; and (III) of the officials who make the determination, not fewer than 1 is affiliated with the political party whose candidate received the most votes in the most recent statewide election for Federal office held in the State and not fewer than 1 is affiliated with the political party whose candidate received the second most votes in the most recent statewide election for Federal office held in the State. (ii) Exception Clause (i)(III) shall not apply to any State in which, under a law that is in effect continuously on and after the date of enactment of this section, determinations regarding signature discrepancies are made by election officials who are not affiliated with a political party. (3) Report (A) In general Not later than 120 days after the end of a Federal election cycle, each chief State election official shall submit to the Commission a report containing the following information for the applicable Federal election cycle in the State: (i) The number of ballots invalidated due to a discrepancy under this subsection. (ii) Description of attempts to contact voters to provide notice as required by this subsection. (iii) Description of the cure process developed by such State pursuant to this subsection, including the number of ballots determined valid as a result of such process. (B) Submission to Congress Not later than 10 days after receiving a report under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall transmit such report to Congress. (C) Federal election cycle defined For purposes of this subsection, the term Federal election cycle means, with respect to any regularly scheduled election for Federal office, the period beginning on the day after the date of the preceding regularly scheduled general election for Federal office and ending on the date of such regularly scheduled general election. (4) Rule of construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed— (A) to prohibit a State from rejecting a ballot attempted to be cast in an election for Federal office by an individual who is not eligible to