1000 
or other information is not for voter registra-
tion purposes. 
(b) REVISION OF STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED LIST 
TO REFLECT REVISED INFORMATION.—Section 303(a) of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)), 
as amended by section 102(a), is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) REVISION OF LIST TO REFLECT INFORMA-
TION RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATE OFFICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State motor vehi-
cle authority (pursuant to section 5(d) of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993) a 
voter registration agency (designated under sec-
tion 7 of such Act), or a source agency (des-
ignated under section 8111 of the Voter Reg-
istration Modernization Act of 2018) transmits 
to the chief State election official a change of 
address form or any other information indi-
cating that identifying information with respect 
to an individual has been changed, the appro-
priate State or local election official shall— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the individual 
appears on the computerized list estab-
lished under this section; and 
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‘‘(v) A statement (in larger font size 
than the other statements on the notice) 
that it is illegal for an individual who does 
not meet the eligibility requirements for 
registered voters in the State to vote in an 
election in the State. 
‘‘(vi) A statement that the voter may 
terminate the voter’s status as a registered 
voter in the State, or request a change in 
the voter’s voter registration information, 
at any time by contacting the appropriate 
State or local election official, together 
with contact information for such official 
(including any website through which the 
voter may contact the official or obtain in-
formation on voter registration in the 
State). 
‘‘(C) USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL.—If an 
election official has an electronic mail address 
for any voter to whom the official is required to 
send a written notice under this paragraph, the 
official may meet the requirements of this para-
graph by sending the notice to the voter in elec-
tronic form at that address, but only if prior to 
sending the notice, the official sends a test elec-
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tronic mail to the voter at that address and re-
ceives confirmation that the address is current 
and valid.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
during 2020 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 8114. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) CHIEF STATE ELECTION OFFICIAL.—In this 
part, the ‘‘chief State election official’’ means, with respect 
to a State, the individual designated by the State under 
section 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(52 U.S.C. 20509) to be responsible for coordination of 
the State’s responsibilities under such Act. 
(b) STATE.—In this part, a ‘‘State’’ includes the Dis-
trict 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 registration re-
quirement for individuals in the State with respect to elec-
tions for Federal office. 
SEC. 8115. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This part and the amendments made by this part 
shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general 
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election for Federal office held in November 2020 and 
each succeeding election for Federal office. 
PART 3—OTHER INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE 
VOTER REGISTRATION 
SEC. 8121. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 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. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—Notwithstanding section 
8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(1)(D)), each State shall 
permit any eligible individual on the day of a Fed-
eral election and on any day when voting, including 
early voting, is permitted for a Federal election— 
‘‘(A) to register to vote in such election at 
the polling place using a form that meets the 
requirements under section 9(b) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (or, if the indi-
vidual is already registered to vote, to revise 
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any of the individual’s voter registration infor-
mation); and 
‘‘(B) to cast a vote in such election. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, 
under a State law in effect continuously on and after 
the date of the enactment of this section, there is no 
voter registration requirement for individuals in the 
State with respect to elections for Federal office. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means, with respect 
to any election for Federal office, an individual who is oth-
erwise qualified to vote in that election. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) 
for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal of-
fice occurring in November 2020 and for any subsequent 
election for Federal office.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, and 303’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Same day registration.’’. 
SEC. 8122. ACCEPTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLI-
CATIONS 
FROM 
INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER 
YEARS OF AGE. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 8 of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507), as amended by section 8104, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k) ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FROM INDIVID-
UALS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may not refuse to 
accept or process an individual’s application to reg-
ister to vote in elections for Federal office on the 
grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age 
at the time the individual submits the application, so 
long as the individual is at least 16 years of age at 
such time. 
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‘‘(2) NO EFFECT ON STATE VOTING AGE RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) may be 
construed to require a State to permit an individual 
who is under 18 years of age at the time of an elec-
tion for Federal office to vote in the election.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring on or after January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 8123. ANNUAL REPORTS ON VOTER REGISTRATION 
STATISTICS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of each year, each State shall submit to the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission and Congress a report con-
taining the following categories of information for the 
year: 
(1) The number of individuals who were reg-
istered under section 8111. 
(2) The number of voter registration applica-
tion forms completed by individuals that were trans-
mitted by motor vehicle authorities in the State 
(pursuant to section 5(d) of the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993) and voter registration agen-
cies in the State (as designated under section 7 of 
such Act) to the chief State election official of the 
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(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. 
(b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE OF IN-
DIVIDUALS.—In preparing the report under this section, 
the State shall, for each category of information described 
in subsection (a), include a breakdown by race of the indi-
viduals whose information is included in the category, to 
the extent that information on the race 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-
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 
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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. 
PART 4—AVAILABILITY OF HAVA REQUIREMENTS 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 8131. AVAILABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS 
UNDER HAVA TO COVER COSTS OF COMPLI-
ANCE WITH NEW REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(2) and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2), (3), and (4)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN
VOTER
REGISTRATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—A State may use a requirements payment to 
carry out any of the requirements of the Voter Reg-
istration Modernization Act of 2018, including the 
requirements of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 which are imposed pursuant to the amend-
ments made to such Act by the Voter Registration 
Modernization Act of 2018.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 254(a)(1) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21004(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
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ing 
‘‘section 
251(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
251(b)(2)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
PART 5—PROHIBITING INTERFERENCE WITH 
VOTER REGISTRATION 
SEC. 8141. PROHIBITING HINDERING, INTERFERING WITH, 
OR PREVENTING VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 612. Hindering, interfering with, or preventing 
registering to vote 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, to 
corruptly hinder, interfere with, or prevent another person 
from registering to vote or aiding another person in reg-
istering to vote in any election for Federal office. 
‘‘(b) ATTEMPT.—Any person who attempts to commit 
any offense described in subsection (a) shall be subject to 
the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense that 
the person attempted to commit. 
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‘‘(c) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(d) ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘election for Federal 
office’ means a general, special, primary, or runoff election 
held to nominate or elect a candidate for the office of 
President or Vice President, presidential elector, or of 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘612. Hindering, interfering with, or preventing registering to vote.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
no person may be found to have violated section 612 of 
title 18, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), 
on the basis of any act occurring prior to the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8142. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assist-
ance Commission shall develop and publish recommenda-
tions for best practices for States to use to deter and pre-
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vent violations of section 612 of title 18, United States 
Code (as added by section 8141), and section 12 of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20511) (relating to the unlawful interference with reg-
istering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register to vote 
or vote), including practices to provide for the posting of 
relevant information at polling places and voter registra-
tion agencies under such Act, the training of poll workers 
and election officials, and relevant educational materials. 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ includes 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands. 
(b) INCLUSION IN VOTER INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 302(b)(2) of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) information relating to the prohibi-
tions of section 612 of title 18, United States 
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Code, and section 12 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) 
(relating to the unlawful interference with reg-
istering to vote, or voting, or attempting to reg-
ister to vote or vote), including information on 
how individuals may report allegations of viola-
tions of such prohibitions.’’. 
Subtitle C—Access to Voting for 
Individuals With Disabilities 
SEC. 8201. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES TO PROMOTE AC-
CESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTING 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Subtitle A of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), 
as amended by section 8121, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 
sections 306 and 307; and 
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 305. ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTING 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
‘‘(a) TREATMENT
OF
APPLICATIONS
AND
BAL-
LOTS.—Each State shall— 
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‘‘(1) permit individuals with disabilities to use 
absentee registration procedures and to vote by ab-
sentee ballot in elections for Federal office; 
‘‘(2) accept and process, with respect to any 
election for Federal office, any otherwise valid voter 
registration application and absentee ballot applica-
tion from an individual with a disability if the appli-
cation is received by the appropriate State election 
official not less than 30 days before the election; 
‘‘(3) in addition to any other method of reg-
istering to vote or applying for an absentee ballot in 
the State, establish procedures— 
‘‘(A) for individuals with disabilities to re-
quest by mail and electronically voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions with respect to elections for Federal office 
in accordance with subsection (c); 
‘‘(B) for States to send by mail and elec-
tronically (in accordance with the preferred 
method of transmission designated by the indi-
vidual under subparagraph (C)) voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions requested under subparagraph (A) in ac-
cordance with subsection (c); and 
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‘‘(C) by which such an individual can des-
ignate whether the individual prefers that such 
voter registration application or absentee ballot 
application be transmitted by mail or electroni-
cally; 
‘‘(4) in addition to any other method of trans-
mitting blank absentee ballots in the State, establish 
procedures for transmitting by mail and electroni-
cally blank absentee ballots to individuals with dis-
abilities with respect to elections for Federal office 
in accordance with subsection (d); 
‘‘(5) transmit a validly requested absentee bal-
lot to an individual with a disability— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subsection (e), 
in the case in which the request is received at 
least 45 days before an election for Federal of-
fice, not later than 45 days before the election; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case in which the request is re-
ceived less than 45 days before an election for 
Federal office— 
‘‘(i) in accordance with State law; and 
‘‘(ii) if practicable and as determined 
appropriate by the State, in a manner that 
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expedites the transmission of such absen-
tee ballot; and 
‘‘(6) if the State declares or otherwise holds a 
runoff election for Federal office, establish a written 
plan that provides absentee ballots are made avail-
able to individuals with disabilities in a manner that 
gives them sufficient time to vote in the runoff elec-
tion. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF SINGLE STATE OFFICE TO 
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION AND ABSEN-
TEE BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR ALL DISABLED VOTERS 
IN STATE.—Each State shall designate a single office 
which shall be responsible for providing information re-
garding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot 
procedures to be used by individuals with disabilities with 
respect to elections for Federal office to all individuals 
with disabilities who wish to register to vote or vote in 
any jurisdiction in the State. 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF MEANS OF ELECTRONIC COM-
MUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO 
REQUEST AND FOR STATES TO SEND VOTER REGISTRA-
TION APPLICATIONS AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICA-
TIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATED TO VOTING 
INFORMATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall, in addi-
tion to the designation of a single State office under 
subsection (b), designate not less than 1 means of 
electronic communication— 
‘‘(A) for use by individuals with disabilities 
who wish to register to vote or vote in any ju-
risdiction in the State to request voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions under subsection (a)(3); 
‘‘(B) for use by States to send voter reg-
istration applications and absentee ballot appli-
cations requested under such subsection; and 
‘‘(C) for the purpose of providing related 
voting, balloting, and election information to in-
dividuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(2) CLARIFICATION REGARDING PROVISION OF 
MULTIPLE
MEANS
OF
ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICA-
TION.—A State may, in addition to the means of 
electronic communication so designated, provide 
multiple means of electronic communication to indi-
viduals with disabilities, including a means of elec-
tronic communication for the appropriate jurisdic-
tion of the State. 
‘‘(3) INCLUSION
OF
DESIGNATED
MEANS
OF 
ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION
WITH
INFORMA-
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TIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT AC-
COMPANY BALLOTING MATERIALS.—Each State shall 
include a means of electronic communication so des-
ignated with all informational and instructional ma-
terials that accompany balloting materials sent by 
the State to individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(4) TRANSMISSION IF NO PREFERENCE INDI-
CATED.—In the case where an individual with a dis-
ability does not designate a preference under sub-
section (a)(3)(C), the State shall transmit the voter 
registration application or absentee ballot application 
by any delivery method allowable in accordance with 
applicable State law, or if there is no applicable 
State law, by mail. 
‘‘(d) TRANSMISSION OF BLANK ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
BY MAIL AND ELECTRONICALLY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish 
procedures— 
‘‘(A) to transmit blank absentee ballots by 
mail and electronically (in accordance with the 
preferred method of transmission designated by 
the individual with a disability under subpara-
graph (B)) to individuals with disabilities for an 
election for Federal office; and 
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