Sec. 112. Grants for accessible ballot marking devices
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Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.), as amended by section 111(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new part: The Commission shall pay to States the amount of eligible accessible ballot marking device costs. For purposes of this section, the term eligible accessible ballot marking device costs means costs paid or incurred by a State or local government to acquire an accessible ballot marking device. For purposes of this section, the term accessible ballot marking device means a ballot marking device that is used by the State or local government exclusively to comply with the requirements of section 301(a)(3) (as applied to elections for Federal office occurring after the date that is 6 years after the date of the enactment of the Securing America's Federal Elections Act ).
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission shall not pay eligible accessible ballot marking device costs with respect to more than 1 accessible ballot marking device in any precinct. The Commission may pay for more than 1 accessible ballot marking device in any precinct if the State demonstrates the need for more accessible ballot marking devices in such precinct due to the number of voters with disabilities voting in such precinct compared to other precincts. The Commission shall establish rules and procedures for submission of eligible accessible ballot marking device costs for payments under this section.
In any case in which the amounts appropriated under subsection
(d)are insufficient to pay all eligible accessible ballot marking device costs submitted by States with respect to any Federal election, the amount of such costs paid under subsection
(a)to any State shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount which would be paid to such State (determined without regard to this paragraph) as— the number of individuals who voted in such Federal election in such State; bears to the total number of individuals who voted in such Federal election in all States submitting a claim for eligible accessible ballot marking device costs. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out this section $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2019 through 2025. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall remain available without fiscal year limitation until expended. . The table of contents for the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), as amended by section 111(b), is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the following: Part 8—Funding for Accessible Ballot Marking Devices Sec. 298. Acquisition of accessible ballot marking devices for voters with disabilities. .
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