I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1646 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to implement 
procedures for tracking ballots which are transmitted by mail, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2007 
Mrs. DAVIS of California 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 require 
States to implement procedures for tracking ballots 
which are transmitted by mail, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Mail-In Ballot Track-
ing Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRACKING BALLOTS TRANS-
MITTED BY MAIL. 
(a) REQUIRING
STATES
TO
MEET
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 
304. 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
TRACKING 
BALLOTS 
TRANSMITTED BY MAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) TRACKING
REQUIREMENTS.—Each State 
and jurisdiction which transmits ballots by mail in 
the administration of an election for Federal office 
shall implement such procedures as the State or ju-
risdiction considers appropriate to ensure that the 
ballots may be tracked throughout the administra-
tion of the election, including procedures to ensure 
that— 
‘‘(A) the appropriate election official may 
track the progress of the ballot through the 
mail from the time it is transmitted to the voter 
until it is received by the appropriate election 
official; and 
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‘‘(B) a voter who casts a ballot by mail 
may track the progress of the ballot using the 
Internet, an automated telephone system, and 
such other methods as the State or jurisdiction 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
EVENTS
TO
BE
TRACKED.— 
Under the procedures implemented pursuant to this 
subsection, an individual shall be able to determine 
whether each of the following has occurred with re-
spect to a ballot transmitted by mail: 
‘‘(A) The ballot has been transmitted by 
the appropriate election official. 
‘‘(B) The ballot has been processed by the 
Postal Service, including the determination of 
the date and time of processing and the location 
of the processing facility involved. 
‘‘(C) After the individual has submitted 
the ballot by mail, the ballot has been received 
by the appropriate election official. 
‘‘(D) The appropriate election official has 
made a determination as to whether or not the 
ballot has been validly cast, including whether 
or not the individual has met any applicable 
signature requirements. 
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