Sec. 11. Reimbursements to States for costs of complying with natural disaster and emergency ballot act of 2020 with respect to 2020 general election
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Title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.), as amended by section 7(e), is amended by adding at the end the following new part: The Commission shall make payments to each State equal to the costs incurred by the State (and local jurisdictions within the State) in complying with the following requirements with respect to the 2020 general election occurring on November 3, 2020: Costs of establishing contingency plans pursuant to section 2 of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 , including initiatives to recruit pollworkers pursuant to subsection
(b)of such section. Costs of establishing a system for voters to submit an online request for an absentee ballot pursuant to section 2(c) of such Act. Costs of implementing requirements with respect to availability of voting prior to election day pursuant to section 321 of this Act. Costs associated with purchasing additional and upgrading high speed ballot printers, inserters, ballot sorters, envelope extractors, and scanners to send and process absentee ballots and costs associated with purchasing ballot drop boxes. Costs associated with the development or purchase, implementation, and use of technology to allow election officials to electronically verify a voter's signature on a ballot envelope against a voter's signature on file without physically handling the envelope, provided that the technology is not connected to the internet. Costs associated with the use of downloadable and printable ballots by qualified individuals under section 103C the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. Costs associated with developing or purchasing secure accessible remote ballot marking systems for use by voters with disabilities, provided that such systems do not cause the voter's ballot selections to be transmitted over the internet and do not allow for the electronic submission of a marked ballot. Costs associated with developing or purchasing and implementing signature verification software. Costs for providing return envelopes and the postage associated with such envelopes pursuant to section 323 of this Act. In addition to any payments under subsection (a), the Commission shall make payments to each State equal to any costs that the State (and local jurisdictions within the State) incurs in voluntarily electing to comply with and implementing the provisions of, and amendments made by, the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 with respect to the 2020 primary election in the State. The Commission shall make payments to State parties for costs incurred by such parties to send absentee ballots and return envelopes with prepaid postage to eligible voters participating in such primaries during 2020. There are authorized to be appropriated for payments under this section any sums necessary to reimburse States for costs described in subsections
(a)and
(b)with respect to the 2020 general election occurring on November 3, 2020. Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this subsection shall remain available without fiscal year limitation. If the amount appropriated under subsection
(b)is less than the aggregate costs incurred by all States for the activities described in subsections (a)(1) and
(b)for any period, the amount of payment made under each such subsection to each State shall not exceed the amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate amount of costs described in such subsection for such State for such period as— the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); bears to the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census). If a State receives a payment under this section for costs that include costs incurred by a local jurisdiction within the State, the State shall pass through to such local jurisdiction or Tribal government a portion of such payment that is equal to the amount of the costs incurred by such local jurisdiction. If a State receives a payment for a period under this section that, as a result of the application of subsection (d), is less than the aggregate amount of costs described in subsections
(a)and
(b)for such State for such period, than the portion of such payment that the State is required to pass through to a local jurisdiction or Tribal government under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed the amount which bears the same ratio to the total amount of costs incurred by such local jurisdiction or Tribal government for such period as— the amount of the payment received by the State under this section for the period; bears to the aggregate amount of costs described in subsection
(a)and
(b)for such State for such period. No funds may be provided to a State under this section for costs attributable to the electronic return of marked ballots by any voter. . Section 202 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20922 ), as amended by section 7(e), is amended by redesignating paragraphs
(7)and
(8)as paragraphs
(8)and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph
(6)the following new paragraph: carrying out the duties described in part 9 (relating to reimbursements to States for costs of complying with the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 with respect to the 2020 general election); . The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting after the item related to section 297 the following: Part 9—Reimbursement to States for Costs of Complying with Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 with Respect to 2020 General Election Sec. 299. Reimbursements to Sstates for costs of complying with Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 with respect to 2020 general election. .
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Reimbursements to States for costs of complying with natural disaster and emergency ballot act of 2020 with respect to 2020 general election
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