Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF CHALLENGES 
TO ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER OR VOTE IN 
FEDERAL ELECTIONS NOT BASED ON GOOD 
CAUSE OR BASED ON RESIDENCE IN PROP-
ERTY 
SUBJECT 
TO 
FORECLOSURE 
PRO-
CEEDINGS OR IN AREA DAMAGED BY HURRI-
CANE OR OTHER MAJOR DISASTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title III of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 303 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 303A. PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF CHALLENGES 
TO ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER OR ELIGI-
BILITY TO VOTE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS NOT 
BASED ON GOOD CAUSE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or local election official 
may not accept a challenge to an individual’s eligibility 
to register to vote in an election for Federal office in a 
jurisdiction or to vote in an election for Federal office in 
a jurisdiction which is not based on good cause. 
‘‘(b) CHALLENGES BASED ON CERTAIN GROUNDS 
NOT CONSIDERED GOOD CAUSE.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), a challenge to an individual’s eligibility to reg-
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ister to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdic-
tion or to vote in an election for Federal office in a juris-
diction is not based on good cause if the challenge is based 
on any of the following grounds: 
‘‘(1) The individual resides in a household in 
the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure pro-
ceedings. 
‘‘(2) The jurisdiction is included in a geo-
graphic area which was adversely affected by a hur-
ricane or other major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170). 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2010 and each subse-
quent election for Federal office.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15511) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 
303A’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 303 the following 
new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 303A. Prohibiting acceptance of challenges to eligibility to register or eli-
gibility to vote in Federal elections not based on good cause.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 263 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3489 
[Report No. 111–457] 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to 
prohibit State election officials from accepting a 
challenge to an individual’s eligibility to register 
to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote 
in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction 
on the grounds that the individual resides in a 
household in the jurisdiction which is subject to 
foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction 
was adversely affected by a hurricane or other 
major disaster, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 25, 2010 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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