Act 

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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub2 paragraph (C); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol4 lowing new subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days before the date of each 

6 regularly scheduled general election for Federal office— 

7 ‘‘(i) the Postmaster General shall transmit to 

8 the chief State election official of a State and the 

9 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

10 change-of-address information on individuals who, 

11 since the previous regularly scheduled general elec12 tion for Federal office, are no longer residents of the 

13 State; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the Director of the Social Security Admin15 istration shall transmit to the chief State election of16 ficial and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu17 rity Agency information on individuals from the 

18 State who have died since the previous regularly 

19 scheduled general election for Federal office.’’. 

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

21 this section shall apply with respect to the regularly sched22 uled general election for Federal office held in November 

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1 SEC. 403. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 

2 DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI3 CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI4 DENCE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PUR5 POSES. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS FOR LI7 CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 

8 Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(d)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 

14 each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li15 cense in the State— 

16 ‘‘(i) to attest, under penalty of perjury, whether 

17 the individual resides in another State or resided in 

18 another State prior to applying for the license, and, 

19 if so, to identify the State involved; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) to attest, under penalty of perjury, wheth21 er the individual intends for the State to serve as 

22 the individual’s residence for purposes of registering 

23 to vote in elections for Federal office. 

24 ‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi25 vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 

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1 ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec2 tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 

3 motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi4 vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 

5 the chief State election official of such State that the indi6 vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi7 vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 

8 elections for Federal office.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

10 subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 

11 occurring in 2023 or any succeeding year. 

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