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 ‘‘Safe and Certain Elec-
tions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTING SYSTEMS USED IN 
ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF PAPER RECORD OF 
VOTES
FOR
AUDITS
AND
RECOUNTS.—Section 
301(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘shall be available as an official record for any recount’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall be preserved and used as the official 
ballot for purposes of any recount or audit’’. 
(b) PROHIBITING CONNECTION OF VOTING SYSTEMS 
TO INTERNET.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Section 301(a) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 21081(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITING CONNECTION OF SYSTEM TO 
THE INTERNET.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No system or device 
upon which ballots are programmed or votes are 
cast or tabulated shall be connected to the pub-
lic internet at any time. 
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‘‘(B) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF BAL-
LOTS TRANSMITTED ONLINE.—The voting sys-
tem may not directly tabulate any voted ballot 
which is transmitted to an election official on-
line. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
contained in this paragraph shall be deemed to 
prohibit the Commission from conducting the 
studies under section 242 or to conduct other 
similar studies under any other provision of law 
in a manner consistent with this paragraph.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to elec-
tions occurring on or after January 1, 2022. 
SEC. 3. MANDATORY REMOVAL OF INELIGIBLE VOTERS 
FROM REGISTRATION LIST PRIOR TO ELEC-
TION. 
(a) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
RESPONSIBILITY
OF 
STATES.—Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘shall complete’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall carry out and complete’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘any program the purpose of 
which is to systematically remove the names’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a program to remove the names’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring on or after January 1, 2022. 
SEC. 4. STUDY OF USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO 
IMPROVE SECURITY OF ELECTIONS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Election Assistance Commission 
shall conduct a study of the potential uses of blockchain 
technology to improve the security of elections for Federal 
office. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit 
to Congress a report on the study conducted under sub-
section (a), and shall include in the report such rec-
ommendations as the Commission considers appropriate. 
Æ 
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