Sec. 1081. Technology pilot program to support ballot transmission for absent uniformed services and overseas votes
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Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the individual designated as the Presidential designee under section 101(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301(a) ) shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, establish and administer a technology pilot program under section 589 of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20311 ) to provide grants to State and local jurisdictions responsible for the administration of elections for Federal office for use as described in subsection
(b)to administer the general elections for Federal office held in November 2022 and the general elections for Federal office held in November 2024. A State or local jurisdiction responsible for the administration of elections for Federal office may only use grant funds provided under the program established under subsection
(a)for the implementation of technologies that support the ability to vote of individuals entitled to vote in an election under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq. ), including technologies that— improve the security of ballot transmission, including through the use of cloud-based and distributed ledger-based solutions, to enable ballot transmission to meet existing Federal cybersecurity guidelines; and allow grant recipients to measure and report on data with respect to the use and effectiveness of technologies tested under the program. Not later than 60 days after the date of general elections in a State in which a State or local jurisdiction responsible for the administration of Federal elections has received a grant under the program for that election, the grant recipient shall prepare and submit to the Presidential designee a report on the effectiveness of the technologies tested under the program and recommendations on the future use of such technologies. The Presidential designee may not provide grants to a local jurisdiction for an election specified in subsection
(a)if the State entity responsible for the administration of elections for Federal office in such State has received a grant under the program for that election.
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Technology pilot program to support ballot transmission for absent uniformed services and overseas votes
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