Sec. 4. Minimum required voting systems, poll workers, and election resources
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Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: Each State shall provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all other physical resources) for each voting site on the day of any Federal election and on any days during which such State allows early voting for a Federal election in accordance with the standards determined under section 299.
For purposes of this section and section 299, the term voting site means a polling location, except that in the case of any polling location that serves more than 1 precinct, such term shall mean a precinct. Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after September 15, 2021. . Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking and 303 and inserting 303, and subtitle C . The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title III the following:
Subtitle C—Additional Requirements Sec. 321. Minimum required voting systems and poll workers. . Title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20921 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: Not later than February 1, 2021, the Attorney General, to the maximum extent practicable in coordination with the Commission, shall issue standards regarding the minimum number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including all other physical resources) required under section 321 on the day of any Federal election and on any days during which early voting is allowed for a Federal election.
The standards described in subsection
(a)shall provide for a uniform and nondiscriminatory distribution of such systems, workers, and other resources, and shall take into account, among other factors, the following with respect to any voting site (as defined in section 321(b)): The voting-age population. Voter turnout in past elections. The number of voters registered. The number of voters who have registered since the most recent Federal election. Census data for the population served by such voting site. The educational levels and socio-economic factors of the population served by such voting site. The needs and numbers of disabled voters and voters with limited English proficiency. The type of voting systems used. The standards shall provide that any distribution of such systems shall take into account the totality of all relevant factors, and no single factor shall be dispositive under the standards. To the extent possible, the standards shall provide for a distribution of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources, with the goals of— ensuring an equal waiting time for all voters in the State; and preventing a waiting time of over 30 minutes at any polling place. Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), in the case of any voting site that uses an electronic poll book, the standards described in subsection
(a)shall require at least 1 paper poll book (containing identical information to the information in the electronic poll book) for each such electronic poll book used at such voting site. The standards described in subsection
(a)shall permit States, upon giving reasonable public notice, to deviate from any allocation requirements in the case of unforeseen circumstances such as a natural disaster or terrorist attack. . Section 202 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20922 ), as amended by section 3(c), is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and
(6)as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph: carrying out the duties described in subtitle E; . The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title II the following: Subtitle E—Guidance and Standards Sec. 299. Standards for establishing the minimum required voting systems and poll workers. .
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