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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 5448 (Introduced in House) — To promote integrity in elections for Federal office by prohibiting automatic voter registration and requiring voter... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Requiring in person voters to provide identification

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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 and 306; and by inserting after section 303 the following new section: Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection
(b)and section 302(a), the appropriate State or local election official may not provide an individual a ballot to vote in person at a polling place in the State in an election for Federal office unless the individual provides to such official proof of identity and address. Notwithstanding subsection (a), the appropriate State or local election official shall provide a ballot for an election for Federal office to an individual who desires to vote in person if the individual presents the appropriate State or local election official with a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identity. This section shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in 2022 and any succeeding election for Federal office. . Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking and 303 and inserting 303, and 304 . Section 303 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 15483 ) is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting and requirements for voters who register by mail ; and requirements for mail-in registration forms in the heading of subsection (b), by striking and inserting for Voters Who Register by Mail ; for Mail-In Registration Forms in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs
(1)through
(3)and redesignating paragraphs
(4)and
(5)as paragraphs
(1)and (2), respectively; and in subsection (c), by striking subsections (a)(5)(A)(i)(II) and (b)(3)(B)(i)(II) and inserting subsection (a)(5)(A)(i)(II) . The table of contents of such Act is amended by amending the item relating to section 303 to read as follows: Sec. 303. Computerized statewide voter registration list requirements and requirements for mail-in registration forms. . The table of contents of such Act is amended— by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 306; and by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 304. Mandatory provision of identification for in person voting. .
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