(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
WAIVER OF PRIVACY ACT.—Section 303(c) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 21083(c)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS.—Section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 
552a note) does not apply to the use of a Social Security 
number 
under 
subsection 
(a)(5)(A) 
or 
subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(i).’’. 
(d) ENSURING PROVISION
OF INFORMATION
TO 
STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS ON INDIVIDUALS RECUSED 
FROM JURY SERVICE
ON GROUNDS
OF NONCITIZEN-
SHIP.— 
(1) REQUIRING STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO 
COORDINATE INFORMATION ON RECUSAL AS PART 
OF MAINTENANCE OF STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRA-
TION LIST.—Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(2) 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21083(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(iv); and 
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of removing names 
of ineligible voters from the official list of 
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eligible voters by reason of citizenship sta-
tus, the State shall coordinate the comput-
erized list with records of courts which 
have recused individuals from serving on a 
jury on the grounds that the individuals 
are not citizens of the United States.’’. 
(2) REQUIRING NOTIFICATION BY COURTS.— 
(A) 
REQUIREMENT
DESCRIBED.—If 
a 
United States district court or a court of any 
State or local jurisdiction recuses an individual 
from serving on a jury on the grounds that the 
individual is not a citizen of the United States, 
the court shall transmit a notice of the individ-
ual’s recusal— 
(i) to the chief State election official 
of the State in which the individual re-
sides; and 
(ii) to the Attorney General. 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subsection— 
(i) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ 
of a State is 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 
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of the State’s responsibilities under such 
Act; and 
(ii) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect 
to applications for voter registration which are submitted 
on or after such date. 
SEC. 3. INTEGRITY IN CASTING OF BALLOTS. 
(a) PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN CASTING OF BAL-
LOTS.—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. PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN CASTING OF BAL-
LOTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING PROVISION OF IDENTIFICATION AS 
CONDITION OF VOTING.— 
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‘‘(1) INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
IN
PERSON.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the appro-
priate State or local election official may not provide 
a ballot for an election for Federal office to an indi-
vidual who desires to vote in person unless the indi-
vidual presents to the official a current and valid 
identification. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
OTHER
THAN
IN 
PERSON.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the appropriate State or local election official 
may not accept any ballot for an election for Federal 
office provided by an individual who votes other than 
in person unless the individual submits with the bal-
lot a copy of a current and valid identification. 
‘‘(3) CURRENT AND VALID IDENTIFICATION DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, a ‘current and valid 
identification’ means a current and valid version of 
any of the following: 
‘‘(A) An identification issued by a State or 
a unit of local government in a State. 
‘‘(B) A United States passport. 
‘‘(C) A military identification card. 
‘‘(D) An identification issued by a tribal 
government. 
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‘‘(b) PROHIBITING DELIVERY OF BALLOTS BY MAIL 
UNLESS REQUESTED.—A State may not deliver a ballot 
in an election for Federal office to an individual by mail 
unless the individual requests that the State deliver the 
ballot to the individual by mail. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITING USE OF DROP BOXES FOR COL-
LECTION OF BALLOTS.—A State may not use a drop box 
for the collection of voted absentee ballots in an election 
for Federal office unless the drop box is located inside a 
building which serves as an office for a State or local elec-
tion official. 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS ON DELIVERY OF VOTED BAL-
LOTS BY THIRD PARTIES.—A State may not accept a 
voted absentee ballot in an election for Federal office 
which is delivered in person to an election official by any 
individual other than the voter to whom the ballot was 
transmitted, other than an individual described as follows: 
‘‘(1) An election official while engaged in offi-
cial duties as authorized by law. 
‘‘(2) An employee of the United States Postal 
Service while engaged in official duties as authorized 
by law. 
‘‘(3) Any other individual who is allowed by law 
to collect and transmit United States mail, while en-
gaged in official duties as authorized by law. 
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‘‘(e) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF ABSENTEE BAL-
LOTS RECEIVED AFTER DATE OF ELECTION.—A State 
may not accept a voted absentee ballot in an election for 
Federal office which is not received by the appropriate 
State or local election official prior to the time at which 
the polls in the election close on the date of the election. 
‘‘(f) USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO CROSS- 
CHECK IDENTIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS CASTING BAL-
LOTS IN AN ELECTION WITH INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED 
TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Immediately upon the 
closing of the polls in an election for Federal office, 
each State shall verify the identification of each indi-
vidual who cast a ballot in the election by carrying 
out a cross-check of the individual’s identification 
with the individual’s identification in the official list 
of individuals who are registered to vote in the elec-
tion, using the individual’s full Social Security num-
ber as the method for determining the individual’s 
identification. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 7 
days after the closing of the polls in an election for 
Federal office, the State shall submit to the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 
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