Sec. 3. Federal standards for reporting election results
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), as amended by section 2(a), is amended— by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 and 307, respectively; and by inserting after section 304 the following new section: The chief State election official shall ensure that ballots validly cast in an election for Federal office are able to be counted and reported in a timely manner as follows: Mail-in ballots received prior to the date of the election shall be counted upon receipt (except in the case of a mail-in ballot received prior to the date that is 22 days before the date of the election, no earlier than the date that is 22 days before the date of the election), provided that the results of such votes counted and recorded must be kept confidential and may not be disclosed until the time polls close on the date of the election.
One hour after polls close on the date of the election, each voting precinct shall report to the chief State election official the following: The total number of mail-in ballots received by the voting precinct. The total number of ballots cast in-person in the voting precinct. Of the ballots reported under subparagraphs
(A)and (B), the number of such ballots that have been counted and the number of such ballots that remain to be counted. All ballots validly cast in an election for Federal office shall be counted and reported within 24 hours after the polls close on the date of the election. If the chief State election official is unable to complete the count of votes cast within 24 hours after the polls close on the date of the election, the official must identify with particularity and publicly report— the reason why the vote count has not been completed; the steps the official is taking to ensure the vote count is completed as expeditiously as possible; and the anticipated time when the vote count will be completed. If more than 24 hours have passed after the conclusion of voting without a final vote count, the chief State election official must report the unofficial vote count on an hourly basis until the vote count is completed. This section shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after the date of the enactment of this section. . Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ), as amended by section 2(b), is amended by striking and 304 and inserting 304, and 305 . The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 2(b), is amended— by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 306 as relating to sections 306 and 307, respectively; and by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the following: Sec. 305. Federal standards for reporting election results. .
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