Sec. 7. Payments and grants
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The Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to each eligible State under subsection
(b)to assist the State in implementing the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act (or, in the case of an exempt State, in implementing the existing automatic voter registration program of the exempt State or expanding the automatic voter registration program of the State in a manner consistent with the requirements of this Act) with respect to the offices of the State motor vehicle authority and any other offices of the State at which the State offers voter registration services as described in this Act and the amendments made by this Act. A State is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the State submits to the Election Assistance Commission, at such time and in such form as the Election Assistance Commission may require, an application containing— a description of the activities the State will carry out with the grant; an assurance that the State shall carry out such activities without partisan bias and without promoting any particular point of view regarding any issue; and any other information and assurances as the Election Assistance Commission may require. The Commission shall determine the amount of a grant made to an eligible State under this section. In determining the amount of a grant, the Election Assistance Commission shall give priority to providing funds for those activities that are most likely to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this Act (or, in the case of an exempt State, that are most likely to enhance the ability of the exempt State to automatically register individuals to vote through the existing automatic voter registration program of the exempt State), including— investments supporting electronic information transfer, including electronic collection and transfer of signatures, between applicable agencies (as defined in section 5A of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993) and the appropriate State election officials; updates to online or electronic voter registration systems already operating as of the date of the enactment of this Act; introduction of online voter registration systems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not previously exist; and public education on the availability of new methods of registering to vote, updating registration, and correcting registration. For purposes of this section, the term exempt State — has the meaning given that term under section 5A(f)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; and includes a State in which, under law in effect on or after the date of the enactment of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq. ), there is no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to an election for Federal office. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available without fiscal year limitation until expended.
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