section 9(b)(5) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993), the appropriate State or local election 
official, through electronic mail transmitted not later 
than 7 days before the date of the election for Fed-
eral office involved, shall provide the individual with 
information on how to obtain the following informa-
tion by electronic means: 
‘‘(A) The name and address of the polling 
place at which the individual is assigned to vote 
in the election. 
‘‘(B) The hours of operation for the polling 
place. 
‘‘(C) A description of any identification or 
other information the individual may be re-
quired to present at the polling place.’’. 
SEC. 1004. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT REGARDING 
NECESSARY INFORMATION TO SHOW ELIGI-
BILITY TO VOTE. 
Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(j) REQUIREMENT FOR STATE TO REGISTER APPLI-
CANTS PROVIDING NECESSARY INFORMATION TO SHOW 
ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.—For purposes meeting the re-
quirement of subsection (a)(1) that an eligible applicant 
is registered to vote in an election for Federal office within 
the deadlines required under such subsection, the State 
shall consider an applicant to have provided a ‘valid voter 
registration form’ if— 
‘‘(1) the applicant has substantially completed 
the application form and attested to the statement 
required by section 9(b)(2); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an applicant who registers 
to vote online in accordance with section 6A, the ap-
plicant provides a signature in accordance with sub-
section (c) of such section.’’. 
SEC. 1005. PROHIBITING STATE FROM REQUIRING APPLI-
CANTS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN LAST 4 DIG-
ITS OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. 
(a) FORM
INCLUDED
WITH
APPLICATION
FOR 
MOTOR
VEHICLE
DRIVER’S
LICENSE.—Section 
5(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(c)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by strik-
ing the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘, and to the extent that the application requires the appli-
cant to provide a Social Security number, may not require 
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the applicant to provide more than the last 4 digits of such 
number;’’. 
(b) NATIONAL MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.— 
Section 9(b)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20508(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking the semicolon at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and to the extent that the form re-
quires the applicant to provide a Social Security number, 
the form may not require the applicant to provide more 
than the last 4 digits of such number;’’. 
SEC. 1006. REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 
a report on local, State, and Federal personally identifi-
able information data collections efforts, the cyber security 
resources necessary to defend such efforts from online at-
tacks, and the impact of a potential data breach of local, 
State, or Federal online voter registration systems. 
SEC. 1007. PERMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICA-
TION FORM TO SERVE AS APPLICATION FOR 
ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
Section 5(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D); 
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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) at the option of the applicant, shall serve 
as an application to vote by absentee ballot in the 
next election for Federal office held in the State and 
in each subsequent election for Federal office held in 
the State.’’. 
SEC. 1008. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the amendments made by this subtitle (other than the 
amendments made by section 1004) shall take effect Jan-
uary 1, 2022. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Election 
Assistance Commission, if a State certifies to the Election 
Assistance Commission that the State will not meet the 
deadline referred to in subsection (a) because of extraor-
dinary circumstances and includes in the certification the 
reasons for the failure to meet the deadline, subsection 
(a) shall apply to the State as if the reference in such 
subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ were a reference to 
‘‘January 1, 2024’’. 
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Subtitle B—Automatic Voter 
Registration 
SEC. 1101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the right to vote is a fundamental right of 
citizens of the United States; 
(2) it is the responsibility of the State and Fed-
eral Governments to ensure that every eligible cit-
izen is registered to vote; 
(3) existing voter registration systems can be 
inaccurate, costly, inaccessible and confusing, with 
damaging effects on voter participation in elections 
for Federal office and disproportionate impacts on 
young people, persons with disabilities, and racial 
and ethnic minorities; and 
(4) voter registration systems must be updated 
with 21st Century technologies and procedures to 
maintain their security. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this subtitle— 
(1) to establish that it is the responsibility of 
government at every level to ensure that all eligible 
citizens are registered to vote in elections for Fed-
eral office; 
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(2) to enable the State and Federal Govern-
ments to register all eligible citizens to vote with ac-
curate, cost-efficient, and up-to-date procedures; 
(3) to modernize voter registration and list 
maintenance procedures with electronic and internet 
capabilities; and 
(4) to protect and enhance the integrity, accu-
racy, efficiency, and accessibility of the electoral 
process for all eligible citizens. 
SEC. 1102. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI-
VIDUALS. 
(a) REQUIRING STATES TO ESTABLISH AND OPER-
ATE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chief State election offi-
cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys-
tem of automatic registration for the registration of 
eligible individuals to vote for elections for Federal 
office in the State, in accordance with the provisions 
of this part. 
(2) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘automatic reg-
istration’’ means a system that registers an indi-
vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in a 
State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 
information necessary for registration from govern-
ment agencies to election officials of the State so 
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that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 
be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 
in such elections. 
(b) REGISTRATION
OF VOTERS BASED
ON NEW 
AGENCY RECORDS.—The chief State election official 
shall— 
(1) not later than 15 days after a contributing 
agency has transmitted information with respect to 
an individual pursuant to section 1103, ensure that 
the individual is registered to vote in elections for 
Federal office in the State if the individual is eligible 
to be registered to vote in such elections; and 
(2) not later than 120 days after a contributing 
agency has transmitted such information with re-
spect to the individual, send written notice to the in-
dividual, in addition to other means of notice estab-
lished by this subtitle, of the individual’s voter reg-
istration status. 
(c) ONE-TIME REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BASED ON 
EXISTING CONTRIBUTING AGENCY RECORDS.—The chief 
State election official shall— 
(1) identify all individuals whose information is 
transmitted by a contributing agency pursuant to 
section 1104 and who are eligible to be, but are not 
currently, registered to vote in that State; 
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(2) promptly send each such individual written 
notice, in addition to other means of notice estab-
lished by this subtitle, which shall not identify the 
contributing agency that transmitted the informa-
tion but shall include— 
(A) an explanation that voter registration 
is voluntary, but if the individual does not de-
cline registration, the individual will be reg-
istered to vote; 
(B) a statement offering the opportunity to 
decline voter registration through means con-
sistent with the requirements of this subtitle; 
(C) in the case of a State in which affili-
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-
quired in order to participate in an election to 
select the party’s candidate in an election for 
Federal office, a statement offering the indi-
vidual the opportunity to affiliate or enroll with 
a political party or to decline to affiliate or en-
roll with a political party, through means con-
sistent with the requirements of this subtitle; 
(D) the substantive qualifications of an 
elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 
registration application form for elections for 
Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 
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of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 
the consequences of false registration, and a 
statement that the individual should decline to 
register if the individual does not meet all those 
qualifications; 
(E) instructions for correcting any erro-
neous information; 
(F) instructions for providing any addi-
tional information which is listed in the mail 
voter registration application form for elections 
for Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 
9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993; and 
(G) an explanation of what information the 
State and local election officials maintain with 
respect to an individual voter registration status 
for purposes of elections for Federal office in 
the State, how that information is shared or 
sold and with whom, what information is auto-
matically kept confidential, what information is 
needed to access voter information online, and 
what privacy programs are available, such as 
those described in section 1406; 
(3) ensure that each such individual who is eli-
gible to register to vote in elections for Federal of-
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fice in the State is promptly registered to vote not 
later than 45 days after the official sends the indi-
vidual the written notice under paragraph (2), un-
less, during the 30-day period which begins on the 
date the election official sends the individual such 
written notice, the individual declines registration in 
writing, through a communication made over the 
internet, or by an officially logged telephone commu-
nication; and 
(4) send written notice to each such individual, 
in addition to other means of notice established by 
this subtitle, of the individual’s voter registration 
status. 
(d) TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 YEARS 
OF AGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 
as an eligible individual for purposes of this subtitle on 
the grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of 
age at the time a contributing agency receives information 
with respect to the individual, so long as the individual 
is at least 16 years of age at such time. Nothing in the 
previous sentence may be construed to require a State to 
permit an individual who is under 18 years of age at the 
time of an election for Federal office to vote in the elec-
tion. 
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(e) CONTRIBUTING AGENCY DEFINED.—In this sub-
title, the term ‘‘contributing agency’’ means, with respect 
to a State, an agency listed in section 1103(e). 
SEC. 1103. CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE IN REG-
ISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this subtitle, 
each contributing agency in a State shall assist the State’s 
chief election official in registering to vote all eligible indi-
viduals served by that agency. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CONTRIBUTING
AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) INSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA-
TION.—With each application for service or assist-
ance, and with each related recertification, renewal, 
or change of address, or, in the case of an institu-
tion of higher education, with each registration of a 
student for enrollment in a course of study, each 
contributing agency that (in the normal course of its 
operations) requests individuals to affirm United 
States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 
overall application for service or assistance) shall in-
form each such individual who is a citizen of the 
United States of the following: 
(A) Unless that individual declines to reg-
ister to vote, or is found ineligible to vote, the 
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individual will be registered to vote or, if appli-
cable, the individual’s registration will be up-
dated. 
(B) The substantive qualifications of an 
elector in the State as listed in the mail voter 
registration application form for elections for 
Federal office prescribed pursuant to section 9 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 
the consequences of false registration, and the 
individual should decline to register if the indi-
vidual does not meet all those qualifications. 
(C) In the case of a State in which affili-
ation or enrollment with a political party is re-
quired in order to participate in an election to 
select the party’s candidate in an election for 
Federal office, the requirement that the indi-
vidual must affiliate or enroll with a political 
party in order to participate in such an election. 
(D) Voter registration is voluntary, and 
neither registering nor declining to register to 
vote will in any way affect the availability of 
services or benefits, nor be used for other pur-
poses. 
(2) OPPORTUNITY TO DECLINE REGISTRATION 
REQUIRED.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
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section, each contributing agency shall ensure that 
each application for service or assistance, and each 
related recertification, renewal, or change of address 
cannot be completed until the individual is given the 
opportunity to decline to be registered to vote. 
(3) INFORMATION
TRANSMITTAL.—Upon the 
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 
date a contributing agency as described in para-
graph (1) informs an individual of the information 
described in such paragraph, unless the individual 
has declined to be registered to vote or informs the 
agency that they are already registered to vote, each 
contributing agency shall electronically transmit to 
the appropriate State election official, in a format 
compatible with the statewide voter database main-
tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), the following infor-
mation: 
(A) The individual’s given name(s) and 
surname(s). 
(B) The individual’s date of birth. 
(C) The individual’s residential address. 
(D) Information showing that the indi-
vidual is a citizen of the United States. 
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(E) The date on which information per-
taining to that individual was collected or last 
updated. 
(F) If available, the individual’s signature 
in electronic form. 
(G) Except in the case in which the con-
tributing agency is a covered institution of 
higher education, in the case of a State in 
which affiliation or enrollment with a political 
party is required in order to participate in an 
election to select the party’s candidate in an 
election for Federal office, information regard-
ing the individual’s affiliation or enrollment 
with a political party, but only if the individual 
provides such information. 
(H) Any additional information listed in 
the mail voter registration application form for 
elections for Federal office prescribed pursuant 
to section 9 of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993, including any valid driver’s license 
number or the last 4 digits of the individual’s 
social security number, if the individual pro-
vided such information. 
(c) ALTERNATE PROCEDURE
FOR CERTAIN CON-
TRIBUTING AGENCIES.—With each application for service 
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or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-
newal, or change of address, any contributing agency that 
in the normal course of its operations does not request 
individuals applying for service or assistance to affirm 
United States citizenship (either directly or as part of the 
overall application for service or assistance) shall— 
(1) complete the requirements of section 7(a)(6) 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 
U.S.C. 20506(a)(6)); 
(2) ensure that each applicant’s transaction 
with the agency cannot be completed until the appli-
cant has indicated whether the applicant wishes to 
register to vote or declines to register to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office held in the State; and 
(3) for each individual who wishes to register to 
vote, transmit that individual’s information in ac-
cordance with subsection (b)(3). 
(d) REQUIRED AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATIC REG-
ISTRATION OPPORTUNITY WITH EACH APPLICATION FOR 
SERVICE
OR ASSISTANCE.—Each contributing agency 
shall offer each individual, with each application for serv-
ice or assistance, and with each related recertification, re-
newal, or change of address, or in the case of an institu-
tion of higher education, with each registration of a stu-
dent for enrollment in a course of study, the opportunity 
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to register to vote as prescribed by this section without 
regard to whether the individual previously declined a reg-
istration opportunity. 
(e) CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES.— 
(1) STATE AGENCIES.—In each State, each of 
the following agencies shall be treated as a contrib-
uting agency: 
(A) Each agency in a State that is re-
quired by Federal law to provide voter registra-
tion services, including the State motor vehicle 
authority and other voter registration agencies 
under the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993. 
(B) Each agency in a State that admin-
isters a program pursuant to title III of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.), title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
et seq.), or the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (Public Law 111–148). 
(C) Each State agency primarily respon-
sible for regulating the private possession of 
firearms. 
(D) Each State agency primarily respon-
sible for maintaining identifying information for 
students enrolled at public secondary schools, 
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including, where applicable, the State agency 
responsible for maintaining the education data 
system described in section 6201(e)(2) of the 
America 
COMPETES 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
9871(e)(2)). 
(E) In the case of a State in which an in-
dividual disenfranchised by a criminal convic-
tion may become eligible to vote upon comple-
tion of a criminal sentence or any part thereof, 
or upon formal restoration of rights, the State 
agency responsible for administering that sen-
tence, or part thereof, or that restoration of 
rights. 
(F) Any other agency of the State which is 
designated by the State as a contributing agen-
cy. 
(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—In each State, each 
of the following agencies of the Federal Government 
shall be treated as a contributing agency with re-
spect to individuals who are residents of that State 
(except as provided in subparagraph (C)): 
(A) The Social Security Administration, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, the De-
fense Manpower Data Center of the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Employee and Training 
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Administration of the Department of Labor, 
and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Serv-
ices of the Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(B) The Bureau of Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services, but only with respect to indi-
viduals who have completed the naturalization 
process. 
(C) In the case of an individual who is a 
resident of a State in which an individual 
disenfranchised by a criminal conviction under 
Federal law may become eligible to vote upon 
completion of a criminal sentence or any part 
thereof, or upon formal restoration of rights, 
the Federal agency responsible for admin-
istering that sentence or part thereof (without 
regard to whether the agency is located in the 
same State in which the individual is a resi-
dent), but only with respect to individuals who 
have completed the criminal sentence or any 
part thereof. 
(D) Any other agency of the Federal Gov-
ernment which the State designates as a con-
tributing agency, but only if the State and the 
head of the agency determine that the agency 
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collects information sufficient to carry out the 
responsibilities of a contributing agency under 
this section. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 
prior to the date of each election for Federal office 
held in the State, the chief State election official 
shall publish on the public website of the official an 
updated list of all contributing agencies in that 
State. 
(4) PUBLIC EDUCATION.—The chief State elec-
tion official of each State, in collaboration with each 
contributing agency, shall take appropriate measures 
to educate the public about voter registration under 
this section. 
(f) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered institution of 
higher education shall be treated as a contributing 
agency in the State in which the institution is lo-
cated with respect to in-State students. 
(2) PROCEDURES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 444 of the General Education Provisions 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 
Act of 1974’’) or any other provision of law, 
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each covered institution of higher education 
shall comply with the requirements of sub-
section (b) with respect to each in-State stu-
dent. 
(B) RULES
FOR
COMPLIANCE.—In com-
plying with the requirements described in sub-
paragraph (A), the institution— 
(i) may use information provided in 
the Free Application for Federal Student 
Aid described in section 483 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090) 
to collect information described in para-
graph (3) of such subsection for purposes 
of transmitting such information to the ap-
propriate State election official pursuant to 
such paragraph; and 
(ii) shall not be required to prevent or 
delay students from enrolling in a course 
of study or otherwise impede the comple-
tion of the enrollment process; and (iii) 
shall not withhold, delay, or impede the 
provision of Federal financial aid provided 
under title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965. 
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(C) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this sub-
title may be construed to require an institution 
of higher education to request each student to 
affirm whether or not the student is a United 
States citizen or otherwise collect information 
with respect to citizenship. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) COVERED
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
institution of higher education’’ means an insti-
tution of higher education that— 
(i) has a program participation agree-
ment in effect with the Secretary of Edu-
cation under section 487 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094); 
(ii) in its normal course of operations, 
requests each in-State student enrolling in 
the institution to affirm whether or not the 
student is a United States citizen; and 
(iii) is located in a State to which sec-
tion 4(b)(1) of the National Voter Reg-
istration 
Act 
of 
1993 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20503(b)(1)) does not apply. 
(B) IN-STATE STUDENT.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘in-State student’’— 
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(i) means a student enrolled in a cov-
ered institution of higher education who, 
for purposes related to in-State tuition, fi-
nancial aid eligibility, or other similar pur-
poses, resides in the State; and 
(ii) includes a student described in 
clause (i) who is enrolled in a program of 
distance education, as defined in section 
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1003). 
SEC. 1104. ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTING AGENCY ASSISTANCE 
IN REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN 
EXISTING RECORDS. 
(a) INITIAL TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION.—For 
each individual already listed in a contributing agency’s 
records as of the date of enactment of this Act, and for 
whom the agency has the information listed in section 
1103(b)(3), the agency shall promptly transmit that infor-
mation to the appropriate State election official in accord-
ance with section 1103(b)(3) not later than the effective 
date described in section 1111(a). 
(b) TRANSITION.—For each individual listed in a con-
tributing agency’s records as of the effective date de-
scribed in section 1111(a) (but who was not listed in a 
contributing agency’s records as of the date of enactment 
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of this Act), and for whom the agency has the information 
listed in section 1103(b)(3), the Agency shall promptly 
transmit that information to the appropriate State election 
official in accordance with section 1103(b)(3) not later 
than 6 months after the effective date described in section 
1111(a). 
SEC. 1105. VOTER PROTECTION AND SECURITY IN AUTO-
MATIC REGISTRATION. 
(a) PROTECTIONS FOR ERRORS IN REGISTRATION.— 
An individual shall not be prosecuted under any Federal 
or State law, adversely affected in any civil adjudication 
concerning immigration status or naturalization, or sub-
ject to an allegation in any legal proceeding that the indi-
vidual is not a citizen of the United States on any of the 
following grounds: 
(1) The individual notified an election office of 
the individual’s automatic registration to vote under 
this part. 
(2) The individual is not eligible to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office but was automatically reg-
istered to vote under this part. 
(3) The individual was automatically registered 
to vote under this subtitle at an incorrect address. 
(4) The individual declined the opportunity to 
register to vote or did not make an affirmation of 
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citizenship, including through automatic registration, 
under this part. 
(b) LIMITS
ON USE
OF AUTOMATIC REGISTRA-
TION.—The automatic registration of any individual or the 
fact that an individual declined the opportunity to register 
to vote or did not make an affirmation of citizenship (in-
cluding through automatic registration) under this subtitle 
may not be used as evidence against that individual in any 
State or Federal law enforcement proceeding, and an indi-
vidual’s lack of knowledge or willfulness of such registra-
tion may be demonstrated by the individual’s testimony 
alone. 
(c) PROTECTION OF ELECTION INTEGRITY.—Noth-
ing in subsections (a) or (b) may be construed to prohibit 
or restrict any action under color of law against an indi-
vidual who— 
(1) knowingly and willfully makes a false state-
ment to effectuate or perpetuate automatic voter 
registration by any individual; or 
(2) casts a ballot knowingly and willfully in vio-
lation of State law or the laws of the United States. 
(d) CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES’ PROTECTION OF IN-
FORMATION.—Nothing in this subtitle authorizes a con-
tributing agency to collect, retain, transmit, or publicly 
disclose any of the following: 
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(1) An individual’s decision to decline to reg-
ister to vote or not to register to vote. 
(2) An individual’s decision not to affirm his or 
her citizenship. 
(3) Any information that a contributing agency 
transmits pursuant to section 1103(b)(3), except in 
pursuing the agency’s ordinary course of business. 
(e) ELECTION OFFICIALS’ PROTECTION OF INFOR-
MATION.— 
(1) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), with respect to any individual for 
whom any State election official receives infor-
mation from a contributing agency, the State 
election officials shall not publicly disclose any 
of the following: 
(i) The identity of the contributing 
agency. 
(ii) Any information not necessary to 
voter registration. 
(iii) Any voter information otherwise 
shielded from disclosure under State law or 
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-
istration 
Act 
of 
1993 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20507(a)). 
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(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-
cial security number. 
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 
(vi) The individual’s signature. 
(vii) The individual’s telephone num-
ber. 
(viii) The individual’s email address. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS REG-
ISTERED TO VOTE.—With respect to any indi-
vidual for whom any State election official re-
ceives information from a contributing agency 
and who, on the basis of such information, is 
registered to vote in the State under this sub-
title, the State election officials shall not pub-
licly disclose any of the following: 
(i) The identity of the contributing 
agency. 
(ii) Any information not necessary to 
voter registration. 
(iii) Any voter information otherwise 
shielded from disclosure under State law or 
section 8(a) of the National Voter Reg-
istration 
Act 
of 
1993 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20507(a)). 
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(iv) Any portion of the individual’s so-
cial security number. 
(v) Any portion of the individual’s 
motor vehicle driver’s license number. 
(vi) The individual’s signature. 
(2) VOTER
RECORD
CHANGES.—Each State 
shall maintain for at least 2 years and shall make 
available for public inspection (and, where available, 
photocopying at a reasonable cost), including in elec-
tronic form and through electronic methods, all 
records of changes to voter records, including remov-
als, the reasons for removals, and updates. 
(3) DATABASE
MANAGEMENT
STANDARDS.— 
The Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology shall, after providing the public with 
notice and the opportunity to comment— 
(A) establish standards governing the com-
parison of data for voter registration list main-
tenance purposes, identifying as part of such 
standards the specific data elements, the 
matching rules used, and how a State may use 
the data to determine and deem that an indi-
vidual is ineligible under State law to vote in an 
election, or to deem a record to be a duplicate 
or outdated; 
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(B) ensure that the standards developed 
pursuant to this paragraph are uniform and 
nondiscriminatory and are applied in a uniform 
and nondiscriminatory manner; and 
(C) not later than 45 days after the dead-
line for public notice and comment, publish the 
standards developed pursuant to this paragraph 
on the Director’s website and make those 
standards available in written form upon re-
quest. 
(4) SECURITY
POLICY.—The Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology 
shall, after providing the public with notice and the 
opportunity to comment, publish privacy and secu-
rity standards for voter registration information not 
later than 45 days after the deadline for public no-
tice and comment. The standards shall require the 
chief State election official of each State to adopt a 
policy that shall specify— 
(A) each class of users who shall have au-
thorized access to the computerized statewide 
voter registration list, specifying for each class 
the permission and levels of access to be grant-
ed, and setting forth other safeguards to pro-
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tect the privacy, security, and accuracy of the 
information on the list; and 
(B) security safeguards to protect personal 
information transmitted through the informa-
tion transmittal processes of section 1103 or 
section 1104, the online system used pursuant 
to section 1107, any telephone interface, the 
maintenance of the voter registration database, 
and any audit procedure to track access to the 
system. 
(5) 
STATE
COMPLIANCE
WITH
NATIONAL 
STANDARDS.— 
(A) CERTIFICATION.—The chief executive 
officer of the State shall annually file with the 
Election Assistance Commission a statement 
certifying to the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology that the 
State is in compliance with the standards re-
ferred to in paragraphs (3) and (4). A State 
may meet the requirement of the previous sen-
tence by filing with the Commission a statement 
which reads as follows: ‘‘lllll hereby 
certifies that it is in compliance with the stand-
ards referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 
section 1105(e) of the Voter Empowerment Act 
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of 2021.’’ (with the blank to be filled in with 
the name of the State involved). 
(B) PUBLICATION OF POLICIES AND PRO-
CEDURES.—The chief State election official of a 
State shall publish on the official’s website the 
policies and procedures established under this 
section, and shall make those policies and pro-
cedures available in written form upon public 
request. 
(C) FUNDING
DEPENDENT
ON
CERTIFI-
CATION.—If a State does not timely file the cer-
tification required under this paragraph, it shall 
not receive any payment under this subtitle for 
the upcoming fiscal year. 
(D) COMPLIANCE
OF
STATES
THAT
RE-
QUIRE CHANGES TO STATE LAW.—In the case 
of a State that requires State legislation to 
carry out an activity covered by any certifi-
cation submitted under this paragraph, for a 
period of not more than 2 years the State shall 
be permitted to make the certification notwith-
standing that the legislation has not been en-
acted at the time the certification is submitted, 
and such State shall submit an additional cer-
tification once such legislation is enacted. 
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(f) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF INFORMATION.—No 
person acting under color of law may discriminate against 
any individual based on, or use for any purpose other than 
voter registration, election administration, or enforcement 
relating to election crimes, any of the following: 
(1) Voter registration records. 
(2) An individual’s declination to register to 
vote or complete an affirmation of citizenship under 
section 1103(b). 
(3) An individual’s voter registration status. 
(g) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRA-
TION INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.—In-
formation collected under this subtitle shall not be used 
for commercial purposes. Nothing in this subsection may 
be construed to prohibit the transmission, exchange, or 
dissemination of information for political purposes, includ-
ing the support of campaigns for election for Federal, 
State, or local public office or the activities of political 
committees (including committees of political parties) 
under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 
SEC. 1106. REGISTRATION PORTABILITY AND CORRECTION. 
(a) CORRECTING REGISTRATION INFORMATION AT 
POLLING PLACE.—Notwithstanding section 302(a) of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(a)), if 
an individual is registered to vote in elections for Federal 
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office held in a State, the appropriate election official at 
the polling place for any such election (including a location 
used as a polling place on a date other than the date of 
the election) shall permit the individual to— 
(1) update the individual’s address for purposes 
of the records of the election official; 
(2) correct any incorrect information relating to 
the individual, including the individual’s name and 
political party affiliation, in the records of the elec-
tion official; and 
(3) cast a ballot in the election on the basis of 
the updated address or corrected information, and to 
have the ballot treated as a regular ballot and not 
as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 
Act. 
(b) UPDATES TO COMPUTERIZED STATEWIDE VOTER 
REGISTRATION LISTS.—If an election official at the poll-
ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor-
mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi-
cial shall ensure that the address or information is 
promptly entered into the computerized statewide voter 
registration 
list 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 
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SEC. 1107. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis-
sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 
State in implementing the requirements of this subtitle 
(or, in the case of an exempt State, in implementing its 
existing automatic voter registration program). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 
to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 
to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 
Commission may require, an application containing— 
(1) a description of the activities the State will 
carry out with the grant; 
(2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 
such activities without partisan bias and without 
promoting any particular point of view regarding 
any issue; and 
(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis-
sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 
eligible State under this section. In determining the 
amounts of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 
to providing funds for those activities which are most like-
ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 
subtitle (or, in the case of an exempt State, which are 
most likely to enhance the ability of the State to automati-
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cally register individuals to vote through its existing auto-
matic voter registration program), including— 
(1) investments supporting electronic informa-
tion transfer, including electronic collection and 
transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 
and the appropriate State election officials; 
(2) updates to online or electronic voter reg-
istration systems already operating as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(3) introduction of online voter registration sys-
tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 
previously exist; and 
(4) public education on the availability of new 
methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 
and correcting registration. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
(B) such sums as may be necessary for 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
(2) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.— 
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 
of this subsection shall remain available without fis-
cal year limitation until expended. 
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SEC. 1108. TREATMENT OF EXEMPT STATES. 
(a) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), this subtitle does not apply with 
respect to an exempt State. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The following provisions of this 
subtitle apply with respect to an exempt State: 
(1) Section 1106 (relating to registration port-
ability and correction). 
(2) Section 1107 (relating to payments and 
grants). 
(3) Section 1109(e) (relating to enforcement). 
(4) Section 1109(f) (relating to relation to 
other laws). 
SEC. 1109. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) ACCESSIBILITY OF REGISTRATION SERVICES.— 
Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 
it provides under this subtitle are made available to indi-
viduals with disabilities to the same extent as services are 
made available to all other individuals. 
(b) TRANSMISSION THROUGH SECURE THIRD PARTY 
PERMITTED.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed 
to prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 
third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 
transmittal requirements of this subtitle, so long as the 
data transmittal complies with the applicable requirements 
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of this subtitle, including the privacy and security provi-
sions of section 1105. 
(c) NONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION 
OF SERVICES.—The services made available by contrib-
uting agencies under this subtitle and by the State under 
sections 1105 and 1106 shall be made in a manner con-
sistent with paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20506(a)). 
(d) NOTICES.—Each State may send notices under 
this subtitle via electronic mail if the individual has pro-
vided an electronic mail address and consented to elec-
tronic mail communications for election-related materials. 
All notices sent pursuant to this subtitle that require a 
response must offer the individual notified the opportunity 
to respond at no cost to the individual. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat-
ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 
rights of action, shall apply with respect to this subtitle 
in the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 
(f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Except as pro-
vided, nothing in this subtitle may be construed to author-
ize or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, 
restrict, or limit the application of any of the following: 
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(1) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10301 et seq.). 
(2) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-
sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 
(3) The National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 
(4) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 
SEC. 1110. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 
means, with respect to a State, the individual des-
ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 
State’s responsibilities under such Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 
Assistance Commission. 
(3) The term ‘‘exempt State’’ means a State 
which, under law which is in effect continuously on 
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, op-
erates an automatic voter registration program 
under which an individual is automatically registered 
to vote in elections for Federal office in the State if 
the individual provides the motor vehicle authority of 
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the State (or, in the case of a State in which an in-
dividual is automatically registered to vote at the 
time the individual applies for benefits or services 
with a Permanent Dividend Fund of the State, pro-
vides the appropriate official of such Fund) with 
such identifying information as the State may re-
quire. 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 1111. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this subtitle and the amendments made by this sub-
title shall apply with respect to a State beginning January 
1, 2023. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com-
mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 
State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 
(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 
in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 
deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 
reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2023’’ were 
a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2025’’. 
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official as a result of the forms transmitted to the 
official by such motor vehicle authorities and voter 
registration agencies (as described in paragraph 
(3)), broken down by each such authority and agen-
cy and the type of form transmitted. 
(6) The number of individuals who requested 
the chief State election official to revise voter reg-
istration information on such list, and the number of 
individuals whose information was revised as a result 
of such a request. 
(7) The number of individuals who were purged 
from the official voter registration list or moved to 
inactive status, broken down by the reason for those 
actions, including the method used for identifying 
those voters. 
(b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION.—In preparing 
the report under this section, the State shall, for each cat-
egory of information described in subsection (a), include 
a breakdown by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the 
individuals whose information is included in the category, 
to the extent that information on the race, ethnicity, age, 
and gender of such individuals is available to the State. 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION.—In pre-
paring and submitting a report under this section, the 
chief State election official shall ensure that no informa-
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tion regarding the identification of any individual is re-
vealed. 
(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, a ‘‘State’’ in-
cludes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, but does not include any 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 reg-
istration requirement for individuals in the State with re-
spect to elections for Federal office. 
SEC. 1402. ENSURING PRE-ELECTION REGISTRATION DEAD-
LINES ARE CONSISTENT WITH TIMING OF 
LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(1) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘30 days’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘28 days’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections held 
in 2022 or any succeeding year. 
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116 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
2004 of the Revised Statutes (52 U.S.C. 10101(c)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Whenever any person’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any person’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) CIVIL ACTION.—Any person aggrieved by a 
violation of subsection (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4) may 
institute a civil action for preventive relief, including 
an application in a United States district court for 
a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining 
order, or other order. In any such action, the court, 
in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party a 
reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2004 
of the Revised Statutes (52 U.S.C. 10101) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 
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