I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2360 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to meet 
Federal guidelines for the operation of electronic voting equipment, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2007 
Mr. EHLERS (for himself, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, and Mr. 
MCCARTHY of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require 
States to meet Federal guidelines for the operation of 
electronic voting equipment, 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 Enhancement 
and Security Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR 
ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
GUIDELINES; SUPPORT 
FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
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NOLOGY.—Section 221 of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (42 U.S.C. 15361 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES.—In ad-
dition to any other guidelines developed under this 
section, the Development Committee shall develop 
specific guidelines for the operation of electronic vot-
ing equipment in elections for Federal office under 
which the equipment will comply with each of the 
following technologies: 
‘‘(A) A technology that allows a contem-
poraneous, redundant, and auditable trail of the 
votes cast or recorded on such equipment. For 
purposes of this subparagraph, a trail is ‘con-
temporaneous’ if it is created and recorded at 
the same time as the original record. 
‘‘(B) A technology that allows each indi-
vidual who is eligible to vote in such an election 
to verify the ballot before the individual’s vote 
is cast into the equipment. 
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‘‘(C) A technology that ensures reliable se-
curity of the equipment from tampering or im-
proper use. 
‘‘(D) A technology that ensures that indi-
viduals with disabilities who are eligible to vote 
in the election can vote independently and with-
out assistance. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
SUPPORT
FROM
NIST.—The 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology shall provide the Development Com-
mittee with technical support in the development of 
the guidelines for electronic voting equipment under 
this subsection, in the same manner as the technical 
support provided under subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) DEADLINE.—The Director shall complete 
the requirements of subsection (a) not later than 
January 1, 2010.’’. 
(b) REQUIRING STATES TO MEET GUIDELINES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 301 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15481) is amended— 
(i) by redesignating subsections (b) 
through (d) as subsections (c) through (e); 
and 
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(ii) by inserting after subsection (a) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR ELECTRONIC 
VOTING EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any voting system which 
consists in whole or in part of an electronic vote re-
cording device or an electronic vote tabulation device 
shall meet the voting system guidelines applicable to 
such devices which are adopted by the Commission 
pursuant to section 222 (in accordance with the re-
quirements for the development of such guidelines 
under section 221(f)). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘vote recording device’ 
means the mechanism or medium used for re-
cording a voter’s ballot choices; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘vote tabulation device’ 
means the mechanism or equipment used to 
tabulate the votes recorded on the vote record-
ing device. 
‘‘(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
apply with respect to elections for Federal office held 
in 2012 and each succeeding year.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
301(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(e)), as re-
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designated by subparagraph (A), is amended by 
striking ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 
provided in subsection (b), each State’’. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR MEETING 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 257(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 15407(a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2011, $1,000,000,000, ex-
cept that any funds provided under the authoriza-
tion made by this paragraph shall be used by a 
State only to meet the requirements of section 
301(b), or to otherwise modify or replace its voting 
systems in response to such requirements.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS. 
(a) REQUIRING STATES TO ADMINISTER AUDITS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE PLAN.—Subtitle A of title III 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303A. AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING STATES TO ADMINISTER AUDITS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State shall admin-
ister audits of the results of elections for Federal of-
fice held in the State in accordance with a State 
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