Sec. 3. Payments to States for activities to expand early voting access, provide for equitable distribution of early voting polling locations, and voter registration reforms
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The Commission shall make a requirements payment each fiscal year in an amount determined under subsection
(b)to each State that the Commission determines meets the requirements described in section 4(b). Subject to subsection (c), the amount of a payment made to a State for a fiscal year under this section shall be equal to the product of— the total amount appropriated for payments for the fiscal year pursuant to the authorization under subsection
(h)minus the total amount of all of the minimum payment amounts determined under subsection (c); and the State allocation percentage for the State (as determined under paragraph (2)). The State allocation percentage for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census). The amount of a payment made to a State for a fiscal year under this section may not be less than— in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for payments under the authorization under subsection
(h)for the fiscal year; or in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. A State is eligible to receive a payment under this section for a fiscal year if the chief executive officer of the State, or designee, in consultation and coordination with the chief State election official, has filed with the Commission a statement certifying that the State is in compliance with the requirements of section 4(b). A State shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to carry out the requirements of this Act, including the following: Training and hiring election officials, poll workers, and election volunteers. Establishing early voting locations. Implementing the State plan described in section 4(b). Acquiring, leasing, improving, modifying, or replacing voting technology to implement the requirements of this Act. Establishing online registration systems. Educating voters about voting opportunities, voter registration, voting procedures, and voting rights. Subject to paragraph (3), a State may use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to improve the administration of elections for Federal office if the chief State election official certifies that the requirements of this Act have been met. A State may not use any portion of a payment under this section— to pay costs associated with any litigation; or for the payment of any judgment. A State is eligible to receive a payment under this section notwithstanding that State legislation is required to carry out an activity under this Act and the State legislation has not been enacted at the time this Act takes effect. A State shall deposit any funds provided under this section in the State election fund described in section 254(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15404(b)). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary to provide grants to States to carry out the requirements of this Act. Any payment made to a State under this section shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation.
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Payments to States for activities to expand early voting access, provide for equitable distribution of early voting polling locations, and voter registration reforms
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