Sec. 4. Tracking program for absentee ballots and voter registration application forms; availability of Federal write-in absentee ballot for all voters
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— by redesignating section 304 as section 305; and by inserting after section 303 the following new sections: Each State shall carry out a program to track and confirm the receipt of absentee ballots in an election for Federal office under which the State or local election official responsible for the receipt of voted absentee ballots in the election carries out procedures to track and confirm the receipt of such ballots, and makes information on the receipt of such ballots available to the individual who cast the ballot by means of online access using the Internet site of the official’s office.
The information referred to under paragraph
(1)with respect to the receipt of an absentee ballot shall include information regarding whether the vote cast on the ballot was counted, and, in the case of a vote which was not counted, the reasons therefor. Each State shall carry out a program to track and confirm the receipt of voter registration application forms in an election for Federal office under which the State or local election official responsible for processing such forms carries out procedures to track and confirm the receipt of such forms, and makes information on the receipt of such forms available to the individual applicant by means of online access using the Internet site of the official’s office. The information referred to under paragraph
(1)with respect to the receipt of a voter registration application form shall include information regarding whether the form was accepted and the applicant is registered to vote in the election for Federal office, and, in the case of a form which was not accepted, the reasons therefor. A program established by a State or local election official whose office does not have an Internet site may meet the requirements of subsections
(a)and
(b)if the official has established a toll-free telephone number that may be used— by an individual who cast an absentee ballot to obtain the information on the receipt of the voted absentee ballot as provided under subsection (a); and by an individual applicant for voter registration to obtain the information on the receipt of the voter registration application form as provided under subsection (b). This section shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2022 and each succeeding election for Federal office. There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out this section. . 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 redesignating the item relating to sections 304 as relating to section 305; and by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 304. Absentee ballot and voter registration application form tracking program. .
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Tracking program for absentee ballots and voter registration application forms; availability of Federal write-in absentee ballot for all voters
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