Sec. 902. Absentee ballot tracking program
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Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ), as amended by section 131(a), section 201(a), section 202(a), section 203(a)(1), section 204(a), section 801(a), and section 901(a), is amended— by redesignating sections 311 and 312 as sections 312 and 313, respectively; and by inserting after section 310 the following new section: Each State shall carry out a program to track and confirm the receipt of absentee ballots in an election for Federal office under which the State or local election official responsible for the receipt of voted absentee ballots in the election carries out procedures to track and confirm the receipt of such ballots, and makes information on the receipt of such ballots available to the individual who cast the ballot, by means of online access using the Internet site of the official’s office.
The information referred to under subsection
(a)with respect to the receipt of an absentee ballot shall include information regarding whether the vote cast on the ballot was accepted, and, in the case of a vote which was rejected, the reasons therefor. A program established by a State or local election official whose office does not have an Internet site may meet the requirements of subsection
(a)if the official has established a toll-free telephone number that may be used by an individual who cast an absentee ballot to obtain the information on the receipt of the voted absentee ballot as provided under such subsection. This section shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2026 and each succeeding election for Federal office. . Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: In accordance with this section, the Commission shall make a payment to a State to reimburse the State for the costs incurred in establishing the absentee ballot tracking program under section 311 (including costs incurred prior to the date of the enactment of this part). In order to receive a payment under this section, a State shall submit to the Commission a statement containing— a certification that the State has established an absentee ballot tracking program with respect to elections for Federal office held in the State; and a statement of the costs incurred by the State in establishing the program. The amount of a payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the costs incurred by the State in establishing the absentee ballot tracking program, as set forth in the statement submitted under paragraph (1), except that such amount may not exceed the product of— the number of jurisdictions in the State which are responsible for operating the program; and $3,000. A State may not receive more than one payment under this part. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for payments under this part. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this section shall remain available until expended. . The table of contents of such Act, as amended by section 131(c), section 201(d), section 202(c), section 203(a)(3), section 204(c), section 801(c), and section 901(b), is amended— by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the following: Part 7—Payments To Reimburse States for Costs Incurred in Establishing Program To Track and Confirm Receipt of Absentee Ballots Sec. 297. Payments to States. Sec. 297A. Authorization of appropriations. ; by redesignating the items relating to sections 311 and 312 as relating to sections 312 and 313, respectively; and by inserting after the item relating to section 310 the following new item: Sec. 311. Absentee ballot tracking program. .
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