American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Provisional Ballot Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4650 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4650

    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
requirements for casting a provisional ballot in a District of Columbia 
                   election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2023

Mr. Loudermilk introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
requirements for casting a provisional ballot in a District of Columbia 
                   election, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Provisional Ballot Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WITH RESPECT TO DISTRICT 
              OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO PROVISIONAL BALLOTS IN A 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBA ELECTION.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
District of Columbia shall permit an individual to cast a provisional 
ballot pursuant to section 302 if--
            ``(1) the individual declares that such individual is a 
        registered voter in the District of Columbia and is eligible to 
        vote in a District of Columbia election but the name of the 
        individual does not appear on the official list of eligible 
        voters for the polling place or an election official asserts 
        that the individual is not eligible to vote; or
            ``(2) the individual declares that such individual is a 
        registered voter in the District of Columbia and is eligible to 
        vote in a District of Columbia election but does not provide a 
        valid identification, except that the individual's provisional 
        ballot shall not be counted in the election unless the 
        individual provides such identification to the chief State 
        election official of the District of Columbia not later than 
        5:00 pm on the second day which begins after the date of the 
        election.
    ``(b) Requirements With Respect to Counting Provisional Ballots in 
Certain Cases.--If the name of an individual who is a registered voter 
in the District of Columbia and eligible to vote in a District of 
Columbia election appears on the official list of eligible voters for a 
polling place in the District of Columbia, such individual may cast a 
provisional ballot pursuant to section 302 for such election at a 
polling place other than the polling place with respect to which the 
name of the individual appears on the official list of eligible voters, 
except that the individual's provisional ballot shall not be counted in 
the election unless the individual demonstrates pursuant to the 
requirements under section 302 that the individual is a registered 
voter in the jurisdiction of the polling place at which the individual 
cast such ballot.
    ``(c) District of Columbia Election Defined.--In this section, the 
term `District of Columbia election' means any election for public 
office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal 
office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Requirements with respect to provisional ballots in a 
                            District of Columba election.''.
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