Sec. 8. Ballot cybersecurity, confidentiality, and access for individuals with disabilities
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Section 301(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(3)(B) ), as amended by section 2(b)(1), is amended to read as follows: satisfy the requirement of subparagraph
(A)through the use of at least 1 voting system at each polling place that— is equipped for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual and enhanced visual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, and contains features to support enhanced manual accessibility for the mobility and dexterity impaired; in the case of any election for Federal office occurring after the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of the Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 — marks ballots that are identical in size, ink, and paper stock to those ballots that would be marked by hand or a ballot marking device used by voters who do not have accessibility needs; marks the ballot in such a way that someone examining the ballot will not be able to readily determine whether the ballot was marked by hand or machine; and combines ballots produced by the voting system with ballots marked by voters using other types of voting systems used by the State or jurisdiction in a way that prevents identification of which ballots were cast using each voting system; and is made available for use by any voter who requests to use it; and in the case of any election for Federal office occurring after the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of the Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 , meet the requirements of subparagraph
(A)and paragraph (2)(A) by using a system that allows the voter to privately and independently verify the accuracy of the permanent paper ballot through the presentation, in accessible form, of the printed or marked vote selections from the same printed or marked information that would be used for any vote tabulation or auditing; and . Section 301(a)(3) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence: Nothing in subparagraph
(B)shall be construed to prohibit the use of an accessible ballot that may be printed or marked by the voter at home. .
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