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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 704 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified 
permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005 
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Ms. BERKLEY) 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 
a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title 
III of such Act, 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 ‘‘Voting Integrity and 
Verification Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. PROMOTING ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, AND SECU-
RITY THROUGH PRESERVATION OF A VOTER- 
VERIFIED PERMANENT PAPER RECORD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(a) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(i) permit the voter to verify the ac-
curacy of their ballot (in a private and 
independent manner), by allowing the voter 
to review an individual paper version of the 
voter’s ballot before the voter’s ballot is 
cast and counted;’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘discovered on the in-
dividual paper version of the voter’s ballot’’ 
after ‘‘to change the ballot or correct any 
error’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end; 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(iv); and 
(D) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(iii)(I) preserve the individual paper 
version of the voter’s ballot, after the voter 
has certified that the same accurately re-
flects the voter’s intent, as the individual 
permanent paper record, and 
‘‘(II) preserve such individual perma-
nent paper record at the polling place in 
accordance with the provisions of para-
graph (2)(B)(i); and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph 
(A)(iii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(iv)’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) MANUAL AUDIT CAPACITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The voting system 
shall produce an individual permanent paper 
record for each ballot that is cast which pro-
vides for voter verification of such record in ac-
cordance with paragraph (1)(A) and which 
meets the requirements of subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) MANUAL AUDIT CAPACITY.— 
‘‘(i) The voting system shall produce 
an individual permanent paper record for 
each ballot cast that is either—
‘‘(I) preserved within the polling 
place in the manner in which all other 
paper ballots are preserved within 
such polling place; or 
‘‘(II) in the absence of such man-
ner or method, which is consistent 
with the manner employed by the ju-
risdiction for preserving paper ballots 
in general. 
‘‘(ii) Each paper record produced 
under clause (i) shall be suitable for a 
manual audit equivalent or superior to that 
of a paper ballot voting system. 
‘‘(iii) All electronic records produced 
by any voting system shall be consistent 
with 
the 
individual 
permanent 
paper 
records produced by such voting system. In 
the event of any inconsistencies or irreg-
ularities between any electronic records 
and 
the 
individual 
permanent 
paper 
records, the individual permanent paper 
records shall be the true and correct record 
of the votes cast. 
‘‘(iv) The individual permanent paper 
records produced under clause (i) shall be
used as the official records for purposes of 
any recount or audit conducted with re-
spect to any election for Federal office in 
which the voting system is used.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
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