8(j) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(j)). 
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY BALLOTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event of a failure of 
voting equipment or other circumstance at a polling 
place that causes an unreasonable delay, any indi-
vidual who is waiting at the polling place to cast a 
ballot in an election for Federal office at the time 
of the failure shall be advised immediately of the in-
dividuals right to use an emergency paper ballot, 
and upon request shall be provided with an emer-
gency paper ballot for the election and the supplies 
necessary to mark the ballot. 
‘‘(2) DISPOSITION OF BALLOT.—Any emergency 
paper ballot which is cast by an individual under 
this subsection shall be counted in the same manner 
as a regular ballot, unless the individual casting the 
ballot would have otherwise been required to cast a 
provisional ballot in the absence of the delay, in 
which case that ballot shall be treated in the same 
manner as a provisional ballot.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title III the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Additional Requirements 
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‘‘Sec. 321. Minimum required voting systems and poll workers. 
‘‘Sec. 322. Allocation of election resources.’’. 
SEC. 302. EARLY VOTING. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Subtitle C of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 301, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. EARLY VOTING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 7-day period (or, at 
the option of the State, a longer period) which ends on 
the date of an election for Federal office, each State shall 
allow individuals to vote in the election in the same man-
ner as voting is allowed on the date of such election. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM EARLY VOTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Each polling place which allows voting prior to the day 
of a Federal election pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) allow such voting for no less than 4 hours 
on each day (other than Sunday); and 
‘‘(2) have minimum uniform hours each day for 
which such voting occurs. 
‘‘(c) STANDARDS FOR EARLY VOTING.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
issue standards for the administration of voting 
prior to the day scheduled for a Federal elec-
tion. 
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‘‘(B) STANDARDS FOR POLLING PLACES.— 
Such standards shall include the nondiscrim-
inatory geographic placement of polling places 
at which such voting occurs and the public list-
ing of the date, time, and location of polling 
places no earlier than 10 days before the date 
on which such voting begins. 
‘‘(C) 
CONSULTATION.—Such 
standards 
shall be developed in consultation with civil 
rights, voting rights, and voting protection or-
ganizations, State and local election officials, 
and other interested members of the commu-
nity. 
‘‘(2) DEVIATION.—The standards described in 
paragraph (1) shall permit States, upon giving rea-
sonable public notice, to deviate from any require-
ment in the case of unforeseen circumstances such 
as a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act, as amended by section 301, is amended by 
adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle C of 
title III the following: 
‘‘Sec. 323. Early voting.’’. 
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SEC. 303. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO ENFORCEMENT 
PROVISION. 
Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15511) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 
302, and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles A and C of title 
III’’. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b) and section 203(c), the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on January 1, 2014. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Election 
Assistance Commission, if a State certifies to the Election 
Assistance Commission that the State will not meet the 
deadline referred to in subsection (a) because of extraor-
dinary circumstances and includes in the certification the 
reasons for the failure to meet the deadline, subsection 
(a) shall apply to the State as if the reference in such 
subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ were a reference to 
‘‘January 1, 2016’’. 
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