Sec. 2. Payments to States to replace outdated voting machines
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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: Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of the Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act of 2016 , the Election Assistance Commission (referred to in this section as the Commission ) shall make a payment to each State eligible under subsection
(b)in which a precinct within that State used at least one outdated voting machine to administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2012 (in this section referred to as a qualifying precinct ). A State is eligible to receive a payment under the program under this section if the State, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act of 2016 , submits to the Commission a notice that contains such information as the Commission may require which are necessary for the administration of the program. A State shall use the funds provided under a payment under this section (either directly or as reimbursement, including as reimbursement for costs incurred on or after July 30, 2016, under multiyear contracts) to replace outdated voting machines in qualifying precincts within that State with voting machines (by purchase, lease, or such other arrangement as may be appropriate) that— have never been used in any general election for Federal office and are not outdated voting machines; or have been used only with respect to general elections for Federal office held after November 2012; and are auditable (as defined in the report submitted by the Auditable Working Group of the National Institute of Standards and Technology submitted to the Commission on January 4, 2011) and meet the requirements for such auditability specified in such report. As a condition on receiving a payment under this section, a State shall provide funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of both, from sources other than funds provided through such payment in an amount that is at least equal to one-third of the amount of such payment. The Commission shall determine the amount of payment made to a State under the program under this section based on— the number of outdated voting machines used by a qualifying precinct; and the number of the qualifying precincts within the State. A State receiving a payment under the program under this section shall ensure that all of the outdated voting machines in the qualifying precincts within that State have been replaced in time for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office to be held in November 2018. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $125,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 and 2018. The term outdated voting machine means an electronic voting machine that, as of November 6, 2012, has been in use to administer an election on or before November 4, 2008; . The table of contents of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20901 note) is amended by inserting after the item related to section 296 (relating to the authorization of appropriations for the National Student and Parent Mock Election) the following: Part 7. Grants for education and training of election officials Sec. 297. Replacement of outdated voting machines. .
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