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‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR TRANSMISSION FEWER 
THAN 40 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.—If, in car-
rying out paragraph (1), a State transmits an ab-
sentee ballot to an absent uniformed services voter 
or overseas voter fewer than 40 days before the elec-
tion, the State shall enable the ballot to be returned 
by the voter by express delivery, except that in the 
case of an absentee ballot of an absent uniformed 
services voter for a regularly scheduled general elec-
tion for Federal office, the State may satisfy the re-
quirement of this paragraph by notifying the voter 
of the procedures for the collection and delivery of 
such ballots under section 103A.’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION
OF
TREATMENT
OF
WEEK-
ENDS.—Section 102(a)(8)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–1(a)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the election;’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘the election (or, if the 45th 
day preceding the election is a weekend or legal public hol-
iday, not later than the most recent weekday which pre-
cedes such 45th day and which is not a legal public holi-
day, but only if the request is received by at least such 
most recent weekday);’’. 
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SEC. 905. USE OF SINGLE ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION 
FOR SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff– 
3) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 104. USE OF SINGLE APPLICATION FOR SUBSEQUENT 
ELECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If a State accepts and processes 
an official post card form (prescribed under section 101) 
submitted by an absent uniformed services voter or over-
seas voter for simultaneous voter registration and absen-
tee ballot application (in accordance with section 
102(a)(4)) and the voter requests that the application be 
considered an application for an absentee ballot for each 
subsequent election for Federal office held in the State 
through the next regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office (including any runoff elections which may 
occur as a result of the outcome of such general election), 
the State shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter for 
each such subsequent election. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR VOTERS CHANGING REGISTRA-
TION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
voter registered to vote in a State for any election held 
after the voter notifies the State that the voter no longer 
wishes to be registered to vote in the State or after the 
State determines that the voter has registered to vote in 
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another State or is otherwise no longer eligible to vote in 
the State. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OF REFUSAL OF APPLICATION ON 
GROUNDS
OF EARLY SUBMISSION.—A State may not 
refuse to accept or to process, with respect to any election 
for Federal office, any otherwise valid voter registration 
application or absentee ballot application (including the 
postcard form prescribed under section 101) submitted by 
an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter on 
the grounds that the voter submitted the application be-
fore the first date on which the State otherwise accepts 
or processes such applications for that election which are 
submitted by absentee voters who are not members of the 
uniformed services or overseas citizens.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to voter registration 
and absentee ballot applications which are submitted to 
a State or local election official on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 906. APPLICATION OF UOCAVA TO COMMONWEALTH 
OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
Section 107(6) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973 ff–6(6)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and American Samoa’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands’’. 
SEC. 907. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this title shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring on or after January 1, 2014. 
TITLE X—POLL WORKER 
RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING 
SEC. 1001. LEAVE TO SERVE AS A POLL WORKER FOR FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 6329. Absence in connection with serving as a poll 
worker 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee in or under an Ex-
ecutive agency is entitled to leave, without loss of or reduc-
tion in pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for 
time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, not 
to exceed 6 days in a leave year, in order— 
‘‘(1) to provide election administration assist-
ance to a State or unit of local government at a poll-
ing place on the date of any election for public of-
fice; or 
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‘‘(2) to receive any training without which such 
employee would be ineligible to provide such assist-
ance. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for the 
administration of this section, including regulations set-
ting forth the terms and conditions of the election admin-
istration assistance an employee may provide for purposes 
of subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 6328 the 
following: 
‘‘6329. Absence in connection with serving as a poll worker.’’. 
SEC. 1002. GRANTS TO STATES FOR POLL WORKER RE-
CRUITMENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) GRANTS
BY ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Election Assistance 
Commission (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’) shall make a grant to each eligible State for 
recruiting and training individuals to serve as non-
partisan poll workers on dates of elections for public 
office. 
(2) USE OF COMMISSION MATERIALS.—In car-
rying out activities with a grant provided under this 
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