To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.

Summary

Conditions federal funds for administering federal elections on States having a law that bans knowingly collecting or transmitting another person’s mailed ballot, with specific exceptions for election officials, postal/common carriers, authorized mail handlers, and immediate family, household members, or caregivers. It adds a new provision to the Help America Vote Act that defines caregiver, family member, and household member and ties federal election-administration funding to state compliance.

• Conditions use of federal election-administration funds on States having laws that ban knowingly collecting/transmitting another person's mailed ballot.
• Creates exceptions for election officials, USPS and commercial carriers, authorized mail collectors, and family/household members and caregivers.
• Adds definitions for caregiver, family member, and household member to clarify exceptions.
• Amends the Help America Vote Act by inserting a new section and updating the table of contents.
• Does not appropriate new funds; it ties eligibility for existing federal election funds to state legal changes.
• Targets so-called 'ballot harvesting' by addressing third-party collection and chain-of-custody concerns.
• May require states to change laws and issue implementation guidance to local election administrators and community groups.
• Could affect voters who rely on third-party ballot collection (e.g., some elderly, disabled, rural, or community-assisted voters).
• Includes congressional findings citing reports of third-party ballot collection and a Supreme Court decision affirming state authority to restrict the practice.