(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State shall use the funds 
provided by a grant made under this section to carry out 
the administration of elections for Federal office in the 
State. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive a 
grant under this section if the State submits to the Com-
mission, at such time and in such form as the Commission 
may require, an application containing— 
(1) each of the certifications described in para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (e); and 
(2) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the grant 
made to an eligible State under this section shall be 
the minimum payment amount described in para-
graph (2) plus the voting age population proportion 
amount described in paragraph (3). 
(2) MINIMUM
PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The min-
imum payment amount described in this paragraph 
is— 
(A) in the case of any of the several States 
or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 per-
cent of the aggregate amount made available 
for payments under this section; and 
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(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
United States Virgin Islands, or the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one- 
tenth of 1 percent of such aggregate amount. 
(3) VOTING
AGE
POPULATION
PROPORTION 
AMOUNT.—The voting age population proportion 
amount described in this paragraph is the product 
of— 
(A) the aggregate amount made available 
for payments under this section minus the total 
of all of the minimum payment amounts deter-
mined under paragraph (2); and 
(B) the voting age population proportion 
for the State (as defined in paragraph (4)). 
(4) VOTING AGE POPULATION PROPORTION DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘voting age population propor-
tion’’ means, with respect to a State, the amount 
equal to the quotient of— 
(A) the voting age population of the State 
(as reported in the most recent decennial cen-
sus); and 
(B) the total voting age population of all 
States (as reported in the most recent decennial 
census). 
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(e) CERTIFICATIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION
OF
COMPLIANCE
WITH 
VOTER REGISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The certification described in this para-
graph is a certification that the State completed a 
program to systematically remove the names of ineli-
gible voters from the official lists of eligible voters 
with respect to the most recent regularly scheduled 
general election for Federal office held in the State, 
as required under section 8(c)(2) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507(c)(2)). 
(2) CERTIFICATIONS RELATING TO INTEGRITY 
IN
CASTING
OF
BALLOTS.—The certifications de-
scribed in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) REQUIRING PROVISION OF IDENTIFICA-
TION AS CONDITION OF VOTING.— 
(i) INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
IN
PER-
SON.—A certification that, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the appropriate 
State or local election official does not pro-
vide a ballot for an election for Federal of-
fice to an individual who desires to vote in 
person unless the individual presents to the 
official a current and valid identification. 
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(ii) 
INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
OTHER 
THAN
IN
PERSON.—A certification that, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the appropriate State or local election offi-
cial does not accept any ballot for an elec-
tion for Federal office provided by an indi-
vidual who votes other than in person un-
less the individual submits with the ballot 
a copy of a current and valid identification. 
(iii) CURRENT
AND
VALID
IDENTI-
FICATION
DEFINED.—In this subpara-
graph, a ‘‘current and valid identification’’ 
means a current and valid version of any 
of the following: 
(I) An identification issued by a 
State or a unit of local government in 
a State. 
(II) A United States passport. 
(III) A military identification 
card. 
(IV) An identification issued by a 
tribal government. 
(B) PROHIBITING DELIVERY OF BALLOTS 
BY MAIL UNLESS REQUESTED.—A certification 
that the State does not deliver a ballot in an 
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election for Federal office to an individual by 
mail unless the individual requests that the 
State deliver the ballot to the individual by 
mail. 
(C) RESTRICTIONS
ON
DELIVERY
OF 
VOTED BALLOTS BY THIRD PARTIES.— 
(i) 
RESTRICTIONS.—A 
certification 
that the State does not accept a voted ab-
sentee ballot in an election for Federal of-
fice which is delivered in person to an elec-
tion official by any individual other than 
the voter to whom the ballot was trans-
mitted, other than an individual described 
as follows: 
(I) An election official while en-
gaged in official duties as authorized 
by law. 
(II) An employee of the United 
States Postal Service while engaged in 
official duties as authorized by law. 
(III) Any other individual who is 
allowed by law to collect and transmit 
United States mail, while engaged in 
official duties as authorized by law. 
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(IV) A family member of the 
voter to whom the ballot was trans-
mitted. 
(ii) FAMILY
MEMBER
DEFINED.—In 
clause (i), the term ‘‘family member’’ 
means, with respect to a voter to whom a 
ballot is transmitted, an individual who is 
related to the voter by blood, marriage, 
adoption, or legal guardianship. 
(D) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF ABSEN-
TEE BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER DATE OF ELEC-
TION.—A certification that the State does not 
accept a voted absentee ballot in an election for 
Federal office which is not received by the ap-
propriate State or local election official prior to 
the time at which the polls in the election close 
on the date of the election. 
(E) EXCEPTION
FOR
ABSENT
MILITARY 
AND OVERSEAS VOTERS.—A certification that 
the certifications described in subparagraphs 
(A) through (E) do not apply with respect to 
any individual who is entitled to vote by absen-
tee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas 
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 
et seq.). 
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