,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjba,mr4 
,donalds 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,salazar1   
,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1  
,ms4 ,herrell1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4     
,gibbs1 and ,mr4 ,gooden of ,texas7     
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 require ,state and local election    
officials to notify the chief ,state    
election official of a ,state with      
respect to the number of voted ballots  
that have been received and counted in  
an election for ,federal office at the  
time of the closing of polls for such   
election1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,vote ,outcome ,transparency in     
,elections ,act or the ,,vote ,act4  #b4
 ,ballot count reporting requirement    
7a7 ,in general ,subtitle ,a of 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 #cjf2 and  7#b7 by inserting after  
section #cjc the following new section3 
#cjd4 ,reporting requirements with      
respect to number of ballots  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a hour after a 
polling place in a ,state closes in an  
election for ,federal office on the date
 of such election1 the appropriate      
,state or local election official for   
such polling place shall provide to the 
chief ,state election official of the   
,state a report that documents1 as of   
such time-- 7#a7 the total number of    
voted ballots in the possession of      
,state and local election officials for 
the election2 and  7#b7 the total number
 of voted ballots that have been        
tabulated for such election4  7b7       
,additional reporting requirements  7#a7
 ,submission to chief executive ,not    
later than #a hour after the latest time
 that all polling places in a ,state    

close in an election for ,federal office
 on the date of such election1 the chief
 ,state election official of the ,state 
shall prepare and submit to the chief   
executive of the ,state a final report  
that documents the results of each      
report received under subsection 7a74   
7#b7 ,public availability of final      
report ,not later than #a hour after the
 final report is received under         
paragraph 7#a71 the chief executive of  
the ,state shall make the results of the
 report publicly available on a         
,government website4  7c7 ,effective    
date ,this requirement shall apply with 
respect to the regularly scheduled      
general election for ,federal office    
held in ,november #bjbb and each        
succeeding election for ,federal office4
  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 #cjf2 and  7#b7 by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #cjc the following new item3    
,sec4 #cjd4 ,reporting requirements with
 respect to number of ballots4  4  #c4  
,requirements for ballots delivered by  
mail  7a7 ,in general ,subtitle ,a of   
title ,,iii of the ,help ,america ,vote 
,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajha et  
seq471 as amended by section #b7;a71 is 
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating sections
 #cje and #cjf as sections #cjf and     
#cjg2 and  7#b7 by inserting after      
section #cjd the following new section3 
#cje4 ,requirements with respect to a   
ballot delivered by mail  7a7 ,in       
general ,each ,state and local          
jurisdiction shall have in place        
policies to ensure that a voted ballot  
delivered by postal mail to the         
appropriate election official in an     
election for ,federal office can be     

verified to have been delivered by the  
,united ,states ,postal ,service by     
means of an appropriate postmark1       
signature1 or other indication from the 
,united ,states ,postal ,service4  7b7  
,exceptions ,this section shall not     
apply with respect to the ballot of an  
absent uniformed services voter or an   
overseas voter 7as such terms are       
defined in section #ajg of the          
,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens      
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcaj774  7c7 ,effective date ,this    
requirement shall apply with respect to 
the regularly scheduled general election
 for ,federal office held in ,november  
#bjbb and each succeeding election for  
,federal office4  4  7b7 ,conforming    
amendment relating to enforcement       
,section #dja of the ,help ,america     
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#baaaa71 as amended by section #b7;b71  
is amended by striking #cjc1 and #cjd   
and inserting #cjc1 #cjd1 and #cje4  7c7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      

contents of such ,act1 as amended by    
section #b7;c71 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
redesignating the items relating to     
sections #cje and #cjf as relating to   
sections #cjf and #cjg2 and  7#b7 by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #cjd the following new item3    
,sec4 #cje4 ,requirements with respect  
to a ballot delivered by mail4  4