Sec. 3. Election official training
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Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq. ), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Commission shall make grants to States to provide for the education and training, through the use of webinars or other appropriate means, of election officials and poll workers on voting machine maintenance, pre- and post-election voting machine testing, the development of contingency plans, and such other topics as may be necessary for purposes of streamlining the voting process.
A State seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Commission a certification in such form and manner as the Commission may specify with respect to the State’s expenditures in providing for the education and training described in subsection (a). The amount of a grant made to a State shall be determined by the Commission based on the Commission’s determination of the State’s reasonable costs incurred in providing the education and training described in subsection (a).
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Commission receives the certification specified in paragraph (1), the Commission shall make a payment to the State in an amount equal to the amount of the grant determined for such State under paragraph (2). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2018. In this section, the term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each commonwealth and territory or possession of the United States. .
The table of contents of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20901 note), as amended by section 2, is further amended by inserting after the item related to section 297 (relating to the replacement of outdated voting machines) the following: Part 8. Grants for education and training of election officials Sec. 298. Grants for education and training of election officials. .
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