Sec. 205. Protections for in-person voting for individuals with disabilities and older individuals
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21018 et seq.), as amended by sections 201, 202, 203, and 204, is amended— by redesignating sections 308 and 309 as sections 309 and 310; and by inserting after section 307 the following: Each State shall— ensure all polling places within the State are accessible, as defined in section 304; consider procedures to address long wait times at polling places that allow individuals with disabilities and older individuals alternate options to cast a ballot in person in an election for Federal office, such as the option to cast a ballot outside of the polling place or from a vehicle, or providing an expedited voting line; and consider options to establish mobile polling sites to allow election officials or volunteers to travel to long-term care facilities and assist residents who request assistance in casting a ballot in order to maintain the privacy and independence of voters in these facilities.
Nothing in this section may be construed to alter the requirements under Federal law that all polling places for Federal elections are accessible to individuals with disabilities and older individuals. This section shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office held on or after January 1, 2021. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 307, as added by section 204(b), the following: Sec. 308. Access to voting for individuals with disabilities and older individuals. .
Section 3(c) of the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20102(c) ) is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Federal Election Commission ; Election Assistance Commission in each of paragraphs
(1)and (2), by striking Federal Election Commission and inserting Election Assistance Commission ; and by striking paragraph (3). The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended— by striking handicapped and elderly individuals each place it appears and inserting individuals with disabilities and older individuals ; by striking handicapped and elderly voters each place it appears and inserting individuals with disabilities and older individuals ; in section 3(b)(2)(B), by striking handicapped or elderly voter and inserting individual with a disability or older individual ; in section 5(b), by striking handicapped voter and inserting individual with a disability ; and in section 8— by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following: accessible has the meaning given that term in section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 101(a) of the Accessible Voting Act of 2020 ; older individual has the meaning given that term in such section 304; ; and by striking paragraph (4), and inserting the following: individual with a disability has the meaning given that term in such section 304; and . Section 1 of the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act ( Public Law 98–435 ; 42 U.S.C. 1973ee note) is amended by striking for the Elderly and Handicapped and inserting for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Individuals . Any reference in any other provision of law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the Voting Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Individuals Act . The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on January 1, 2021, and apply to with respect to elections for Federal office held on or after that date.
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- 52 USC 21018
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Protections for in-person voting for individuals with disabilities and older individuals
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