‘‘(5) training on registering voters on the day 
of the election; 
‘‘(6) training on which individuals have the au-
thority to challenge voter eligibility and the process 
for any such challenges; and 
‘‘(7) training on security procedures. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State and jurisdiction 
shall be required to comply with the requirements of this 
section on and after August 1, 2006.’’. 
SEC. 332. IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS. 
Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. ELECTION ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) PUBLICATION OF STATE ELECTION LAWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State shall be re-
quired to publish all State laws, regulations, proce-
dures, and practices relating to Federal elections on 
January 1 of each year in which there is a regularly 
scheduled election for a Federal office. 
‘‘(2) MAINTENANCE OF LAWS ON THE INTER-
NET.—Each State shall be required to maintain an 
updated version of all material published under 
paragraph (1) on an easily accessible public web site 
on the Internet.
‘‘(b) NOTICE
OF CHANGES
IN STATE ELECTION 
LAWS.—Not later than 15 days prior to any Federal elec-
tion, each State shall issue a public notice describing all 
changes in State law affecting voting in Federal elections 
and the administration of Federal elections since the most 
recent prior such election. If any State or local government 
makes any change affecting the administration of Federal 
elections within 15 days of a Federal election, the State 
or local government shall provide adequate public notice. 
‘‘(c) OBSERVERS.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—Each State shall issue non-
discriminatory standards for granting access to non-
partisan election observers. Such standards shall 
take into account the need to avoid disruption and 
crowding in polling places. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall allow uni-
form and nondiscriminatory access to any polling 
place for purposes of observing a Federal election to 
nonpartisan domestic observers (including voting 
rights and civil rights organizations) and inter-
national observers in accordance with the standards 
published under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) NOTICE OF DENIAL OF OBSERVATION RE-
QUEST.—Each State shall issue a public notice with 
respect to any denial of a request by any observer
described in paragraph (2) for access to any polling 
place for purposes of observing a Federal election. 
Such notice shall be issued not later than 24 hours 
after such denial. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of this section on 
and after October 1, 2006.’’. 
Subtitle E—Standards for Purging 
Voters 
SEC. 341. STANDARDS FOR PURGING VOTERS. 
Subtitle C of title III of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002, as added and amended by this Act, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 326. REMOVAL FROM VOTER REGISTRATION LIST. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 45 days before 
any Federal election, each State shall provide public notice 
of— 
‘‘(1) all names which have been removed from 
the voter registration list of such State under section 
303 since the later of the most recent election for 
Federal office or the day of the most recent previous 
public notice provided under this section; and 
‘‘(2) the criteria, processes, and procedures 
used to determine which names were removed. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE TO INDIVIDUAL VOTERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No individual shall be re-
moved from the voter registration list under section 
303 unless such individual is first provided with a 
notice which meets the requirements of paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS OF NOTICE.—The notice 
required under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) provided to each voter in a uniform 
and nondiscriminatory manner; 
‘‘(B) consistent with the requirements of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.); and 
‘‘(C) in the form and manner prescribed by 
the Election Assistance Commission. 
‘‘(c) PRIVACY.—No State or jurisdiction may disclose 
the reason for the removal of any voter from the voter 
registration list unless ordered to do so by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of this section on 
and after September 1, 2006.’’.
Subtitle F—Election Day 
Registration and Early Voting 
SEC. 351. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle C of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended 
by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 327. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—Notwithstanding section 
8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6), each State shall permit 
any individual on the day of a Federal election— 
‘‘(A) to register to vote in such election at 
the polling place using the form established by 
the Election Assistance Commission pursuant 
to section 299A; and 
‘‘(B) to cast a vote in such election and 
have that vote counted in the same manner as 
a vote cast by an eligible voter who properly 
registered during the regular registration pe-
riod. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, 
under a State law in effect continuously on and after
the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no 
voter registration requirement for individuals in the 
State with respect to elections for Federal office. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) 
on and after October 1, 2006.’’. 
(b) ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION FORM.—Subtitle 
E of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as 
added by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 299A. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION FORM. 
‘‘The Commission shall develop an election day reg-
istration form for elections for Federal office.’’. 
SEC. 352. EARLY VOTING. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Subtitle C of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amended 
by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 328. EARLY VOTING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall allow individ-
uals to vote in an election for Federal office not less than 
15 days prior to the day scheduled for such election in 
the same manner as voting is allowed on such day.
‘‘(b) MINIMUM EARLY VOTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Each polling place which allows voting prior to the day 
of a Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) allow such voting for no less than 4 hours 
on each day (other than Sunday); and 
‘‘(2) have minimum uniform hours each day for 
which such voting occurs. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION 
TO EARLY VOTING.—A State shall permit individuals to 
register to vote at each polling place which allows voting 
prior to the day of a Federal election pursuant to sub-
section (a) in the same manner as the State is required 
to permit individuals to register to vote and vote on the 
day of the election under section 327. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of this section on 
and after October 1, 2006.’’. 
(b) STANDARDS FOR EARLY VOTING.—Subtitle E of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and amend-
ed by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 299B. STANDARDS FOR EARLY VOTING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall issue 
standards for the administration of voting prior to the day 
scheduled for a Federal election. Such standards shall in-
clude the nondiscriminatory geographic placement of poll-
ing places at which such voting occurs and the public list-
ing of the date, time, and location of polling places no 
earlier than 10 days before the date on which such voting 
begins. 
‘‘(b) DEVIATION.—The standards described in sub-
section (a) shall permit States, upon giving reasonable 
public notice, to deviate from any requirement in the case 
of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or 
a terrorist attack.’’. 
TITLE 
IV—VOTER 
REGISTRA-
TION AND IDENTIFICATION 
SEC. 401. VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 303(b) 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15483(b)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—On and after the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
‘‘(i) in lieu of the questions and state-
ments required under subparagraph (A), 
such mail voter registration form shall in-
clude an affidavit to be signed by the reg-
istrant attesting both to citizenship and 
age; and
‘‘(ii) subparagraph (B) shall not 
apply.’’. 
(b) 
PROCESSING
OF
REGISTRATION
APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and 
amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 329. PROCESSING OF REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, each State and jurisdiction shall accept and 
process a voter registration application for an election for 
Federal office unless there is a material omission or infor-
mation that specifically affects the eligibility of the voter. 
‘‘(b) PRESUMPTION TO REGISTER.—There shall be a 
presumption that persons who submit voter registration 
applications should be registered. 
‘‘(c) PRESUMPTION
TO
CURE
MATERIAL
OMIS-
SION.—Each State and jurisdiction shall— 
‘‘(1) provide a process to permit voters an op-
portunity to cure any material omission within a 
reasonable period of time; and 
‘‘(2) accept any application which is so cured as 
having been filed on the date on which such applica-
tion is originally received.
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State and jurisdiction 
shall be required to comply with the requirements of this 
subsection on and after October 1, 2006.’’. 
(2) MATERIAL OMISSION.—Subtitle E of title II 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added and 
amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 299C. STANDARDS FOR MATERIAL OMISSION FROM 
REGISTRATION FORMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Election Assistance Com-
mission shall establish guidelines as to what does and does 
not constitute a ‘material omission or information that 
specifically affects the eligibility of the voter’ for purposes 
of section 329. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN INFORMATION NOT A MATERIAL OMIS-
SION.—In establishing the guidelines under subsection (a), 
the Commission shall provide that the following shall not 
constitute a ‘material omission or information that specifi-
cally affects the eligibility of the voter’: 
‘‘(1) The failure to provide a social security 
number or driver’s license number. 
‘‘(2) The failure to provide information con-
cerning citizenship or age in a manner other than 
the attestation required under section 9(b)(2) of the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
1973–gg–7).’’. 
(c) INTERNET REGISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title II of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15381), 
as added and amended by this Act, is amended by 
redesignating section 249 as section 250 and by in-
serting after section 248 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 249. STUDY ON INTERNET REGISTRATION AND 
OTHER USES OF THE INTERNET IF FEDERAL 
ELECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Commission shall conduct a study 
on— 
‘‘(1) the feasibility of voter registration through 
the Internet for Federal elections; and 
‘‘(2) other uses of the Internet in Federal elec-
tions, including— 
‘‘(A) the use of the Internet to publicize 
information related Federal elections; and 
‘‘(B) the use of the Internet to vote in 
Federal elections. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Count Every Vote Act of 
2005, the Commission shall transmit to Congress a report