Sec. 4. Security clearance assistance for election officials
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In order to promote the timely sharing of information on threats to election infrastructure, the Secretary of Homeland Security may— help expedite a security clearance at the top secret level for the chief State election official and other appropriate State personnel involved in the administration of elections, as designated by the chief State election official; sponsor a security clearance at the top secret level for the chief State election official and other appropriate State personnel involved in the administration of elections, as designated by the chief State election official; and facilitate the issuance of a temporary clearance at the top secret level to the chief State election official and other appropriate State personnel involved in the administration of elections, as designated by the chief State election official, if the Secretary determines classified information to be timely and relevant to the election infrastructure of the State at issue.
The Secretary shall expeditiously issue a security clearance at the top secret level to the following officials: Each member of the Election Assistance Commission appointed pursuant to section 203(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20923(a) ). The Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission appointed pursuant to section 204(a)(1) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20924(a)(1) ). The General Counsel of the Election Assistance Commission appointed pursuant to section 204(a)(4) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20924(a)(4) ).
In this section— the term chief State election official means, with respect to a State, the individual designated by the State under section 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20509 ) to be responsible for coordination of the State’s responsibilities under such Act; the term election infrastructure means storage facilities, polling places, and centralized vote tabulation locations used to support the administration of elections for public office, as well as related information and communications technology, including voter registration databases, voting machines, electronic mail and other communications systems (including electronic mail and other systems of election service providers who have entered into contracts with election agencies to support the administration of elections, manage the election process, and report and display election results), and other systems used to manage the election process and to report and display election results on behalf of an election agency; the term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security; and the term State has the meaning given such term in section 901 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21141 ).
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