‘‘(ii) be suitable for a manual audit 
equivalent to that of any paper ballot vot-
ing system; 
‘‘(iii) be the official ballot for use in 
any recount or audit conducted with re-
spect to any Federal election in which the 
system is used; and 
‘‘(iv) in the event of an inconsistency 
between an electronic vote tally and the 
vote tally determined by a hand count of 
the individual voter-verified paper records, 
be considered the true and correct record 
of the votes cast, except as provided in 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO COM-
PROMISED PAPER RECORDS.—In the event of 
an inconsistency between an electronic vote tally 
and the vote tally determined by a hand count 
of the individual voter-verified paper records, 
the paper records shall be presumed to be au-
thoritative in determining the official count for 
the election, unless it is demonstrated by clear 
and convincing evidence, that the set of paper 
ballots associated with a particular machine has 
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been compromised (by damage or mischief or 
otherwise).’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
301(a)(1)(A)(ii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
15481(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and 
before the paper ballot is preserved under paragraph 
(2)’’ before the semicolon at the end. 
(b) VOTER-VERIFICATION OF RESULTS FOR INDIVID-
UALS WITH DISABILITIES
AND LANGUAGE MINORITY 
VOTERS.—Section 301(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
15481(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) ACCESSIBILITY
FOR
INDIVIDUALS
WITH 
DISABILITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The voting system 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be accessible for individuals with 
disabilities, including nonvisual accessi-
bility for the blind and visually impaired, 
in a manner that provides the same oppor-
tunity for access, participation (including 
privacy and independence), inspection, and 
verification as for other voters; 
‘‘(ii) satisfy the requirement of clause 
(i) through the use of at least one voting 
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system equipped for individuals with dis-
abilities at each polling place; and 
‘‘(iii) if purchased with funds made 
available under title II on or after January 
1, 2007, meet the voting system standards 
for disability access (as outlined in this 
paragraph). 
‘‘(B) VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Any 
voting system described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
shall produce, or require the use of, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2)(A), an individual 
voter-verified paper record that— 
‘‘(i) is produced using a mechanism 
that separates the function of vote genera-
tion from the function of vote casting; 
‘‘(ii) shall be available for visual, en-
hanced visual, and audio verification by the 
voter, with language translation available 
for all forms of inspection and verification 
in accordance with the requirements of sec-
tion 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 1973aa–1); and 
‘‘(iii) shall not preclude the supple-
mentary use of Braille or tactile ballots for 
those voters who need them. 
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‘‘(4) 
ALTERNATIVE
LANGUAGE
ACCESSI-
BILITY.—Any voting system and paper ballot shall 
provide alternative language accessibility in a man-
ner that provides the same opportunity for access, 
participation (including privacy and independence) 
inspection and verification as for other voters, and 
shall be subject to the requirements of section 203 
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the extent such 
section is applicable to the State or jurisdiction in 
which such record is produced.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL VOTING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 301(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(7) INSTRUCTION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.— 
Each State shall ensure that election officials are in-
structed on the right of any individual who requires 
assistance to vote by reason of blindness, other dis-
ability, or inability to read or write to be given as-
sistance by a person chosen by that individual under 
section 208 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
‘‘(8) BALLOT CHAIN OF CUSTODY.—The appro-
priate State election official shall develop and imple-
ment, according to guidelines established by the 
Commission, procedures to monitor and document 
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the chain of custody for election ballots, voter- 
verified paper records, software, hardware and vote 
storage media before, during, and after an election 
for Federal office. 
‘‘(9) PROHIBITION OF USE OF UNDISCLOSED 
SOFTWARE IN VOTING SYSTEMS.—No voting system 
shall at any time contain or use any software not 
disclosed to the State during the certification proc-
ess. The appropriate election official shall disclose to 
the Commission all system documentation, and (in 
electronic form) the source code, object code, and 
executable representation of software and firmware 
(including ballot programming files) of any voting 
system, and the Commission shall make that source 
code, object code, and executable representation 
available for inspection promptly upon request to 
any citizen, except that the system documentation, 
source code, object code and executable representa-
tion of unmodified commercial off-the-shelf software 
shall be disclosed only under confidentiality agree-
ment to persons authorized by the State. 
‘‘(10) PROHIBITION
OF
COMMUNICATION
DE-
VICES OR CONNECTION TO INTERNET.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION.—No component of any 
voting device upon which votes are cast or any 
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