,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,ms4 
,davids of ,kansas introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help        
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to enhance 
enforcement of the ,act1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,count the ,vote    
,act4  #b4 ,enhancement of enforcement  
of ,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb   
7a7 ,complaints2 availability of private
 right of action ,section #dja of the   
,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baaaa7 is amended--  7#a7 by 
striking ,the ,attorney ,general and    
inserting 7a7 ,in ,general4--,the       
,attorney ,general2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following new            
subsections3  7b7 ,filing of ,complaints
 by ,aggrieved ,persons  7#a7 ,in       
general ,a person who is aggrieved by a 
violation of title ,,iii which has      

occurred1 is occurring1 or is about to  
occur may file a written1 signed1       
notarized complaint with the ,attorney  
,general describing the violation and   
requesting the ,attorney ,general to    
take appropriate action under this      
section4 ,the ,attorney ,general shall  
immediately provide a copy of a         
complaint filed under the previous      
sentence to the entity responsible for  
administering the ,state-based          
administrative complaint procedures     
described in section #djb7;a7 for the   
,state involved4  7#b7 ,response by     
,attorney ,general ,the ,attorney       
,general shall respond to each complaint
 filed under paragraph 7#a71 in         
accordance with procedures established  
by the ,attorney ,general that require  
responses and determinations to be made 
within the same 7or shorter7 deadlines  
which apply to a ,state under the       
,state-based administrative complaint   
procedures described in section         
#djb7;a77#b74 ,the ,attorney ,general   

shall immediately provide a copy of the 
response made under the previous        
sentence to the entity responsible for  
administering the ,state-based          
administrative complaint procedures     
described in section #djb7;a7 for the   
,state involved4  7c7 ,availability of  
private right of action ,any person who 
is authorized to file a complaint under 
subsection 7b77#a7 7including any       
individual who seeks to enforce the     
individual's right to a voter-verified  
paper ballot1 the right to have the     
voter-verified paper ballot counted in  
accordance with this ,act1 or any other 
right under title ,,iii7 may file an    
action under section #aigi of the       
,revised ,statutes of the ,united       
,states 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aihc7 to enforce
 the uniform and nondiscriminatory      
election technology and administration  
requirements under subtitle ,a of title 
,,iii4  7d7 ,no effect on ,state        
procedures ,nothing in this section may 
be construed to affect the availability 

of the ,state-based administrative      
complaint procedures required under     
section #djb to any person filing a     
complaint under this subsection4  4  7b7
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this ,act shall apply with respect to  
violations occurring with respect to    
elections for ,federal office held in   
#bjbj or any succeeding year4