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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 7300 (Introduced in House) — To promote the integrity and improve the administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. · Sec. 211

Sec. 211. Requiring paper ballots

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Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: The voting system shall require the use of a paper ballot manually marked by the voter or a paper ballot marked through the use of a nontabulating ballot marking device or system, so long as the voter shall have the option at every in-person voting location to manually mark a printed ballot that includes all relevant contests and candidates. The paper ballot shall be marked by the voter and presented to the voter for verification before the voter’s ballot is preserved in accordance with subparagraph (B), and shall be counted manually or by counting device or read by a ballot tabulation device.
The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any error on the paper ballot before the permanent voter-verifiable paper ballot is preserved in accordance with subparagraph (B). The voting system shall not preserve the voter-verifiable paper ballots in any manner that makes it possible, at any time after the ballot has been cast, to associate a voter with the record of the voter’s vote selections. The voting system shall prevent, through mechanical means or through independently verified protections, the modification or addition of vote selections on a printed or marked ballot at any time after the voter has been provided an opportunity to correct errors on the ballot pursuant to clause (ii).
The paper ballot required under subparagraph
(A)shall constitute the official ballot and shall be preserved and used as the official ballot for purposes of any recount or audit conducted with respect to any election for Federal office in which the voting system is used. Each paper ballot used pursuant to subparagraph
(A)shall be suitable for a manual audit. The requirements of this paragraph shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. . Section 301(a)(4) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(4) ) is amended by inserting (including the paper ballots required under paragraph (2)) after voting system .
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Requiring paper ballots
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