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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5777 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State receiving 
payments under such Act from using the payments for public communica-
tions which promote or oppose a candidate for public office or political 
party. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2006 
Mr. PEARCE 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 prohibit 
a State receiving payments under such Act from using 
the payments for public communications which promote 
or oppose a candidate for public office or political party. 
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 ‘‘Fair Voter Education 
Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
FUNDS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PRO-
MOTING OR OPPOSING CANDIDATES OR PO-
LITICAL PARTIES. 
(a) PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) INITIAL PAYMENTS TO IMPROVE ADMINIS-
TRATION OF ELECTIONS.—Section 101(b)(2) of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15301(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) to disseminate any communication to 
educate voters concerning voting procedures, 
voting rights, or voting technology which di-
rectly or indirectly promotes or opposes a can-
didate for public office or a political party, in-
cluding a communication with images, symbols, 
or other content which emphasizes a particular 
candidate or party (such as pointing to a spe-
cific name or party on a ballot), except that a 
communication shall not be considered to pro-
mote a candidate or party under this subpara-
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graph solely because it includes the name of an 
election official who is also a candidate for pub-
lic office.’’. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS FOR VOTING IN-
FORMATION.—Section 251(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
15401(f)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) to disseminate any voting information de-
scribed in section 302(b)(2) (without regard to the 
date on which the information is disseminated) 
which directly or indirectly promotes or opposes a 
candidate for public office or a political party, in-
cluding information with images, symbols, or other 
content which emphasizes a particular candidate or 
party (such as pointing to a specific name or party 
on a ballot), except that a piece of voting informa-
tion shall not be considered to promote a candidate 
or party under this paragraph solely because it in-
cludes the name of an election official who is also a 
candidate for public office.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to communications and information disseminated 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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