; or (B) a statewide legislative or executive entity with the authority to suspend, remove, or relieve a local election administrator. (e) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any additional authority to remove a local elections administrator beyond any authority provided under the law of the State. 3. Protections for voters on Election Day (a) Requirements Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: 303A. Voter protection requirements (a) Requirements for challenges by persons other than election officials (1) Requirements for challenges No person, other than a State or local election official, shall submit a formal challenge to an individual’s eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office unless that challenge is supported by personal knowledge with respect to each individual challenged regarding the grounds for ineligibility which is— (A) documented in writing; and (B) subject to an oath or attestation under penalty of perjury that the challenger has a good faith factual basis to believe that the individual who is the subject of the challenge is ineligible to register to vote or vote in that election, except a challenge that is based on the race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or membership in a language minority group (as defined in section 14 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10310 )) of the individual who is the subject of the challenge may not be considered to have a good faith factual basis for purposes of this paragraph. (2) Prohibition on challenges on or near date of election No person, other than a State or local election official, shall be permitted— (A) to challenge an individual’s eligibility to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election on grounds that could have been made in advance of such date