,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,ellison introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit election officials
 from requiring individuals to provide  
photo identification as a condition of  
obtaining or casting a ballot in an     
election for ,federal office or         
registering to vote in elections for    
,federal office1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short ,title ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,voter ,access ,protection 
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,prohibiting states 
from imposing photo identification      
requirement for voting or registering to
 vote in federal elections  7a7         
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in general ,title   
,,iii of the ,help ,america ,vote ,act  
of #bjjb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aedha et seq47 
is amended by inserting after section   
#cjc the following new section3         
#cjc;,a4 ,prohibiting election officials

 from requiring individuals to present  
photo identification  7a7 ,photo        
identification as a condition of voting 
,except to the extent permitted under   
section #cjc7;b71 a ,state or local     
election official may not--  7#a7       
require an individual to present a photo
 identification 7or1 in the case of an  
individual who desires to vote by mail1 
a copy of a photo identification7 as a  
condition of obtaining or casting a     
ballot in an election for ,federal      
office2 or  7#b7 require an individual  
to cast a provisional ballot under      
section #cjb solely on the grounds that 
the individual does not present a photo 
identification at the polling place4    
7b7 ,photo identification as a condition
 of registering ,to vote ,a ,state or   
local election official may not require 
an individual to provide a photo        
identification 7or1 in the case of an   
individual who desires to register to   
vote by mail or online1 a copy or       
electronic copy of a photo              

identification7 as a condition of       
registering to vote in an election for  
,federal office4  4  7#b7 ,clerical     
amendment ,the table of contents of such
 ,act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section #cjc the       
following new item3  ,sec4 #cjc;,a4     
,prohibiting election officials from    
requiring individuals to present photo  
identification4  4  7b7 ,conforming     
amendment relating to enforcement       
,section #dja of such ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aeeaa7 is amended by striking
 and #cjc and inserting #cjc1 and       
#cjc;,a4  #c4 ,effective date ,the      
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 with respect to elections occurring    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4