I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5799 
To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals 
with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right 
to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. BRADY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BACA, Ms. BASS of California, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CHU, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CLARKE of 
Michigan, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. 
DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
HIGGINS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of 
Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAR-
SEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. LEVIN, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. LUJA´N, Mrs. MALO-
NEY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. PETERS, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LO-
RETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
STARK, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
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WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. BISHOP of New York) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, 
and Technology, Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, 
and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting 
for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of 
individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for 
Federal office, 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 
‘‘Voter Empowerment Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—VOTER REGISTRATION MODERNIZATION 
Sec. 100. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Promoting Internet Registration 
Sec. 101. Requiring availability of Internet for voter registration. 
Sec. 102. Use of Internet to update registration information. 
Sec. 103. Provision of election information by electronic mail to individuals reg-
istered to vote. 
Sec. 104. Clarification of requirement regarding necessary information to show 
eligibility to vote. 
Sec. 105. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Automated Registration of Certain Individuals 
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Sec. 111. Automated voter registration. 
Sec. 112. List maintenance, privacy, and security. 
Sec. 113. Promoting accuracy of Statewide voter registration lists. 
Sec. 114. Definitions. 
Sec. 115. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Other Initiatives To Promote Voter Registration 
Sec. 121. Same day registration. 
Sec. 122. Acceptance of voter registration applications from individuals under 
18 years of age. 
Sec. 123. Annual reports on voter registration statistics. 
Subtitle D—Availability of HAVA Requirements Payments 
Sec. 131. Availability of requirements payments under HAVA to cover costs of 
compliance with new requirements. 
Subtitle E—Prohibiting Interference With Voter Registration 
Sec. 141. Prohibiting hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registra-
tion. 
Sec. 142. Establishment of best practices. 
TITLE II—ACCESS TO VOTING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
Sec. 201. Requirements for States to promote access to voter registration and 
voting for individuals with disabilities. 
Sec. 202. Pilot programs for enabling individuals with disabilities to register to 
vote and vote privately and independently at residences. 
Sec. 203. Expansion and reauthorization of grant program to assure voting ac-
cess for individuals with disabilities. 
TITLE III—PROHIBITING VOTER CAGING 
Sec. 301. Voter caging and other questionable challenges prohibited. 
Sec. 302. Development and adoption of best practices for preventing voter cag-
ing. 
Sec. 303. Severability. 
TITLE IV—PROHIBITING DECEPTIVE PRACTICES 
Sec. 401. Prohibition on deceptive practices in Federal elections. 
Sec. 402. Modification of penalty for voter intimidation. 
Sec. 403. Sentencing guidelines. 
Sec. 404. Reporting violations; corrective action. 
TITLE V—DEMOCRACY RESTORATION 
Sec. 501. Rights of citizens. 
Sec. 502. Enforcement. 
Sec. 503. Notification of restoration of voting rights. 
Sec. 504. Definitions. 
Sec. 505. Relation to other laws. 
Sec. 506. Federal prison funds. 
Sec. 507. Effective date. 
TITLE VI—ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, AND SECURITY OF ELECTIONS 
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Sec. 600. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Promoting Accuracy, Integrity, and Security Through Voter- 
Verified Permanent Paper Ballot 
Sec. 601. Paper ballot and manual counting requirements. 
Sec. 602. Accessibility and ballot verification for individuals with disabilities. 
Sec. 603. Additional voting system requirements. 
Sec. 604. Availability of additional funding to enable States to meet costs of 
revised requirements. 
Sec. 605. Effective date for new requirements. 
Subtitle B—Requirement for Mandatory Manual Audits by Hand Count 
Sec. 611. Mandatory manual audits. 
Sec. 612. Availability of enforcement under Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
Sec. 613. Guidance on best practices for alternative audit mechanisms. 
Sec. 614. Clerical amendment. 
TITLE VII—PROVISIONAL BALLOTS 
Sec. 701. Requirements for counting provisional ballots; establishment of uni-
form and nondiscriminatory standards. 
TITLE VIII—EARLY VOTING AND VOTING BY MAIL 
Sec. 801. Early voting and voting by mail. 
TITLE IX—ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS AND 
OVERSEAS VOTERS 
Sec. 901. Extending guarantee of residency for voting purposes to family mem-
bers of absent military personnel. 
Sec. 902. Pre-election reports on availability and transmission of absentee bal-
lots. 
Sec. 903. Enforcement. 
Sec. 904. Revisions to 45-day absentee ballot transmission rule. 
Sec. 905. Use of single absentee ballot application for subsequent elections. 
Sec. 906. Application of UOCAVA to Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
Sec. 907. Effective date. 
TITLE X—POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING 
Sec. 1001. Leave to serve as a poll worker for Federal employees. 
Sec. 1002. Grants to States for poll worker recruitment and training. 
Sec. 1003. Model poll worker training program. 
Sec. 1004. State defined. 
TITLE XI—ENHANCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT 
Sec. 1101. Enhancement of enforcement of Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
TITLE XII—FEDERAL ELECTION INTEGRITY 
Sec. 1201. Prohibition on campaign activities by chief State election adminis-
tration officials. 
TITLE XIII—OTHER ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS 
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Sec. 1301. Treatment of universities as voter registration agencies. 
Sec. 1302. Minimum notification requirements for voters affected by polling 
place changes. 
Sec. 1303. Voter information response systems and hotline. 
Sec. 1304. Reauthorization of election assistance commission. 
Sec. 1305. Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain 
government contracting requirements. 
Sec. 1306. No effect on other laws. 
TITLE I—VOTER REGISTRATION 
MODERNIZATION 
SEC. 100. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Voter Registration 
Modernization Act of 2012’’. 
Subtitle A—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 
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6(a)(1) using the mail voter registration application 
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 
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the individual may check the status of the applica-
tion. 
‘‘(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-
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strued to prohibit an applicant from registering to 
vote as a member of a political party. 
‘‘(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, 
or any other Federal, State, or local law governing the 
treatment of registered voters in the State or the adminis-
tration of elections for public office in the State, a State 
shall treat a registered voter who registered to vote online 
in accordance with this section in the same manner as the 
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State treats a registered voter who registered to vote by 
mail.’’. 
(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— 
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‘‘(i) the individual registered to vote 
in the State online under section 6A of the 
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.); 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(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-
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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 
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-
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tronic mail address, online through the official 
public website of the election official responsible 
for the maintenance of the list, so long as the 
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.— 
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‘‘(i) CONFIRMATION
OF
RECEIPT.— 
Upon the online submission of updated 
registration information by an individual 
under this paragraph, the appropriate 
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.’’. 
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(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 
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’’; 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,’’. 
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SEC. 103. PROVISION OF ELECTION INFORMATION BY 
ELECTRONIC MAIL TO INDIVIDUALS REG-
ISTERED TO VOTE. 
(a) INCLUDING OPTION ON VOTER REGISTRATION 
APPLICATION TO PROVIDE E–MAIL ADDRESS AND RE-
CEIVE INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(b) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg– 
7(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) shall include a space for the applicant to 
provide (at the applicant’s option) an electronic mail 
address, together with a statement that, if the appli-
cant so requests, instead of using regular mail the 
appropriate State and local election officials shall 
provide to the applicant, through electronic mail sent 
to that address, the same voting information (as de-
fined in section 302(b)(2) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002) which the officials would provide to the 
applicant through regular mail.’’. 
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(2) PROHIBITING
USE
FOR
PURPOSES
UNRE-
LATED
TO
OFFICIAL
DUTIES
OF
ELECTION
OFFI-
CIALS.—Section 9 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg– 
7) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITING USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL AD-
DRESSES FOR OTHER THAN OFFICIAL PURPOSES.—The 
chief State election official shall ensure that any electronic 
mail address provided by an applicant under subsection 
(b)(5) is used only for purposes of carrying out official 
duties of election officials and is not transmitted by any 
State or local election official (or any agent of such an 
official, including a contractor) to any person who does 
not require the address to carry out such official duties 
and who is not under the direct supervision and control 
of a State or local election official.’’. 
(b) REQUIRING PROVISION
OF INFORMATION
BY 
ELECTION OFFICIALS.—Section 302(b) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PROVISION OF OTHER INFORMATION BY 
ELECTRONIC MAIL.—If an individual who is a reg-
istered voter has provided the State or local election 
official with an electronic mail address for the pur-
pose of receiving voting information (as described in 
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section 9(b)(5) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993), the appropriate State or local election 
official, through electronic mail transmitted not later 
than 7 days before the date of the election involved, 
shall provide the individual with information on how 
to obtain the following information by electronic 
means: 
‘‘(A) The name and address of the polling 
place at which the individual is assigned to vote 
in the election. 
‘‘(B) The hours of operation for the polling 
place. 
‘‘(C) A description of any identification or 
other information the individual may be re-
quired to present at the polling place.’’. 
SEC. 104. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT REGARDING 
NECESSARY INFORMATION TO SHOW ELIGI-
BILITY TO VOTE. 
Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(j) REQUIREMENT FOR STATE TO REGISTER APPLI-
CANTS PROVIDING NECESSARY INFORMATION TO SHOW 
ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.—For purposes meeting the re-
quirement of subsection (a)(1) that an eligible applicant 
is registered to vote in an election for Federal office within 
the deadlines required under such subsection, the State 
shall consider an applicant to have provided a ‘valid voter 
registration form’ if— 
‘‘(1) the applicant has accurately completed the 
application form and attested to the statement re-
quired by section 9(b)(2); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an applicant who registers 
to vote online in accordance with section 6A, the ap-
plicant provides a signature in accordance with sub-
section (c) of such section.’’. 
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the amendments made by this subtitle (other than the 
amendments made by section 104) shall take effect Janu-
ary 1, 2014. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Election 
Assistance Commission, if a State certifies to the Election 
Assistance Commission that the State will not meet the 
deadline referred to in subsection (a) because of extraor-
dinary circumstances and includes in the certification the 
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reasons for the failure to meet the deadline, subsection 
(a) shall apply to the State as if the reference in such 
subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ were a reference to 
‘‘January 1, 2016’’. 
Subtitle B—Automated 
Registration of Certain Individuals 
SEC. 111. 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 
(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 
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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 
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-
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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. 
(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. 
(4) PROHIBITING STORAGE OF INFORMATION.— 
Any information collected by the source agency 
under this section with respect to an individual who 
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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-
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 
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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-
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 
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procedure described in subtitle A, 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 
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. 
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(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 111 of the 
Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2012’’. 
(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: 
‘‘(5) 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 
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individual to meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (B) if— 
‘‘(i) the individual was registered to 
vote in the State automatically under sec-
tion 111 of the Voter Registration Mod-
ernization Act of 2012; 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-
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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.’’. 
(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. 
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(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)). 
(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 
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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 
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-
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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. 
(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. 
(3) FEDERAL OFFICES DESCRIBED.—The Fed-
eral offices described in this paragraph are as fol-
lows: 
(A) Armed Forces recruitment offices. 
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(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-
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 des-
ignated by a State (with the consent of the 
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President) as a source agency with respect to 
the State. 
SEC. 112. 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 
2002, the data provided by various source agencies 
under section 111, and relevant data from other 
sources, including the specific data elements and 
data matching rules to be used for purposes of de-
termining— 
(A) whether a data record from any source 
agency represents the same individual as a 
record in another source agency or on the 
Statewide 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; 
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(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 
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-
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mation in the data transfer process under section 
111, 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 
election official of a State shall establish policies and 
enforcement procedures to prevent unauthorized ac-
cess to or use of the computerized Statewide voter 
registration list, any list or other information pro-
vided by a source agency under section 111, or any 
maintenance source for the list. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit access to 
information required for official purposes for pur-
poses of voter registration, election administration, 
and the enforcement of election laws. 
(3) INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The chief election offi-
cial of a State shall establish policies and en-
forcement procedures to maintain security dur-
ing inter-agency transfers of information re-
quired or permitted under this subtitle. Each 
State agency and third party participating in 
such inter-agency transfers of information shall 
facilitate and comply with such policies. Noth-
ing in this subparagraph shall prevent a source 
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agency under section 111 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 111. 
(B) TRANSMISSION
THROUGH
SECURE 
THIRD PARTIES PERMITTED.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent a source 
agency under section 111 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 subtitle, including 
the privacy and security provisions of this sec-
tion. 
(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 subtitle, including for the 
purpose of determining the eligibility of persons 
casting provisional ballots under section 302 of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002. Records for individ-
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uals who have been retained on the computerized 
Statewide voter registration list under section 301 of 
such Act but identified as ineligible to vote in an 
election for Federal office within the State, or re-
moved 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 identi-
fied as ineligible. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF STANDARDS.—The chief State 
election official of a State shall publish on the official’s 
website the standards established under this section, and 
shall make those standards available in written form upon 
public request. 
(d) PROTECTION OF SOURCE INFORMATION.—The 
identity of the specific source agency through which an 
individual consented to register to vote under section 111 
shall not be disclosed to the public and shall not be re-
tained after the individual is added to the computerized 
Statewide voter registration list. 
(e) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.—The chief 
State election official of a State shall establish policies and 
enforcement procedures to ensure that personal informa-
tion provided by source agencies or otherwise transmitted 
under this section is kept confidential and is available only 
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to authorized users. For purposes of these policies and 
procedures, the term ‘‘personal information’’ means any 
of the following: 
(1) Any portion of an individual’s Social Secu-
rity number. 
(2) Any portion of an individual’s motor vehicle 
driver’s license number or State identification card 
number. 
(3) An individual’s signature. 
(4) An individual’s personal residence and con-
tact information (in the case of individuals with re-
spect to whom such information is required to be 
maintained as confidential under State law). 
(5) Sensitive information relating to persons in 
categories designated confidential by Federal or 
State law, including victims of domestic violence or 
stalking, prosecutors and law enforcement personnel, 
and participants in a witness protection program. 
(6) An individual’s phone number. 
(7) An individual’s email address. 
(8) Any indication of an individual’s status as 
a citizen or noncitizen of the United States. 
(9) Such other information as the chief State 
election official may designate as confidential to the 
extent reasonably necessary to prevent identity theft 
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or impersonation, except that the chief State election 
official may not designate as confidential under this 
subparagraph the name, address, or date of registra-
tion of an individual, or, where applicable, the self- 
identified racial or ethnic category of the individual 
as applicable under Revisions to OMB Directive 
Number 15 or successor directives. 
(f) PROTECTIONS AGAINST LIABILITY OF INDIVID-
UALS ON BASIS OF INFORMATION TRANSFERRED.— 
(1) NO INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR REGISTRA-
TION OF INELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—If an individual 
who is not eligible to register to vote in elections for 
Federal office is registered to vote in such elections 
by a chief State election official under section 111, 
the individual shall not be subject to any penalty, in-
cluding the imposition of a fine or term of imprison-
ment, adverse treatment in any immigration or nat-
uralization proceeding, or the denial of any status 
under immigration laws, under any law prohibiting 
an individual who is not eligible to register to vote 
in elections for Federal office from registering to 
vote in such elections. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall be construed to waive the liability of any indi-
vidual who knowingly provides false information to 
any person regarding the individual’s eligibility to 
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register to vote or vote in elections for Federal of-
fice. 
(2) PROHIBITING USE OF INFORMATION BY OF-
FICIALS.—No person acting under color of law may 
use the information received by the chief State elec-
tion official under section 111 to attempt to deter-
mine the citizenship status of any individual for im-
migration enforcement, criminal law enforcement 
(other than enforcement of election laws), or any 
purpose other than voter registration, election ad-
ministration, or the enforcement of election laws. 
(g) PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF INFORMATION 
IRRELEVANT TO ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.—No 
source agency shall transmit any information under sec-
tion 111 which is irrelevant to the administration of elec-
tions. To the extent that an election official receives any 
information which is accidentally or inadvertently trans-
ferred by a source agency under such section, the official 
shall immediately delete the information from the official’s 
records. 
(h) RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION.—No in-
formation relating to an individual’s absence from the 
Statewide voter registration list under section 303 of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 or an individual’s declina-
tion to supply information for voter registration purposes 
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to a source agency under section 111 may be disclosed 
to the public for immigration enforcement, criminal law 
enforcement other than enforcement of laws against elec-
tion crimes, or used for any purpose other than voter reg-
istration, election administration, or the enforcement of 
election laws. 
(i) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person acting under 
color of law may discriminate against any individual on 
the basis of the individual’s absence from the statewide 
voter registration list, the information supplied by the in-
dividual for voter registration purpose to a source agency 
under section 111, or the individual’s declination to supply 
such information, except as required for purposes of voter 
registration, election administration, and the enforcement 
of election laws. 
(j) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRA-
TION INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL OR NON-GOVERN-
MENTAL PURPOSES.—Voter registration information col-
lected under this subtitle shall not be used for commercial 
purposes including for comparison with any existing com-
mercial list or database. 
(k) PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly uses information 
or permits information to be used in violation of this sec-
tion shall be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, fined 
under title 18, United States Code, or both. 
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(l) EXCLUSION FROM LISTS OF INDIVIDUALS DE-
CLINING REGISTRATION.—The chief State election official 
of a State shall ensure that, with respect to any individual 
who declines the opportunity to register to vote under sec-
tion 111, the individual’s information is not included on 
the computerized Statewide voter registration list under 
section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and 
is not provided to any third party (except to the extent 
required under other law). Nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed to preclude an individual who has previously 
declined the opportunity to register to vote from subse-
quently registering to vote. 
SEC. 113. PROMOTING ACCURACY OF STATEWIDE VOTER 
REGISTRATION LISTS. 
(a) DEADLINES FOR TRANSMITTAL OF CHANGE OF 
ADDRESS OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.— 
(1) INFORMATION RECEIVED BY STATE MOTOR 
VEHICLE AUTHORITY.—Section 5(d) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg– 
3(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) AUTOMATIC TRANSMITTAL OF CHANGE OF AD-
DRESS
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.—Not 
later than 24 hours after receiving a change of address 
form or any other information indicating that identifying 
information with respect to an individual which is included 
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in the records of the State motor vehicle authority has 
been changed, the State motor vehicle authority shall 
transmit such form or other information to the chief State 
election official, unless— 
‘‘(1) the records of the authority include infor-
mation indicating that the individual is not eligible 
to register to vote in the State; or 
‘‘(2) the individual states on the form or other-
wise indicates that the change of address or other 
information is not for voter registration purposes.’’. 
(2) INFORMATION RECEIVED BY OTHER VOTER 
REGISTRATION AGENCIES.—Section 7 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) AUTOMATIC TRANSMITTAL OF CHANGE OF AD-
DRESS
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.—Not 
later than 24 hours after receiving a change of address 
form or any other information indicating that identifying 
information with respect to an individual which is included 
in the records of a voter registration agency designated 
under this section has been changed, the appropriate offi-
cial of such agency shall transmit such form or other in-
formation to the chief State election official, unless— 
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‘‘(1) the records of the agency include informa-
tion indicating that the individual is not eligible to 
register to vote in the State; or 
‘‘(2) the individual states on the form or other-
wise indicates that the change of address or other 
information is not for voter registration purposes.’’. 
(3) INFORMATION
RECEIVED
FROM
SOURCE 
AGENCIES.—Not later than 24 hours after receiving 
a change of address form or any other information 
indicating that identifying information with respect 
to an individual which is included in the records of 
a source agency designated under section 111 has 
been changed, the appropriate official of such agency 
shall transmit such form or other information to the 
chief State election official, unless— 
(A) the records of the agency include infor-
mation indicating that the individual is not eli-
gible to register to vote in the State; or 
(B) the individual states on the form or 
otherwise indicates that the change of address 
or other information is not for voter registra-
tion purposes. 
(b) REVISION OF STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED LIST 
TO REFLECT REVISED INFORMATION.—Section 303(a) of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)), 
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as amended by section 102(a), is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) REVISION OF LIST TO REFLECT INFORMA-
TION RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATE OFFICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State motor vehi-
cle authority (pursuant to section 5(d) of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993) a 
voter registration agency (designated under sec-
tion 7 of such Act), or a source agency (des-
ignated under section 111 of the Voter Reg-
istration Modernization Act of 2012) transmits 
to the chief State election official a change of 
address form or any other information indi-
cating that identifying information with respect 
to an individual has been changed, the appro-
priate State or local election official shall— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the individual 
appears on the computerized list estab-
lished under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) if the individual appears on the 
list, revise the information relating to the 
individual on the list to reflect the individ-
ual’s new address or other changed identi-
fying information. 
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‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
TO
VOTERS.—If an 
election official revises any voter registration in-
formation on the computerized list with respect 
to any voter (including removing the voter from 
the list), immediately after revising the infor-
mation, the official shall send the individual a 
written notice of the revision which includes the 
following information: 
‘‘(i) The voter’s name, date of birth, 
and address, as reflected in the revised in-
formation on the computerized list. 
‘‘(ii) A statement that the voter’s 
voter registration information has been up-
dated. 
‘‘(iii) Information on how to correct 
information on the computerized list. 
‘‘(iv) A statement of the eligibility re-
quirements for registered voters in the 
State. 
‘‘(v) A statement (in larger font size 
than the other statements on the notice) 
that it is illegal for an individual who does 
not meet the eligibility requirements for 
registered voters in the State to vote in an 
election in the State. 
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‘‘(vi) A statement that the voter may 
terminate the voter’s status as a registered 
voter in the State, or request a change in 
the voter’s voter registration information, 
at any time by contacting the appropriate 
State or local election official, together 
with contact information for such official 
(including any website through which the 
voter may contact the official or obtain in-
formation on voter registration in the 
State). 
‘‘(C) USE OF ELECTRONIC MAIL.—If an 
election official has an electronic mail address 
for any voter to whom the official is required to 
send a written notice under this paragraph, the 
official may meet the requirements of this para-
graph by sending the notice to the voter in elec-
tronic form at that address, but only if prior to 
sending the notice, the official sends a test elec-
tronic mail to the voter at that address and re-
ceives confirmation that the address is current 
and valid.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
during 2014 or any succeeding year. 
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