HR 3500
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3500
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems
to produce a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and to ensure the
security of electronic data, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 7, 2007
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems
to produce a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and to ensure the
security of electronic data, 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 `Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTING SYSTEMS.
(a) Production of Permanent, Individually Verifiable Paper Record of Each
Vote Cast- Section 301(a)(2)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)(B)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(2) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:
`(i) After the voter enters a vote on the voting system, the system
shall provide the voter with an auditable paper record showing how
the vote will be recorded by the system, and the voter shall use such
record to verify that the vote shown is the vote the voter intends
to cast.
`(ii) If the voter does not verify that the vote shown on a record
provided under clause (i) is the vote the voter intends to cast, the
system shall provide the voter with the opportunity to change the
ballot and correct any error in the vote, and shall provide the voter
with a new auditable paper record under such clause that reflects
the change or correction made by the voter.
`(iii) Once a voter verifies that the vote shown on a paper record
provided under clause (i) is the vote the voter intends to cast (whether
verified as originally entered or as changed and corrected as described
in clause (ii)), the vote shall be final and the record shall serve
as a permanent paper record of the vote.'.
(b) Prohibiting Removal of Paper Record From Polling Place; Clarifying Purposes
for Which Record May Be Used- Clause (iv) of section 301(a)(2)(B) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)(B)), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: `,
and for such other official purposes as may be provided under State law,
and may be removed from the polling place by and otherwise made available
to an appropriate election official for such purposes, but the record (including
any duplicate of the record or any photographic image of the record) may
not be removed from the polling place by any other person or for any other
purpose.'.
(c) Requiring Voluntary Voting System Guidelines To Include Guidelines To
Ensure Security of Electronic Data- Section 221(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15361(b)(1)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
the following: `, including guidelines to ensure the security of any data
which is transmitted or received electronically by voting systems'.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to
the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office in November
2008 and each succeeding election for Federal office.
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