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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. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this title shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring on or after January 1, 2014. 
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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 
‘‘(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-
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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 
section, the recipient of the grant shall use the man-
ual prepared by the Commission on successful prac-
tices for poll worker recruiting, training and reten-
tion as an interactive training tool, and shall develop 
training programs with the participation and input 
of experts in adult learning. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
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(1) APPLICATION.—Each State that desires to 
receive a payment under this section shall submit an 
application for the payment to the Commission at 
such time and in such manner and containing such 
information as the Commission shall require. 
(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) describe the activities for which assist-
ance under this section is sought; 
(B) provide assurances that the funds pro-
vided under this section will be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other funds used to 
carry out the activities; 
(C) provide assurances that the State will 
furnish the Commission with information on the 
number of individuals who served as non-
partisan poll workers after recruitment and 
training with the funds provided under this sec-
tion; and 
(D) provide such additional information 
and certifications as the Commission deter-
mines to be essential to ensure compliance with 
the requirements of this section. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of a grant 
made to a State under this section shall be equal to 
the product of— 
(A) the aggregate amount made available 
for grants to States under this section; and 
(B) the voting age population percentage 
for the State. 
(2) VOTING AGE POPULATION PERCENTAGE DE-
FINED.—In paragraph (1), the ‘‘voting age popu-
lation percentage’’ for a State is the quotient of— 
(A) the voting age population of the State 
(as determined on the basis of the most recent 
information available from the Bureau of the 
Census); and 
(B) the total voting age population of all 
States (as determined on the basis of the most 
recent information available from the Bureau of 
the Census). 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date on which the 
final grant is made under this section, each recipient 
of a grant shall submit a report to the Commission 
on the activities conducted with the funds provided 
by the grant. 
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(2) REPORTS BY COMMISSION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date on which the final grant is 
made under this section, the Commission shall sub-
mit a report to Congress on the grants made under 
this section and the activities carried out by recipi-
ents with the grants, and shall include in the report 
such recommendations as the Commission considers 
appropriate. 
(e) FUNDING.— 
(1) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT AP-
PROPRIATED.—Any amount appropriated to carry 
out this section shall remain available without fiscal 
year limitation until expended. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out 
this section, not more than 3 percent shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses of the Commission. 
SEC. 1003. MODEL POLL WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM BY ELECTION AS-
SISTANCE COMMISSION.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance 
Commission shall develop and provide to each State mate-
rials for a model poll worker training program which the 
State may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers 
in elections for Federal office. 
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(b) CONTENTS OF MATERIALS.—The materials for 
the model poll worker training program developed under 
this section shall include materials to provide training with 
respect to the following: 
(1) The relevant provisions of the Federal laws 
which apply to the administration of elections for 
Federal office in the State, including the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 and the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002. 
(2) The provision of access to voting to individ-
uals with disabilities in a manner which preserves 
the dignity and privacy of such individuals. 
(3) The provision of access to voting to individ-
uals with limited English language proficiency, and 
to individuals who are members or racial or ethnic 
minorities, consistent with the protections provided 
for such individuals under relevant law, in a manner 
which preserves the dignity of such individuals. 
(4) Practical experience in the use of the voting 
machines which will be used in the election involved, 
including the accessibility features of such machines. 
(5) Such other election administration subjects 
as the Commission considers appropriate to ensure 
that poll workers are able to effectively assist with 
the administration of elections for Federal office. 
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SEC. 1004. STATE DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘State’’ includes the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
TITLE XI—ENHANCEMENT OF 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 1101. ENHANCEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT OF HELP 
AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002. 
(a) COMPLAINTS; AVAILABILITY OF PRIVATE RIGHT 
OF ACTION.—Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) FILING OF COMPLAINTS BY AGGRIEVED PER-
SONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who is aggrieved 
by a violation of subtitle A or subtitle C of title III 
which has occurred, is occurring, or is about to 
occur may file a written, signed, notarized complaint 
with the Attorney General describing the violation 
and requesting the Attorney General to take appro-
priate action under this section. The Attorney Gen-
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eral shall immediately provide a copy of a complaint 
filed under the previous sentence to the entity re-
sponsible for administering the State-based adminis-
trative complaint procedures described in section 
402(a) for the State involved. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The 
Attorney General shall respond to each complaint 
filed under paragraph (1), in accordance with proce-
dures established by the Attorney General that re-
quire responses and determinations to be made with-
in the same (or shorter) deadlines which apply to a 
State under the State-based administrative com-
plaint procedures described in section 402(a)(2). 
The Attorney General shall immediately provide a 
copy of the response made under the previous sen-
tence to the entity responsible for administering the 
State-based administrative complaint procedures de-
scribed in section 402(a) for the State involved. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
OF PRIVATE RIGHT
OF AC-
TION.—Any person who is authorized to file a complaint 
under subsection (b)(1) (including any individual who 
seeks to enforce the individual’s right to a voter-verified 
paper ballot, the right to have the voter-verified paper bal-
lot counted in accordance with this Act, or any other right 
under subtitles A or C of title III) may file an action under 
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section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(42 U.S.C. 1983) to enforce the uniform and nondiscrim-
inatory election technology and administration require-
ments under subtitle A of title III, or the requirements 
of subtitle C of title III. 
‘‘(d) NO EFFECT ON STATE PROCEDURES.—Nothing 
in this section may be construed to affect the availability 
of the State-based administrative complaint procedures re-
quired under section 402 to any person filing a complaint 
under this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring 
with respect to elections for Federal office held in 2014 
or any succeeding year. 
TITLE XII—FEDERAL ELECTION 
INTEGRITY 
SEC. 1201. PROHIBITION ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES BY 
CHIEF STATE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 319 the following new section: 
‘‘CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES BY CHIEF STATE ELECTION 
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS 
‘‘SEC. 319A. (a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful 
for a chief State election administration official to take 
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