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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6187 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse jurisdictions 
for amounts paid or incurred in preparing, producing, and using contin-
gency paper ballots in the November 7, 2006, Federal general election. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Mr. HOLT 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 reimburse 
jurisdictions for amounts paid or incurred in preparing, 
producing, and using contingency paper ballots in the 
November 7, 2006, Federal general election. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confidence in Voting 
Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that a bipartisan report by former At-
torney General Richard Thornburgh and former Governor 
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Richard Celeste concluded that ‘‘it will be essential this 
year that jurisdictions have backup and contingency plans 
that anticipate a wide range of possible failures in their 
electronic voting systems’’, and that contingency paper 
ballots provide a sufficient backup plan for the failure of 
such systems. 
SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CONTINGENCY PAPER BAL-
LOTS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT.—Part 1 of subtitle D of title 
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 257 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 257A. PAYMENTS FOR CONTINGENCY PAPER BAL-
LOTS FOR THE 2006 GENERAL ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall pay to 
each jurisdiction that conducts a general election on No-
vember 7, 2006, and uses a voting system other than an 
optical scan or other paper ballot voting system in such 
election an amount equal to the documented costs paid 
or incurred by such jurisdiction for the preparation, pro-
duction, and use of contingency paper ballots for such 
election, but not to exceed 75 cents for each contingency 
paper ballot printed by such jurisdiction for such election. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—No payment shall be made 
under subsection (a) unless the jurisdiction— 
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‘‘(1) permits an individual, upon request, to 
cast a vote by means of a contingency paper ballot 
without regard to the means of voting otherwise 
specified in the jurisdiction where such individual 
votes; 
‘‘(2) posts, in a conspicuous manner at the poll-
ing place, a notice stating that contingency paper 
ballots are available at the polling place and that a 
voter may request to use such a ballot at the voter’s 
discretion; and 
‘‘(3) treats each such contingency paper ballot 
cast by a voter as a regular ballot cast in the elec-
tion and counts it accordingly, and does not treat it 
as a provisional ballot under section 302(a), unless 
the ballot is cast by an individual described in such 
section who is permitted to cast a provisional ballot 
in accordance with such section. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNTS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary 
for payments under subsection (a). Any amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization under this sub-
section shall remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended 
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by inserting after the item relating to section 257 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 257A. Payments for contingency paper ballots for the 2006 general elec-
tion.’’. 
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