I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 289 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to modernize State 
voting systems by allowing for increased use of the Internet in voter 
registration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2013 
Mr. MORAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
modernize State voting systems by allowing for increased 
use of the Internet in voter registration, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Value Our Time Elections Act’’ or the ‘‘VOTE Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROMOTING INTERNET REGISTRATION 
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Sec. 101. Requiring availability of Internet for voter registration. 
Sec. 102. Use of Internet to update registration information. 
TITLE II—AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS 
Sec. 201. Automated voter registration. 
Sec. 202. List maintenance, privacy, and security. 
Sec. 203. Promoting accuracy of Statewide voter registration lists. 
Sec. 204. Definitions. 
TITLE III—SHORTENING VOTER WAIT TIMES AND EARLY VOTING 
Sec. 301. Equitable allocation of voting systems, poll workers, and election re-
sources. 
Sec. 302. Early voting. 
Sec. 303. Conforming amendment to enforcement provision. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Effective date. 
TITLE I—PROMOTING INTERNET 
REGISTRATION 
SEC. 101. REQUIRING AVAILABILITY OF INTERNET FOR 
VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) REQUIRING AVAILABILITY
OF INTERNET
FOR 
REGISTRATION.—The National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 6 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6A. INTERNET REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING AVAILABILITY OF INTERNET FOR 
ONLINE REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
ONLINE
REGISTRA-
TION.—Each State, acting through the chief State 
election official, shall ensure that the following serv-
ices are available to the public at any time on the 
official public websites of the appropriate State and 
local election officials in the State, in the same man-
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ner and subject to the same terms and conditions as 
the services provided by voter registration agencies 
under section 7(a): 
‘‘(A) Online application for voter registra-
tion. 
‘‘(B) Online assistance to applicants in ap-
plying to register to vote. 
‘‘(C) Online completion and submission by 
applicants of the mail voter registration applica-
tion form prescribed by the Election Assistance 
Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2), includ-
ing assistance with providing a signature in 
electronic form as required under subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(D) Online receipt of completed voter reg-
istration applications. 
‘‘(b) ACCEPTANCE OF COMPLETED APPLICATIONS.— 
A State shall accept an online voter registration applica-
tion provided by an individual under this section, and en-
sure that the individual is registered to vote in the State, 
if— 
‘‘(1) the individual meets the same voter reg-
istration requirements applicable to individuals who 
register to vote by mail in accordance with section 
6(a)(1) using the mail voter registration application 
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form prescribed by the Election Assistance Commis-
sion pursuant to section 9(a)(2); and 
‘‘(2) the individual provides a signature in elec-
tronic form in accordance with subsection (c) (but 
only in the case of applications submitted during or 
after the second year in which this section is in ef-
fect in the State). 
‘‘(c) SIGNATURES IN ELECTRONIC FORM.—For pur-
poses of this section, an individual provides a signature 
in electronic form by— 
‘‘(1) executing a computerized mark in the sig-
nature field on an online voter registration applica-
tion; or 
‘‘(2) submitting with the application an elec-
tronic copy of the individual’s handwritten signature 
through electronic means. 
‘‘(d) CONFIRMATION AND DISPOSITION.— 
‘‘(1) CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT.—Upon the 
online submission of a completed voter registration 
application by an individual under this section, the 
appropriate State or local election official shall send 
the individual a notice confirming the State’s receipt 
of the application and providing instructions on how 
the individual may check the status of the applica-
tion. 
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‘‘(2) NOTICE OF DISPOSITION.—As soon as the 
appropriate State or local election official has ap-
proved or rejected an application submitted by an in-
dividual under this section, the official shall send the 
individual a notice of the disposition of the applica-
tion. 
‘‘(3) METHOD OF NOTIFICATION.—The appro-
priate State or local election official shall send the 
notices required under this subsection by regular 
mail, and, in the case of an individual who has re-
quested that the State provide voter registration and 
voting information through electronic mail, by both 
electronic mail and regular mail. 
‘‘(e) PROVISION
OF SERVICES
IN NONPARTISAN 
MANNER.—The services made available under subsection 
(a) shall be provided in a manner that ensures that, con-
sistent with section 7(a)(5)— 
‘‘(1) the online application does not seek to in-
fluence an applicant’s political preference or party 
registration; and 
‘‘(2) there is no display on the website pro-
moting any political preference or party allegiance, 
except that nothing in this paragraph may be con-
strued to prohibit an applicant from registering to 
vote as a member of a political party. 
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‘‘(f) PROTECTION OF SECURITY OF INFORMATION.— 
In meeting the requirements of this section, the State shall 
establish appropriate technological security measures to 
prevent to the greatest extent practicable any unauthor-
ized access to information provided by individuals using 
the services made available under subsection (a). 
‘‘(g) USE OF ADDITIONAL TELEPHONE-BASED SYS-
TEM.—A State shall make the services made available on-
line under subsection (a) available through the use of an 
automated telephone-based system, subject to the same 
terms and conditions applicable under this section to the 
services made available online, in addition to making the 
services available online in accordance with the require-
ments of this section. 
‘‘(h) NONDISCRIMINATION
AMONG
REGISTERED 
VOTERS USING MAIL AND ONLINE REGISTRATION.—In 
carrying out this Act, the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), or any other Federal, State, 
or local law governing the treatment of registered voters 
in the State or the administration of elections for public 
office in the State, a State shall treat a registered voter 
who registered to vote online in accordance with this sec-
tion in the same manner as the State treats a registered 
voter who registered to vote by mail.’’. 
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(b) SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INDIVIDUALS 
USING ONLINE REGISTRATION.— 
(1) TREATMENT AS INDIVIDUALS REGISTERING 
TO VOTE BY MAIL FOR PURPOSES OF FIRST-TIME 
VOTER
IDENTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘by mail’’ and inserting ‘‘by mail or online under 
section 6A of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993’’. 
(2) REQUIRING
SIGNATURE
FOR
FIRST-TIME 
VOTERS IN JURISDICTION.—Section 303(b) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(b)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SIGNATURE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
FIRST- 
TIME VOTERS USING ONLINE REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State shall, in a 
uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, require 
an individual to meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (B) if— 
‘‘(i) the individual registered to vote 
in the State online under section 6A of the 
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National Voter Registration Act of 1993; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the individual has not previously 
voted in an election for Federal office in 
the State. 
‘‘(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—An 
individual 
meets the requirements of this subparagraph 
if— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an individual who 
votes in person, the individual provides the 
appropriate State or local election official 
with a handwritten signature; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who 
votes by mail, the individual submits with 
the ballot a handwritten signature. 
‘‘(C) 
INAPPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph 
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual 
who is— 
‘‘(i) entitled to vote by absentee ballot 
under the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–1 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) provided the right to vote other-
wise 
than 
in 
person 
under 
section 
3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Voting Accessibility 
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for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 
U.S.C. 1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or 
‘‘(iii) entitled to vote otherwise than 
in person under any other Federal law.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b)(5), each State’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TIMING OF REGISTRATION.—Section 8(a)(1) 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) in the case of online registration 
through the official public website of an election 
official under section 6A, if the valid voter reg-
istration application is submitted online not 
later than the lesser of 30 days, or the period 
provided by State law, before the date of the 
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election (as determined by treating the date on 
which the application is sent electronically as 
the date on which it is submitted); and’’. 
(2) INFORMING
APPLICANTS
OF
ELIGIBILITY 
REQUIREMENTS
AND
PENALTIES.—Section 8(a)(5) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)(5)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and 7’’ and inserting ‘‘6A, and 7’’. 
SEC. 102. USE OF INTERNET TO UPDATE REGISTRATION IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) UPDATES TO INFORMATION CONTAINED ON 
COMPUTERIZED
STATEWIDE
VOTER
REGISTRATION 
LIST.—Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) USE OF INTERNET BY REGISTERED VOT-
ERS TO UPDATE INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate State 
or local election official shall ensure that any 
registered voter on the computerized list may at 
any time update the voter’s registration infor-
mation, including the voter’s address and elec-
tronic mail address, online through the official 
public website of the election official responsible 
for the maintenance of the list, so long as the 
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voter attests to the contents of the update by 
providing a signature in electronic form in the 
same manner required under section 6A(c) of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. 
‘‘(B) PROCESSING OF UPDATED INFORMA-
TION BY ELECTION OFFICIALS.—If a registered 
voter updates registration information under 
subparagraph (A), the appropriate State or 
local election official shall— 
‘‘(i) revise any information on the 
computerized list to reflect the update 
made by the voter; and 
‘‘(ii) if the updated registration infor-
mation affects the voter’s eligibility to vote 
in an election for Federal office, ensure 
that the information is processed with re-
spect to the election if the voter updates 
the information not later than the lesser of 
7 days, or the period provided by State 
law, before the date of the election. 
‘‘(C) CONFIRMATION AND DISPOSITION.— 
‘‘(i) CONFIRMATION
OF
RECEIPT.— 
Upon the online submission of updated 
registration information by an individual 
under this paragraph, the appropriate 
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State or local election official shall send 
the individual a notice confirming the 
State’s receipt of the updated information 
and providing instructions on how the indi-
vidual may check the status of the update. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE
OF
DISPOSITION.—As 
soon as the appropriate State or local elec-
tion official has accepted or rejected up-
dated information submitted by an indi-
vidual under this paragraph, the official 
shall send the individual a notice of the 
disposition of the update. 
‘‘(iii) METHOD
OF
NOTIFICATION.— 
The appropriate State or local election offi-
cial shall send the notices required under 
this subparagraph by regular mail, and, in 
the case of an individual who has re-
quested that the State provide voter reg-
istration and voting information through 
electronic mail, by both electronic mail and 
regular mail.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section 303(d)(1)(A) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(1)(A)) is amended by 
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striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B) and subsection (a)(6)’’. 
(b) ABILITY OF REGISTRANT TO USE ONLINE UP-
DATE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON RESIDENCE.—Sec-
tion 8(d)(2)(A) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(d)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘re-
turn the card’’ the following: ‘‘or update the reg-
istrant’s information on the computerized Statewide 
voter registration list using the online method pro-
vided under section 303(a)(6) of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(6))’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘re-
turned,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘returned or if 
the registrant does not update the registrant’s infor-
mation on the computerized Statewide voter reg-
istration list using such online method,’’. 
TITLE 
II—AUTOMATED 
REG-
ISTRATION OF CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS 
SEC. 201. AUTOMATED VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) COLLECTION
OF
INFORMATION
BY
SOURCE 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) DUTIES
OF
SOURCE
AGENCIES.—Each 
source agency in a State (as defined in subsection 
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(e)) shall, with each application for services or as-
sistance by an individual, and with each recertifi-
cation, renewal, or change of address relating to 
such services or assistance— 
(A) notify each such individual of the sub-
stantive qualifications of an elector in the State, 
using language approved by the State’s chief 
election official; 
(B) notify each such individual that there 
is an opportunity to be registered to vote or up-
date voter registration, but that voter registra-
tion is voluntary, and that neither registering 
nor declining to register to vote will in any way 
affect the availability of services or benefits, nor 
be used for other purposes; 
(C) require that each such individual indi-
cate, after considering the substantive qualifica-
tion of an elector in the State, whether or not 
the person wishes to be registered; 
(D) ensure that each such individual’s 
transaction with the agency cannot be com-
pleted until the individual has indicated whether 
he or she wishes to register to vote; and 
(E) for each such individual who consents 
to using the individual’s records with the source 
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agency to enable the individual to register to 
vote under this section, collect a signed affirma-
tion of eligibility to register to vote in the State. 
(2) NO EFFECT ON RIGHT TO DECLINE VOTER 
REGISTRATION.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to interfere with the right of any person 
to decline to be registered to vote for any reason. 
(b) TRANSFER OF INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS 
CONSENTING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—For each individual who noti-
fies the source agency that the individual consents to 
voter registration under this section, the source 
agency shall transfer to the chief State election offi-
cial of the State the following data, to the extent the 
data is available to the source agency: 
(A) The given name or names and sur-
name or surnames. 
(B) Date of birth. 
(C) Residential address. 
(D) Mailing address. 
(E) Signature, in electronic form. 
(F) Date of the last change to the infor-
mation. 
(G) The motor vehicle driver’s license 
number. 
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(H) The last four digits of the Social Secu-
rity number. 
(2) TIMING OF TRANSFER.—The source agency 
shall transfer the data described in paragraph (1) to 
the chief State election official on a daily basis. 
(3) FORMAT.—The data transferred under 
paragraph (1) shall be transferred in a format com-
patible with the Statewide computerized voter reg-
istration list under section 303 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483). 
(4) PROHIBITING STORAGE OF INFORMATION.— 
Any information collected by the source agency 
under this section with respect to an individual who 
consents to register to vote under this section may 
not be stored by the source agency in any form after 
the information is transferred to the chief State elec-
tion official under paragraph (1). 
(c) REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUALS BY CHIEF STATE 
ELECTION OFFICIAL.— 
(1) COMPARISON WITH STATEWIDE VOTER REG-
ISTRATION LIST.—Upon receiving information from 
a source agency with respect to an individual under 
subsection (b), the chief State election official shall 
determine whether the individual is included in the 
computerized Statewide voter registration list estab-
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lished and maintained under section 303 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483). 
(2) REGISTRATION
OF
INDIVIDUALS
NOT
ON 
STATEWIDE LIST.—If an individual for whom infor-
mation is received from a source agency under sub-
section (b) is eligible to vote in elections for Federal 
office in the State and is not on the computerized 
Statewide voter registration list, the chief State elec-
tion official shall— 
(A) ensure that the individual is registered 
to vote in such elections not later than 5 days 
after receiving the information, without regard 
to whether or not the information provided by 
the source agency includes the individual’s sig-
nature; 
(B) update the Statewide computerized 
voter registration list to include the individual; 
and 
(C) notify the individual that the individual 
is registered to vote in elections for Federal of-
fice in the State. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
INFORMATION
INCOR-
RECTLY PROVIDED.—If a source agency provides the 
chief State election official with information with re-
spect to an individual who did not consent to be reg-
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istered to vote under this section, the chief State 
election official shall not take any action to register 
the individual to vote, except that no such individual 
who is already included on the computerized State-
wide voter registration list shall be removed from the 
list solely because the information was incorrectly 
provided under subsection (b). 
(4) NO
EFFECT
ON
OTHER
MEANS
OF
REG-
ISTRATION.—Nothing in this section affects a 
State’s obligation to register voters upon receipt of 
a valid voter registration application through means 
provided by National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), the Internet registration 
procedure described in section 101, or other valid 
means. 
(5) INDIVIDUALS IN EXISTING RECORDS.—No 
later than January 2015, each individual who is list-
ed in a source agency’s records and for whom there 
exists reason to believe the individual is a citizen 
and not otherwise ineligible to vote shall be mailed 
a postage pre-paid return postcard including a box 
for the individual to check, together with the state-
ment (in close proximity to the box and in promi-
nent type), ‘‘By checking this box, I affirm that I 
am a citizen of the United States, am eligible to vote 
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in this State, and will be at least eighteen years old 
by the next general election. I understand that by 
checking this box, I will be registered to vote if I am 
eligible to vote in the State.’’, along with a clear de-
scription of the voting eligibility requirements in the 
State. The postcard shall also include, where re-
quired for voter registration, a place for the individ-
ual’s signature and designation of party affiliation. 
An individual who checks the box and returns the 
completed postcard postmarked not later than the 
lesser of the fifteenth day before an election for Fed-
eral office, or the period provided by State law, shall 
be registered to vote in that election. 
(d) OPTIONS
FOR STATE TO REQUIRE SPECIAL 
TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED AUTOMATI-
CALLY.— 
(1) TREATMENT AS INDIVIDUALS REGISTERING 
TO VOTE BY MAIL FOR PURPOSES OF FIRST-TIME 
VOTER
IDENTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15483(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section 
101(b)(1), is amended by striking ‘‘of 1993’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of 1993 or (at the option of the State) was 
registered automatically under section 102 of the 
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Voting Line Reduction and Online Registration 
Act’’. 
(2) REQUIRING SIGNATURE.—Section 303(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(b)), as amended by sec-
tion 101(b)(2), is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) OPTION FOR STATE TO REQUIRE SIGNA-
TURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST-TIME VOTERS REG-
ISTERED AUTOMATICALLY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may, in a uni-
form and nondiscriminatory manner, require an 
individual to meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (B) if— 
‘‘(i) the individual was registered to 
vote in the State automatically under sec-
tion 101 of the Voting Line Reduction and 
Online Registration Act; and 
‘‘(ii) the individual has not previously 
voted in an election for Federal office in 
the State. 
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‘‘(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—An 
individual 
meets the requirements of this subparagraph 
if— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an individual who 
votes in person, the individual provides the 
appropriate State or local election official 
with a handwritten signature; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual who 
votes by mail, the individual submits with 
the ballot a handwritten signature. 
‘‘(C) 
INAPPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph 
(A) does not apply in the case of an individual 
who is— 
‘‘(i) entitled to vote by absentee ballot 
under the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–1 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) provided the right to vote other-
wise 
than 
in 
person 
under 
section 
3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Voting Accessibility 
for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 
U.S.C. 1973ee–1(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or 
‘‘(iii) entitled to vote otherwise than 
in person under any other Federal law.’’. 
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(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(2)(A)), as amended by sec-
tion 101(b)(3), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(5) and 
(b)(6)’’. 
(e) SOURCE AGENCIES DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any State, a 
‘‘source agency’’ is— 
(A) each State office which is described in 
paragraph (2); and 
(B) each Federal office which is described 
in paragraph (3) which is located in the State, 
except that such office shall be a source agency 
only with respect to individuals who are resi-
dents of the State in which the office is located. 
(2) STATE OFFICES DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The State offices de-
scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 
(i) The State motor vehicle authority. 
(ii) Each office in the State which is 
designated as a voter registration agency 
in a State pursuant to section 7(a) of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5(a)). 
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(iii) Each State agency that admin-
isters a program providing assistance pur-
suant to pursuant to title III of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.). 
(iv) Each State agency primarily re-
sponsible for maintaining identifying infor-
mation for students enrolled at public sec-
ondary schools in the State, including, 
where applicable, the State agency respon-
sible for maintaining the education data 
system described in section 6401(e)(2) of 
the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 
9871(e)(2)). 
(v) In the case of a State in which an 
individual disenfranchised by a criminal 
conviction may become eligible to vote 
upon completion of criminal sentence or 
any part thereof, or upon formal restora-
tion of rights, the State agency responsible 
for administering that sentence, or part 
thereof, or that restoration of rights. 
(vi) In the case of a State in which an 
individual disenfranchised by adjudication 
of mental incompetence or similar condi-
tion becomes eligible to register to vote 
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upon the restoration of competence or 
similar condition, each State agency re-
sponsible for determining when competence 
or a similar condition is met. 
(vii) Such other office which may be 
designated as a source agency by the chief 
State election official of the State. 
(B) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF ADDI-
TIONAL SOURCE AGENCIES.—In designating of-
fices of the State as source agencies for pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(vii), the chief State 
election official shall give priority on the basis 
of the following criteria: 
(i) The extent to which individuals re-
ceiving services or assistance from the of-
fice are likely to be individuals who are eli-
gible to register to vote in elections for 
Federal office in the State but who are not 
registered to vote in such elections. 
(ii) The accuracy of the office’s 
records with respect to identifying informa-
tion (including age, citizenship status, and 
residency) for individuals receiving services 
or assistance from the office. 
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(iii) The cost-effectiveness of obtain-
ing such identifying information and trans-
mitting the information to the chief State 
election official. 
(iv) The extent to which the designa-
tion of the office as a voter registration 
agency will promote the registration of eli-
gible individuals to vote in elections for 
Federal office in the State and the accu-
racy of the State’s Statewide computerized 
voter registration list under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15301 et seq.). 
(3) FEDERAL OFFICES DESCRIBED.—The Fed-
eral offices described in this paragraph are as fol-
lows: 
(A) Armed Forces recruitment offices. 
(B) The United States Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Bureau, but only with 
respect to individuals who complete the natu-
ralization process. 
(C) The Social Security Administration. 
(D) The Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts, the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, and the United States Probation Serv-
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ice, but only with respect to individuals com-
pleting terms of prison, sentences, probation, or 
parole. 
(E) The Department of Veterans Affairs, 
but only with respect to individuals applying for 
or using health care services or services for 
homeless individuals. 
(F) The Defense Manpower Data Center 
of the Department of Defense. 
(G) The Indian Health Services of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services. 
(H) The Center for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services of the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
(I) Any other Federal office which is des-
ignated by a State (with the consent of the 
President) as a source agency with respect to 
the State. 
SEC. 202. LIST MAINTENANCE, PRIVACY, AND SECURITY. 
(a) DATABASE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.— 
(1) DATABASE
MATCHING
STANDARDS.—The 
chief State election official of each State shall estab-
lish standards governing the comparison of data on 
the Statewide computerized voter registration list 
under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 
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2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483), the data provided by var-
ious source agencies under section 201, and relevant 
data from other sources, including the specific data 
elements and data matching rules to be used for 
purposes of determining— 
(A) whether a data record from any source 
agency represents the same individual as a 
record in another source agency or on the state-
wide list; 
(B) whether a data record from any source 
agency represents an individual already reg-
istered to vote in the State; 
(C) whether two data records in the state-
wide computerized voter registration list rep-
resent duplicate records for the same individual; 
(D) whether a data record supplied by any 
list maintenance source represents an individual 
already registered to vote in the State; and 
(E) which information will be treated as 
more current and reliable when data records 
from multiple sources present information for 
the same individual. 
(2) STANDARDS
FOR
DETERMINING
INELIGI-
BILITY.—The chief State election official of a State 
shall establish uniform and non-discriminatory 
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standards describing the specific conditions under 
which an individual will be determined for list main-
tenance purposes to be ineligible to vote in an elec-
tion for Federal office in the State. 
(b) PRIVACY AND SECURITY STANDARDS.— 
(1) PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICY.—The chief 
State election official of a State shall publish and 
enforce a privacy and security policy specifying each 
class of users who shall have authorized access to 
the computerized Statewide voter registration list, 
specifying for each such class the permission and 
levels of access to be granted, and setting forth 
other safeguards to protect the privacy and security 
of the information on the list. Such policy shall in-
clude security safeguards to protect personal infor-
mation in the data transfer process under section 
201, the online or telephone interface, the mainte-
nance of the voter registration database, and audit 
procedure to track individual access to the system. 
(2) NO
UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS.—The chief 
State election official of a State shall establish poli-
cies and enforcement procedures to prevent unau-
thorized access to or use of the computerized state-
wide voter registration list, any list or other infor-
mation provided by a source agency under section 
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201, or any maintenance source for the list. Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit ac-
cess to information required for purposes of voter 
registration, election administration, and the en-
forcement of election laws. 
(3) INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The chief State election 
official of a State shall establish policies and 
enforcement procedures to maintain security 
during inter-agency transfers of information re-
quired or permitted under this title. Each State 
agency and third party participating in such 
inter-agency transfers of information shall fa-
cilitate and comply with such policies. Nothing 
in this subparagraph shall prevent a source 
agency under section 201 from establishing and 
enforcing additional security measures to pro-
tect the confidentiality and integrity of inter- 
agency data transfers. No State or local election 
official shall transfer or facilitate the transfer 
of information from the computerized statewide 
voter registration list to any source agency 
under section 201. 
(B) TRANSMISSION
THROUGH
SECURE 
THIRD PARTIES PERMITTED.—Nothing in this 
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section shall be construed to prevent a source 
agency under section 201 from contracting with 
a third party to assist in the transmission of 
data to a chief State election official, so long as 
the data transmission complies with the appli-
cable requirements of this title, including the 
privacy and security provisions of this section. 
(4) RECORDS
RETENTION.—The chief State 
election official of a State shall establish standards 
and procedures to maintain all election records re-
quired for purposes of this title, including for the 
purpose of determining the eligibility of persons 
casting provisional ballots under section 302 of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482). 
Records for individuals who have been retained on 
the computerized statewide voter registration list 
under section 301 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15481) 
but identified as ineligible to vote in an election for 
Federal office within the State, or removed from the 
list due to ineligibility, shall be maintained and kept 
available until at least the date of the second general 
election for Federal office that occurs after the date 
that the individual was identified as ineligible. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF STANDARDS.—The chief State 
election official of a State shall publish on the official’s 
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