,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bd1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,la,malfa 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,budd1 and ,mr4 ,gibbs7 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         
establish certain requirements with     
respect to a delivered ballot in an     
election for ,federal office1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,election      
,certainty ,act4  #b4 ,requirements with
 respect to a delivered ballot  7a7     
,requirements ,title ,,iii of the ,help 
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb       
,u4,s4,c4 #bajha et seq47 is amended--  
7#a7 by redesignating sections #cjd and 
#cje as sections #cje and #cjf1         
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after section #cjc the following new    
section3  #cjd4 ,requirements with      
respect to a delivered ballot  7a7 ,in  

general ,a ballot submitted by mail or  
otherwise delivered in an election for  
,federal office shall not be counted    
unless such ballot-- 7#a7 includes the  
signature of the voter2 and  7#b7 is    
received by the appropriate election    
official by the date of the election4   
7b7 ,ballots delivered by a third party 
,a ballot delivered to the appropriate  
election official in an election for    
,federal office by an individual who is 
not the voter shall not be counted      
unless the ballot includes the signature
 of the individual who delivers such    
ballot and such individual is one of the
 following family members of the voter3 
7#a7 ,a parent4  7#b7 ,a spouse4  7#c7  
,a child4  7#d7 ,a grandparent4  7#e7 ,a
 great-grandparent4  7#f7 ,a grandchild4
  7#g7 ,a great-grandchild4  7c7        
,exception ,this section shall not apply
 with respect to an absent uniformed    
services voter 7as such term is defined 
in section #ajg of the ,uniformed and   
,overseas ,citizens ,absentee ,voting   

,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjcaj74  4  7b7    
,conforming amendment relating to       
enforcement ,section #dja of the ,help  
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb       
,u4,s4,c4 #baaaa7 is amended by striking
 and #cjc and inserting #cjc1 and #cjd4 
7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
contents of such ,act is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating the items relating to  
sections #cjd and #cje as relating to   
sections #cje and #cjf1 respectively2   
and  7#b7 by inserting after the item   
relating to section #cjc the following  
new item3  ,sec4 #cjd4 ,requirements    
with respect to a delivered ballot4  4