Sec. 1077. STUDY ON PROVIDING END-TO-END ELECTRONIC VOTING SERVICES FOR ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS IN LOCATIONS WITH LIMITED OR IMMATURE POSTAL SERVICE
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## SEC. 1077 STUDY ON PROVIDING END-TO-END ELECTRONIC VOTING SERVICES FOR ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS IN LOCATIONS WITH LIMITED OR IMMATURE POSTAL SERVICE ###
(a)Study In consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.) shall conduct a study on providing end-to-end electronic voting services (including services for registering to vote, requesting an electronic ballot, completing the ballot, and returning the ballot) in participating States for absent uniformed services voters under such Act who are deployed or mobilized to locations with limited or immature postal service (as determined by the Presidential designee). ###
(b)Specifications In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Presidential designee shall include— ####
(1)methods that would ensure voters have the opportunity to verify that their ballots are received and tabulated correctly by the appropriate State and local election officials; ####
(2)methods that would generate a verifiable and auditable vote trail for the purposes of any recount or audit conducted with respect to an election; ####
(3)a plan of action and milestones on steps that would need to be achieved prior to implementing end-to-end electronic voting services for absentee uniformed services voters; ####
(4)an assessment of whether commercially available technologies may be used to carry out any of the elements of the plan; and ####
(5)an assessment of the resources needed to implement the plan of action and milestones referred to in paragraph (3). ###
(c)Consultation With State and Local Election Officials The Presidential designee shall conduct the study under subsection
(a)in consultation with appropriate State and local election officials. ###
(d)Use of Contractors To the extent the Presidential designee determines to be appropriate, the Presidential designee may include in the study conducted under subsection
(a)an analysis of the potential use of contractors to provide voting services and how such contractors could be used to carry out the elements of the plan referred to in subsection (b)(3). ###
(e)Briefing; Report ####
(1)Briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presidential designee shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the interim results of the study conducted under subsection (a). ####
(2)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presidential designee shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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Sec. 1077
STUDY ON PROVIDING END-TO-END ELECTRONIC VOTING SERVICES FOR ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS IN LOCATIONS WITH LIMITED OR IMMATURE POSTAL SERVICE
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