1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Election Fraud Prevention Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The elections clause in the United States Constitution provides the States the responsibility of the administration of the elections process within their jurisdictions. (2) Free and fair elections are the lock and key to the democratic process in the United States and it is Congress’ duty to protect and uphold the responsibility of the States to conduct an election process with the utmost integrity regardless of political party affiliation. (3) Depending on the State or locality, voters have the option of leaving their mail ballots in a drop box, having their ballots collected and submitted by a third party, or returning them at the polls or a local election office. (4) Third-party collection of ballots, which some refer to as ballot harvesting , is a practice long used by special-interest groups and both major political parties that is viewed either as a voter service that boosts voter turnout or an activity that has the potential to make elections vulnerable to fraud. (5) Today, several States have allowed or tried to limit ballot harvesting by restricting who can turn in another person’s ballot. Nine States allow a family member to return a ballot for a voter, 27 States allow voters to designate someone to return their ballot for them, although some of these States have placed limits on who may collect the ballots or how many they may collect, and 13 States are silent on the issue of ballot collection. 3. Prohibition on payments to States allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties (a) In General Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: 7 Prohibition on Payments to States Allowing Collection and Transmission of Ballots by Certain Third Parties 297 Eligibility for payments of states allowing collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties (a) In