ceive data regarding felony convictions and in-
carcerations; and 
(D) the chief State election official of each 
State shall enter into an agreement with the 
Secretary for Homeland Security to promptly 
transmit and receive records and data per-
taining to citizenship, naturalization, and appli-
cations for citizenship. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN STATES.—In 
the case of a State which is permitted to use social 
security numbers, and provides for the use of social 
security numbers, on applications for voter registra-
tion, in accordance with section 7 of the Privacy Act 
of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a note), the provisions of this 
subsection shall be optional. 
(d) PERMITTED USE OF LAST 4 DIGITS OF SOCIAL 
SECURITY NUMBERS.—The last 4 digits of a social secu-
rity number described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i) shall not 
be considered to be a social security number for purposes 
of section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a 
note). 
(e) ADDITIONAL PROCESSES
IN CERTAIN CASES 
WITH RESPECT TO PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.— 
(1) PROCESS FOR THOSE WITHOUT DOCUMEN-
TARY PROOF.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any relevant 
guidance adopted by the Election Assistance 
Commission, each State shall establish a proc-
ess under which an applicant who cannot pro-
vide documentary proof of United States citi-
zenship under subsection (c)(1)(A) may, if the 
applicant signs an attestation under penalty of 
perjury that the applicant is a citizen of the 
United States and eligible to vote in elections 
for Federal office, submit such other evidence 
to the appropriate State or local official dem-
onstrating that the applicant is a citizen of the 
United States and such official shall make a de-
termination as to whether the applicant has 
sufficiently established United States citizen-
ship for purposes of registering to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office in the State. 
(B) AFFIDAVIT REQUIREMENT.—If a State 
or local official makes a determination under 
subparagraph (A) that an applicant has suffi-
ciently established United States citizenship for 
purposes of registering to vote in elections for 
Federal office in the State, such determination 
shall be accompanied by an affidavit developed 
under subparagraph (C) signed by the official 
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swearing or affirming the applicant sufficiently 
established United States citizenship for pur-
poses of registering to vote. 
(C) DEVELOPMENT OF AFFIDAVIT BY THE 
ELECTION
ASSISTANCE
COMMISSION.—The 
Election Assistance Commission shall develop a 
uniform affidavit for use by State and local offi-
cials under subparagraph (B), which shall— 
(i) include an explanation of the min-
imum standards required for a State or 
local official to register an applicant who 
cannot provide documentary proof of 
United States citizenship to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office in the State; and 
(ii) require the official to explain the 
basis for registering such applicant to vote 
in such elections. 
(2) PROCESS IN CASE OF CERTAIN DISCREP-
ANCIES IN DOCUMENTATION.—Subject to any rel-
evant guidance adopted by the Election Assistance 
Commission, each State shall establish a process 
under which an applicant can provide such addi-
tional documentation to the appropriate election offi-
cial of the State as may be necessary to establish 
that the applicant is a citizen of the United States 
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in the event of a discrepancy with respect to the ap-
plicant’s documentary proof of United States citizen-
ship. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—At the request of a 
State election official (including a request re-
lated to a process established by a State under 
paragraph (1) or (2)), any head of a Federal 
department or agency possessing information 
relevant to determining the eligibility of an indi-
vidual to vote in elections for Federal office 
shall, not later than 24 hours after receipt of 
such request, provide the official with such in-
formation as may be necessary to enable the of-
ficial to verify that an applicant for voter reg-
istration in elections for Federal office held in 
the State or a registrant on the official list of 
eligible voters in elections for Federal office 
held in the State is a citizen of the United 
States, which shall include providing the official 
with such batched information as may be re-
quested by the official. 
(B) USE OF SAVE SYSTEM.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may respond to a request 
received under subparagraph (A) by using the 
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system for the verification of immigration sta-
tus under the applicable provisions of section 
1137 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-7), as established pursuant to section 
121(c) of the Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–603). 
(C) 
SHARING
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
heads of Federal departments and agencies 
shall share information with each other with re-
spect to an individual who is the subject of a 
request received under subparagraph (A) in 
order to enable them to respond to the request. 
(D) INVESTIGATION FOR PURPOSES OF RE-
MOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall conduct an investigation to determine 
whether to initiate removal proceedings under 
section 239 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1229) if it is determined pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) or (B) that an alien 
(as such term is defined in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101)) is unlawfully registered to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office. 
(E) PROHIBITING FEES.—The head of a 
Federal department or agency may not charge 
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a fee for responding to a State’s request under 
subparagraph (A). 
(4) REQUIREMENT
IN
CASES
OF
NAME
DIS-
CREPANCIES IN DOCUMENTATION.—Notwithstanding 
the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(A), a State 
shall accept and process an application to register to 
vote in an election for Federal office if the appli-
cant— 
(A) presents with the application docu-
mentation that would constitute documentary 
proof of United States citizenship, except that 
the name on the documentation is not the name 
of the applicant; and 
(B) provides, through a process established 
by the State (which shall be subject to any rel-
evant guidance adopted by the Election Assist-
ance Commission)— 
(i) additional documentation as nec-
essary to establish that the name on the 
documentation is a previous name of the 
applicant; or 
(ii) an affidavit signed by the appli-
cant attesting that the name on the docu-
mentation is a previous name of the appli-
cant. 
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‘‘(iii) verify that the applicant is a citizen 
of the United States;’’; 
(D) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(i), by striking 
‘‘(including citizenship)’’ and inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the requirement that the applicant pro-
vides documentary proof of United States citi-
zenship’’; and 
(E) in subsection (c)(2)(D)(iii), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, other than as evidence 
in a criminal proceeding or immigration pro-
ceeding brought against an applicant who 
knowingly attempts to register to vote and 
knowingly makes a false declaration under pen-
alty of perjury that the applicant meets the eli-
gibility requirements to register to vote in an 
election for Federal office; and’’. 
(2) REQUIRING
DOCUMENTARY
PROOF
OF 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP WITH NATIONAL MAIL 
VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.—Section 6 of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 20505) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each State shall ac-
cept and use’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
the requirements under section 112(c) of 
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the Make Elections Great Again Act, each 
State shall accept and use’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal Election 
Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Election As-
sistance Commission’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The chief State election official 
of a State shall take such steps as may be nec-
essary to ensure that residents of the State are 
aware of the requirement to provide documen-
tary proof of United States citizenship to reg-
ister to vote in elections for Federal office in 
the State.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the person did not provide documentary 
proof of United States citizenship when registering 
to vote.’’. 
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(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION 
AGENCIES.—Section 7 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
20506) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) Receipt of documentary proof of United 
States citizenship of each applicant to register to 
vote in elections for Federal office in the State.’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)(i)(I), by 
striking ‘‘(including citizenship)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, including the requirement 
that the applicant provides documen-
tary proof of United States citizen-
ship’’; and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) ask the applicant the question, ‘Are you a 
citizen of the United States?’ and if the applicant 
answers in the affirmative require documentary 
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proof of United States citizenship prior to providing 
the form under subparagraph (C);’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘who 
are citizens of the United States’’ after ‘‘for 
persons’’. 
(4) CRIMINAL
PENALTIES.—Section 12(2) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 20511(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) in the case of an officer or employee 
of the executive branch, providing material as-
sistance to a noncitizen in attempting to reg-
ister to vote or vote in an election for Federal 
office; 
‘‘(C) registering an applicant to vote in an 
election for Federal office who fails to present 
documentary proof of United States citizenship; 
or’’. 
(5) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO CER-
TAIN STATES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 4 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20503) is amended by striking 
‘‘This Act does not apply to a State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except with respect to the require-
ments under section 112(c) and section 113(j) 
of the Make Elections Great Again Act in the 
case of a State described in paragraph (2), this 
Act does not apply to a State’’. 
(B) PERMITTING STATES TO ADOPT RE-
QUIREMENTS
AFTER
ENACTMENT.—Section 4 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20503) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) PERMITTING STATES TO ADOPT CERTAIN RE-
QUIREMENTS AFTER ENACTMENT.—Section 112(c) and 
section 113(j) of the Make Elections Great Again Act shall 
not apply to a State described in subsection (b)(2) if the 
State, by law or regulation, adopts requirements which are 
identical to the requirements under such subsections not 
later than 60 days prior to the date of the first election 
for Federal office which is held in the State after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 
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SEC. 113. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO REMOVAL OF 
INELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM OFFICIAL VOTER 
LIST. 
(a) AFFIRMATIVE STEPS TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE 
VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall take such 
affirmative steps as are necessary on an ongoing 
basis, but in no case less frequently than once every 
30 days, to verify the eligibility of registrants on the 
official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal 
office in the State through the use of all verification 
resources available to the State, including through 
the use of information supplied by the Department 
of Homeland Security through the Systematic Alien 
Verification for Entitlements (‘‘SAVE’’) system, 
and, pursuant to the requirement under section 
112(a)(4), to remove from the official list of eligible 
voters in elections for Federal office in the State 
registrants who are determined to be ineligible vot-
ers by reason of— 
(A) the request of the registrant; 
(B) criminal conviction or mental inca-
pacity pursuant to State law; 
(C) the death of the registrant; 
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(D) a change in the residence of the reg-
istrant, in accordance with paragraph (2) and 
subsection (c); 
(E) the registrant’s status as a noncitizen, 
including on the basis of the immigration adju-
dication or status for naturalized citizenship of 
the registrant as provided by the Director of 
the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services or any other information with respect 
to citizenship status supplied by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security through the Sys-
tematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 
(‘‘SAVE’’) system that demonstrates a reg-
istrant is not a citizen of the United States; or 
(F) duplicate registrations of a registrant 
otherwise eligible to vote. 
(2) USE
OF
CHANGE-OF-ADDRESS
INFORMA-
TION
FROM
POSTAL
SERVICE.—Any process of a 
State described under paragraph (1) shall include 
the State establishing a process under which change- 
of-address information supplied by the Postal Serv-
ice through its licensees is used to identify reg-
istrants whose addresses may have changed and if it 
appears from such information provided that a reg-
istrant has moved to a different residence address— 
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(A) in the same registrar’s jurisdiction in 
which the registrant is currently registered, the 
registrar changes the registration records to 
show the new address and sends the registrant 
a notice of the change by forwardable mail and 
a postage prepaid pre-addressed return form by 
which the registrant may verify or correct the 
address information; or 
(B) not in the same registrar’s jurisdiction, 
the registrar uses the notice procedure de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2) to confirm the 
change of address. 
(b) DEADLINE PRIOR TO GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR 
FEDERAL OFFICE.—A State shall complete any process 
under subsection (a) to remove the names of voters deter-
mined to be ineligible from the official list of eligible voters 
in Federal elections held in the State not later than 15 
days prior to the date established under section 25 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 7) for 
each general election for Federal office, except that this 
subsection shall not be construed to preclude— 
(1) the removal of names from official lists of 
voters at any time on a basis described in paragraph 
(1)(A), (1)(B), or (1)(E) of subsection (a); or 
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(2) the correction of registration records pursu-
ant to this subtitle. 
(c) PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM 
VOTER ROLLS BY REASON OF RESIDENCE CHANGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State shall remove the 
name of a registrant from the official list of eligible 
voters in elections for Federal office when the State 
becomes aware that the registrant has changed resi-
dence through one of the following actions: 
(A) The registrant confirms in person or in 
writing that the registrant has changed resi-
dence to a place outside the registrar’s jurisdic-
tion in which the registrant is registered. 
(B) An election official determines, from 
review of postal service records or other avail-
able databases or sources of address verification 
relied upon by the registrar for maintaining an 
accurate list of eligible voters, that the reg-
istrant no longer resides at the address shown 
in the registration, has failed to respond to a 
notice described in paragraph (2), or that such 
notice has been returned as undeliverable. 
(2) NOTICE DESCRIBED.—A notice is described 
in this paragraph if it is a postage prepaid and pre- 
addressed return card, sent by nonforwardable mail, 
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on which the registrant may state his or her current 
address, together with a notice to the following ef-
fect: 
(A) If the registrant did not change his or 
her residence, or changed residence but re-
mained in the registrar’s jurisdiction, the reg-
istrant should return the card not later than 
the time provided for mail registration under 
section section 112(a)(1)(B). 
(B) If the registrant has changed residence 
to a place outside the registrar’s jurisdiction in 
which the registrant is registered, information 
concerning how the registrant can continue to 
be eligible to vote. 
(3) REMOVAL AND NOTICE OF REMOVAL.—If 
the pre-addressed return card described in para-
graph (2) is not returned, or if the notice described 
in such paragraph is returned as undeliverable— 
(A) the registrant shall be removed from 
the official list of eligible voters as described in 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) the registrant shall be notified of such 
removal by notice sent by forwardable mail. 
(4) CORRECTION OF OFFICIAL LIST OF ELIGI-
BLE VOTERS.—A voting registrar shall correct an of-
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ficial list of eligible voters in elections for Federal of-
fice in accordance with change of residence informa-
tion obtained in conformance with this subsection. 
(d) PROCEDURE FOR VOTING FOLLOWING FAILURE 
TO RETURN CARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A registrant who has moved 
from an address in the area covered by a polling 
place to an address in the same area shall, notwith-
standing failure to notify the registrar of the change 
of address prior to the date of an election, be per-
mitted to vote at that polling place if the registrant 
provides documentary proof of the change of address 
to an election official at that polling place. 
(2) PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRANTS WHO HAVE 
MOVED IN CERTAIN CASES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A registrant who has 
moved from an address in the area covered by 
one polling place to an address in an area cov-
ered by a second polling place within the same 
registrar’s jurisdiction and the same congres-
sional district and who has failed to notify the 
registrar of the change of address prior to the 
date of an election, at the option of the reg-
istrant— 
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(i) shall be permitted to correct the 
voting records and vote at the registrant’s 
former polling place, if the registrant pro-
vides documentary proof of the new ad-
dress to an election official at that polling 
place; 
(ii) shall be permitted to correct the 
voting records and vote at a central loca-
tion within the same registrar’s jurisdiction 
designated by the registrar where a list of 
eligible voters is maintained, upon written 
affirmation by the registrant of the new 
address on a standard form provided by 
the registrar at the central location; or 
(iii) shall be permitted to correct the 
voting records for purposes of voting in fu-
ture elections at the appropriate polling 
place for the current address and, if per-
mitted by State law, shall be permitted to 
vote in the present election, upon confirma-
tion by the registrant of the new address 
by such means as are required by law. 
(B) DOCUMENTARY
PROOF
OF
NEW
AD-
DRESS.—If State law permits the registrant to 
vote in the current election upon documentary 
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proof by the registrant of the new address at a 
polling place described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
or subparagraph (A)(iii), voting at the other lo-
cations described in subparagraph (A) need not 
be provided as options. 
(C) DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF NO CHANGE 
IN RESIDENCE.—If the registration records in-
dicate that a registrant has moved from an ad-
dress in the area covered by a polling place, the 
registrant shall, upon documentary proof by the 
registrant before an election official at that 
polling place that the registrant continues to re-
side at the address previously made known to 
the registrar, be permitted to vote at that poll-
ing place. 
(e) CHANGE OF VOTING ADDRESS WITHIN A JURIS-
DICTION.—In the case of a change of address, for voting 
purposes, of a registrant to another address within the 
same registrar’s jurisdiction, the registrar shall correct the 
voting registration list accordingly, and the registrant’s 
name may not be removed from the official list of eligible 
voters by reason of such a change of address except as 
provided in subsection (c). 
(f) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE ONLY CITI-
ZENS ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE.—Any process of a 
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State described under subsection (a)(1) with respect to 
verifying that an individual is a United States citizen shall 
include using information supplied by one or more of the 
following sources: 
(1) The Department of Homeland Security 
through the Systematic Alien Verification for Enti-
tlements (‘‘SAVE’’) or otherwise. 
(2) The Social Security Administration through 
the Social Security Number Verification Service, or 
otherwise. 
(3) State agencies that supply State identifica-
tion cards or driver’s licenses where the agency con-
firms the United States citizenship status of appli-
cants. 
(4) Other sources, including databases, which 
provide confirmation of United States citizenship 
status. 
(g) REMOVAL OF NONCITIZENS FROM REGISTRATION 
ROLLS.—A State shall remove an individual who is not 
a citizen of the United States from the official list of eligi-
ble voters for elections for Federal office held in the State 
at any time upon receipt of documentation or verified in-
formation that a registrant is not a United States citizen. 
(h) PUBLIC LIST
OF INELIGIBLE VOTERS.—If a 
voter is deemed ineligible under this section, the chief 
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State election official of the State concerned shall put the 
voter’s name on a publicly available list and send a notice 
described in subsection (c)(2) and provide the voter with 
an opportunity to cure any defect with respect to the indi-
vidual’s eligibility to vote in elections for Federal office 
in the State. 
(i) NOTICE REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO CON-
VICTION IN FEDERAL COURT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the conviction of a per-
son of a felony in a district court of the United 
States, the United States attorney shall immediately 
give written notice of the conviction to the chief 
State election official of the State of the person’s 
residence. 
(2) NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—A notice given 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the name of the offender; 
(B) the offender’s age and residence ad-
dress; 
(C) the date of entry of the judgment; 
(D) a description of the offenses of which 
the offender was convicted; and 
(E) the sentence imposed by the court. 
(3) INFORMATION FROM UNITED STATES AT-
TORNEY.—On request of the chief State election of-
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ficial of a State or other State official with responsi-
bility for determining the effect that a conviction 
may have on an offender’s qualification to vote, the 
United States attorney shall provide such additional 
information as the United States attorney may have 
concerning the offender and the offense of which the 
offender was convicted. 
(4) NOTICE OF OVERTURNED CONVICTION.—If 
a conviction of which notice was given pursuant to 
paragraph (1) is overturned, the United States at-
torney shall give the official to whom the notice was 
given written notice of the vacation of the judgment. 
(5) NOTIFICATION BY CHIEF STATE ELECTION 
OFFICIAL.—The chief State election official of a 
State shall notify the voter registration officials of 
the local jurisdiction in which an offender resides of 
the information received under this subsection. 
(j) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF VOTER REGISTRATION 
ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall maintain 
for at least 2 years and shall make available for pub-
lic inspection in electronic form at a reasonable cost 
all records concerning the implementation of pro-
grams and activities conducted for the purpose of 
ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists 
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of eligible voters, except to the extent that such 
records relate to a declination to register to vote or 
to the identity of a voter registration agency through 
which any particular voter is registered. 
(2) CONTENT OF RECORDS.—The records main-
tained pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include lists 
of the names and addresses of all persons to whom 
notices described in subsection (c)(2) are sent, and 
information concerning whether or not each such 
person has responded to the notice as of the date 
that inspection of the records is made. 
SEC. 114. COMPUTERIZED STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRA-
TION LIST REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—Each State, acting 
through the chief State election official, shall imple-
ment, in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, 
a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive 
computerized statewide voter registration list de-
fined, maintained, and administered at the State 
level that contains the name and registration infor-
mation of every legally registered voter in the State 
and assigns a unique identifier to each legally reg-
istered voter in the State (in this section referred to 
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(G) The chief State election official shall 
provide such support as may be required so 
that local election officials are able to enter in-
formation as described in subparagraph (F). 
(H) The computerized list shall serve as 
the official voter registration list for the con-
duct of all elections for Federal office in the 
State. 
(2) COMPUTERIZED LIST MAINTENANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate State 
or local election official shall perform list main-
tenance with respect to the computerized list on 
a regular basis as follows: 
(i) If an individual is to be removed 
from the computerized list, such individual 
shall be removed in accordance with the 
provisions of section 112(a)(3) and section 
113(a). 
(ii) For purposes of removing names 
of ineligible voters from the official list of 
eligible voters— 
(I) under section 113(a)(1)(B), 
the State shall coordinate the comput-
erized list with State agency records 
on felony status; and 
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(II) by reason of the death of the 
registrant under section 113(a)(1)(C), 
the State shall coordinate the comput-
erized list with State agency records 
on death. 
(B) CONDUCT.—The list maintenance per-
formed under subparagraph (A) shall be con-
ducted in a manner that ensures that— 
(i) the name of each registered voter 
appears in the computerized list; 
(ii) only voters who are not registered 
or who are not eligible to vote are removed 
from the computerized list; and 
(iii) duplicate names are eliminated 
from the computerized list. 
(3) TECHNOLOGICAL SECURITY OF COMPUTER-
IZED LIST.—The appropriate State or local official 
shall provide adequate technological security meas-
ures to prevent the unauthorized access to the com-
puterized list established under this section. 
(4) MINIMUM
STANDARD
FOR
ACCURACY
OF 
STATE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS.—The State 
election system shall include provisions to ensure 
that voter registration records in the State are accu-
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rate and are updated regularly, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A system of file maintenance that 
makes an affirmative effort to remove reg-
istrants who are ineligible to vote from the offi-
cial list of eligible voters. Under such system, 
consistent with this subtitle, registrants who 
have not responded to a notice and who have 
not voted in 2 consecutive general elections for 
Federal office shall be removed from the official 
list of eligible voters, except that no registrant 
may be removed solely by reason of a failure to 
vote. 
(B) Safeguards to ensure that eligible vot-
ers are not removed in error from the official 
list of eligible voters. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each State and jurisdiction shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of subsection 
(a) on and after January 1, 2027. 
(2) WAIVER.—If a State or jurisdiction certifies 
to the Commission not later than January 1, 2027, 
that the State or jurisdiction will not meet the dead-
line described in paragraph (1) for good cause and 
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includes in the certification the reasons for the fail-
ure to meet such deadline, paragraph (1) shall apply 
to the State or jurisdiction as if the reference in 
such paragraph to ‘‘January 1, 2027’’ were a ref-
erence to ‘‘January 1, 2028’’. 
SEC. 115. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS WHO REG-
ISTER BY MAIL. 
(a) CONTENTS
OF
MAIL
VOTER
REGISTRATION 
FORM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A mail voter registration 
form developed under section 6 of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505)— 
(A) may require only such identifying in-
formation (including the signature of the appli-
cant) and other information (including data re-
lating to previous registration by the applicant), 
as is necessary to enable the appropriate State 
election official to assess the eligibility of the 
applicant and to administer voter registration 
and other parts of the election process; 
(B) shall include a statement that— 
(i) specifies each eligibility require-
ment (including citizenship and an expla-
nation of what is required to present docu-
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mentary proof of United States citizen-
ship); 
(ii) contains an attestation that the 
applicant meets each such requirement; 
and 
(iii) requires the signature of the ap-
plicant, under penalty of perjury; 
(C) may not include any requirement for 
notarization or other formal authentication; 
(D) shall include a section, for use only by 
a State or local election official, to record the 
type of document the applicant presented as 
documentary proof of United States citizenship, 
including the date of issuance, the date of expi-
ration (if any), the office which issued the docu-
ment, and any unique identification number as-
sociated with the document; and 
(E) shall include, in print that is identical 
to that used in the attestation portion of the 
application— 
(i) the information required in sub-
paragraphs 
(A) 
and 
(B) 
of 
section 
112(a)(6); 
(ii) a statement that, if an applicant 
declines to register to vote, the fact that 
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the applicant has declined to register will 
remain confidential and will be used only 
for voter registration purposes; 
(iii) a statement that if an applicant 
does register to vote, the office at which 
the applicant submits a voter registration 
application will remain confidential and 
will be used only for voter registration pur-
poses, other than as evidence in a criminal 
proceeding 
or 
immigration 
proceeding 
brought against an applicant who attempts 
to register to vote and makes a false dec-
laration under penalty of perjury that the 
applicant meets the eligibility requirements 
to register to vote in an election for Fed-
eral office; 
(iv) the question ‘‘Are you a citizen of 
the United States of America?’’ and boxes 
for the applicant to check to indicate 
whether the applicant is or is not a citizen 
of the United States; 
(v) the question ‘‘Will you be 18 years 
of age on or before election day?’’ and 
boxes for the applicant to check to indicate 
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to paragraph (1)(E)(iv), the registrar shall notify 
the applicant of the failure and provide the applicant 
with an opportunity to complete the form in a timely 
manner to allow for the completion of the registra-
tion form prior to the next election for Federal office 
(subject to State law). 
(b) ENSURING PROOF OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN-
SHIP.— 
(1) PRESENTING
PROOF
OF
UNITED
STATES 
CITIZENSHIP TO ELECTION OFFICIAL.—An applicant 
who submits the mail voter registration application 
form prescribed by the Election Assistance Commis-
sion pursuant to section 9(a)(2) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20508) 
shall not be registered to vote in an election for Fed-
eral office unless— 
(A) the applicant provides with such appli-
cation documentary proof of United States citi-
zenship pursuant to the requirements under 
section 112(c)(1) or presents such documentary 
proof in person to the office of the appropriate 
election official not later than the deadline pro-
vided by State law for the receipt of a com-
pleted voter registration application for the elec-
tion; or 
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(B) in the case of a State which permits 
an individual to register to vote in an election 
for Federal office at a polling place on the day 
of the election and on any day when voting, in-
cluding early voting, is permitted for the elec-
tion, the applicant presents documentary proof 
of United States citizenship to the appropriate 
election official at the polling place not later 
than the date of the election. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
OF
REQUIREMENT.—Upon 
receiving an otherwise completed mail voter registra-
tion application form prescribed by the Election As-
sistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2) of 
such Act that does not include documentary proof of 
United States citizenship, the appropriate election 
official shall transmit a notice to the applicant of the 
requirement to present documentary proof of United 
States citizenship under this subsection, and shall 
include in the notice instructions to enable the appli-
cant to meet the requirement. 
(3) ACCESSIBILITY.—Each State shall, in con-
sultation with the Election Assistance Commission, 
ensure that reasonable accommodations are made to 
allow an individual with a disability who submits the 
mail voter registration application form prescribed 
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by the Election Assistance Commission pursuant to 
section 9(a)(2) of such Act to present documentary 
proof of United States citizenship to the appropriate 
election official. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to prevent the chief State election 
official of a State from requiring documentary proof for 
purposes of confirming an applicant’s eligibility to vote in 
elections for Federal office in the State. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State and jurisdiction 
shall be required to comply with the requirements of 
this section on and after January 1, 2027, and shall 
be prepared to receive registration materials sub-
mitted by individuals described in paragraph (2) on 
and after the date described in such subparagraph. 
(2) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO INDIVID-
UALS.—The provisions of this section shall apply to 
any individual who registers to vote on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2027. 
SEC. 116. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT AND PRIVATE RIGHT OF 
ACTION. 
(a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
may bring a civil action against any State or jurisdiction 
in an appropriate United States District Court for such 
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declaratory and injunctive relief (including a temporary 
restraining order, a permanent or temporary injunction, 
or other order) as may be necessary to carry out the uni-
form and nondiscriminatory election technology and ad-
ministration requirements under this subtitle. 
(b) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
(1) NOTICE OF VIOLATION.—A person who is 
aggrieved by a violation of this subtitle, including 
the act of an election official who registers an appli-
cant to vote in an election for Federal office who 
fails to present documentary proof of United States 
citizenship, may provide written notice of the viola-
tion to the chief State election official of the State 
involved. 
(2) CIVIL ACTION.—If the violation is not cor-
rected within 90 days after receipt of a notice under 
paragraph (1), or within 20 days after receipt of the 
notice if the violation occurred within 120 days be-
fore the date of an election for Federal office, the 
aggrieved person may bring a civil action in an ap-
propriate district court for declaratory or injunctive 
relief with respect to the violation. 
(3) WAIVER OF NOTICE REQUIREMENT IN CER-
TAIN CASES.—If the violation occurred within 30 
days before the date of an election for Federal office, 
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the aggrieved person need not provide notice to the 
chief election official of the State under paragraph 
(1) before bringing a civil action under paragraph 
(2). 
(4) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—In a civil action under 
this subsection, the court may allow the prevailing 
party reasonable attorney fees, including litigation 
expenses, and costs. 
SEC. 117. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION GUIDANCE. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall 
adopt and transmit to the chief State election official of 
each State guidance with respect to the implementation 
of the requirements under the this subtitle. 
SEC. 118. INAPPLICABILITY OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION 
ACT. 
Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’) shall not 
apply with respect to the development or modification of 
voter registration materials under the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.), as 
amended by this subtitle, including the development or 
modification of any voter registration application forms. 
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SEC. 119. DUTY OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
TO NOTIFY ELECTION OFFICIALS OF NATU-
RALIZATION. 
Upon receiving information that an individual has be-
come a naturalized citizen of the United States, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall promptly provide notice 
of such information to the appropriate chief election offi-
cial of the State in which such individual is domiciled. 
SEC. 120. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING PROVI-
SIONAL BALLOTS. 
Nothing in this subtitle or in any amendment made 
by this subtitle may be construed to supercede, restrict, 
or otherwise affect the ability of an individual to cast a 
provisional ballot in an election for Federal office or to 
have the ballot counted in the election if the individual 
is verified as a citizen of the United States. 
SEC. 121. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING EFFECT 
ON STATE EXEMPTIONS FROM OTHER FED-
ERAL LAWS. 
Nothing in this subtitle or in any amendment made 
by this subtitle may be construed to affect the exemption 
of a State from any requirement of any Federal law other 
than the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 
U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 
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SEC. 122. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 
DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-
CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-
DENCE 
FOR 
VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
PUR-
POSES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
APPLICANTS
FOR
LI-
CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–3(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 
each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li-
cense in the State— 
‘‘(i) to indicate whether the individual resides in 
another State or resided in another State prior to 
applying for the license, and, if so, to identify the 
State involved; and 
‘‘(ii) to indicate whether the individual intends 
for the State to serve as the individual’s residence 
for purposes of registering to vote in elections for 
Federal office. 
‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi-
vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 
the individual intends for the State to serve as the individ-
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ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 
motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi-
vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 
the chief State election official of such State that the indi-
vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi-
vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 
elections for Federal office.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 
occurring in 2027 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 123. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle, the following definitions apply: 
(1) CHIEF
STATE
ELECTION
OFFICIAL.—The 
term ‘‘chief State election official’’ with respect to a 
State means 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. 
(2) DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF UNITED STATES 
CITIZENSHIP.—The term ‘‘documentary proof of 
United States citizenship’’ means, with respect to an 
applicant for voter registration, any of the following: 
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(A) A form of identification issued con-
sistent with the requirements of the REAL ID 
Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a 
citizen of the United States. 
(B) A valid United States passport. 
(C) The applicant’s official United States 
military identification card, together with a 
United States military record of service showing 
that the applicant’s place of birth was in the 
United States. 
(D) A valid government-issued photo iden-
tification card issued by a Federal, State, or 
Tribal government showing that the applicant’s 
place of birth was in the United States. 
(E) A valid government-issued photo iden-
tification card issued by a Federal, State, or 
Tribal government other than an identification 
described in paragraphs (1) through (4), but 
only if presented together with one or more of 
the following: 
(i) A certified birth certificate issued 
by a State, a unit of local government in 
a State, or a Tribal government which— 
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(I) was issued by the State, unit 
of local government, or Tribal govern-
ment in which the applicant was born; 
(II) was filed with the office re-
sponsible for keeping vital records in 
the State; 
(III) includes the full name, date 
of birth, and place of birth of the ap-
plicant; 
(IV) lists the full names of one or 
both of the parents of the applicant; 
(V) has the signature of an indi-
vidual who is authorized to sign birth 
certificates on behalf of the State, 
unit of local government, or Tribal 
government in which the applicant 
was born; 
(VI) includes the date that the 
certificate was filed with the office re-
sponsible for keeping vital records in 
the State; and 
(VII) has the seal of the State, 
unit of local government, or Tribal 
government that issued the birth cer-
tificate. 
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Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(7) VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘voter registration agency’’ means an office des-
ignated under section 7(a)(1) of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(1)) to 
perform voter registration activities. 
Subtitle C—Information Sharing 
Agreements With Attorney General 
SEC. 131. INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH AT-
TORNEY GENERAL. 
(a) REQUIRING STATES TO ENTER INTO AGREE-
MENTS.—Title IX of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 907. INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH AT-
TORNEY GENERAL. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each State and the Attorney 
General shall have in effect an agreement under which the 
Attorney General and the State shall share information 
regarding the evidence of potential fraud in the adminis-
tration of elections for Federal office in the State, includ-
ing evidence of voting or attempted voting in elections for 
Federal office by individuals who are not eligible to vote 
in such elections. 
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‘‘(b) INELIGIBILITY OF FUNDS FOR STATES WITH-
OUT AGREEMENTS.—No Federal funds may be used to 
administer an election for Federal office in a State in a 
fiscal year unless the Attorney General certifies to the 
Commission that the State and the Attorney General have 
in effect an agreement under subsection (a) with respect 
to the fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title IX the following: 
‘‘Sec. 907. Information sharing agreements with Attorney General.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2026 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
Subtitle D—Election Security 
SEC. 141. INDICATION OF CITIZENSHIP ON DRIVER’S LI-
CENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(b) of the Real ID Act 
of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) If the person is a citizen of the United 
States, a clear and easily distinguishable indication 
of that citizenship.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to any driver’s license or 
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identification card issued by a State on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 142. REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY STATE ELECTION OF-
FICIALS OF INDIVIDUALS RECUSED FROM 
JURY SERVICE ON GROUNDS OF NONCITIZEN-
SHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If a United States district court 
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 individual’s 
recusal to— 
(1) the chief State election official of the State 
in which the individual resides; and 
(2) the Director of the United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services. 
(b) VERIFICATION
AND REMOVAL FROM VOTER 
LIST.—Upon receipt of notice of an individual’s recusal 
transmitted pursuant to subsection (a), a chief State elec-
tion official, in consultation with the Director of the 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
shall— 
(1) determine if such individual is a citizen of 
the United States; and 
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(2) in the case that such individual is not a cit-
izen of the United States, remove such individual 
from the official list of eligible voters. 
SEC. 143. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON FOREIGN AND DO-
MESTIC THREATS TO ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not earlier than 60 days before 
the date established under section 25 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 7) for each general 
election for Federal office and not later than 30 days be-
fore such date, the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with 
the heads of the appropriate Federal entities, shall submit 
a joint report to the appropriate congressional committees 
and the chief State election official of each State on for-
eign and domestic threats to elections in the United 
States, including physical and cybersecurity threats. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on House Administra-
tion, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
FEDERAL
ENTITIES.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate Federal entities’’ means— 
(A) the Department of Commerce, includ-
ing the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; 
(B) the Department of Defense; 
(C) the Department of Homeland Security, 
including the component of the Department 
that reports to the Under Secretary responsible 
for overseeing critical infrastructure protection, 
cybersecurity, and other related programs of 
the Department; 
(D) the Department of Justice, including 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and 
(E) the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence, the National Security Agency, and 
such other elements of the intelligence commu-
nity (as defined in section 3 of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) as the 
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Director of National Intelligence determines are 
appropriate. 
SEC. 144. PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS. 
Section 301 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (52 
U.S.C. 20701) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including audit 
records, ballot cast images, canvassing reports, cast vote 
records, certification records, chain of custody records, in-
cident 
reports, 
post-election 
records, 
reconciliation 
records, return envelopes, tabulation reports, technology 
records, and vote by mail records)’’ after ‘‘in such elec-
tion’’. 
SEC. 145. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CHIEF
STATE
ELECTION
OFFICIAL.—The 
term ‘‘chief State election official’’ means, with re-
spect to a State, the individual designated by the 
State under section 10 of the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20509) to be re-
sponsible for coordination of the State’s responsibil-
ities under such Act. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 901 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141). 
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