Sec. 401. Prohibition on payments to States allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties
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Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: A State is not eligible to receive funds under this Act unless the State has in effect a law that prohibits an individual from the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in an election for Federal office that was mailed to another person, other than an individual described as follows: An election official while engaged in official duties as authorized by law.
An employee of the United States Postal Service while engaged in official duties as authorized by law. Any other individual who is allowed by law to collect and transmit United States mail, while engaged in official duties as authorized by law. A family member, household member, or caregiver of the person to whom the ballot was mailed. For purposes of this section, with respect to a person to whom the ballot was mailed: The term caregiver means an individual who provides medical or health care assistance to such person in a residence, nursing care institution, hospice facility, assisted living center, assisted living facility, assisted living home, residential care institution, adult day health care facility, or adult foster care home.
The term family member means an individual who is related to such person by blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship. The term household member means an individual who resides at the same residence as such person. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 296 the following new item: Part 7—Prohibition on payments to States allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties Sec. 297. Eligibility for payments of States allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties. .
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Prohibition on payments to States allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties
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