Bill > HR3978

This bill, known as the EASY Voting Act, aims to protect and facilitate voting for college students by making two key changes. First, it amends federal criminal law to make it illegal to knowingly spread false information with the intent of discouraging students at institutions of higher education from registering to vote or voting in federal elections, with penalties including fines or imprisonment. Second, it amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002, a law that sets standards for federal elections, to require state and local election officials to accept a current and valid student photo ID issued by the college a student attends as acceptable identification when a photo ID is needed to get a ballot or vote in a federal election. The term "institution of higher education" is defined broadly to include various types of colleges and universities.