Requiring parity in treatment of methods of voting

(a) Requirement Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: (d) Requiring parity in treatment of methods of voting (1) Requirement Each State and jurisdiction shall administer an election for Federal office under standards which apply equally to all methods of voting used in the election, including standards relating to signature verification, and shall not prepay or otherwise subsidize the costs associated with one method of voting in an election unless the State or jurisdiction prepays or otherwise subsidizes the costs associated with other methods of voting in the election in an equivalent amount. (2) Exception for certain costs Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to costs prepaid or otherwise subsidized by a State or jurisdiction in providing accommodations for disabled voters or in meeting the requirements of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.. (b) Effective date Section 302(e) of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:, except that the requirements of subsection (d) shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2026 and each succeeding election for Federal office..