Sec. 5. Responsibilities of State and local officials to notify affected individuals
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: If a State or unit of local government receives a notification from the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 4 of the Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act of an unauthorized intrusion described in such section, the State election official and the appropriate local election official shall provide notification of the intrusion to the individuals who were affected, could have been affected, or may be affected by the intrusion.
The notification provided under this section shall be in such form and manner as the State election official may establish, except that— the notification shall not reveal classified information about the nature of the intrusion or the persons suspected of making the intrusion; the notification shall be provided in a manner that does not discourage any individual from voting or registering to vote; and nothing in this section shall be construed to require an election official to provide a separate notification to each affected individual.
The State election official or the appropriate election official shall provide the notification required under this section as soon as practicable after the official receives the notification from the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 4 of the Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act, but in no event later than— 48 hours before the date of the next election for public office held in the State or unit of local government involved; or 30 days after receiving the notification, whichever is earlier.
In this section, the terms State and State election official each have the meaning given such term in the Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act. . Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking sections 301, 302, and 303 and inserting subtitle A of title III . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: 303A. Responsibilities of State and local officials to notify individuals affected by unauthorized intrusions into election systems. .
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