(2) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.— 
Any amounts appropriated pursuant to the authority 
of this subsection shall remain available without fis-
cal year limitation until expended. 
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) ACCESSIBILITY OF REGISTRATION SERVICES.— 
Each contributing agency shall ensure that the services 
it provides under this Act are made available to individuals 
with disabilities to the same extent as services are made 
available to all other individuals. 
(b) TRANSMISSION THROUGH SECURE THIRD PARTY 
PERMITTED.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
prevent a contributing agency from contracting with a 
third party to assist the agency in meeting the information 
transmittal requirements of this Act, so long as the data 
transmittal complies with the applicable requirements of 
this Act, including the privacy and security provisions of 
section 5. 
(c) NONPARTISAN, NONDISCRIMINATORY PROVISION 
OF SERVICES.—The services made available by contrib-
uting agencies under this Act and by the State under sec-
tions 6 and 7 shall be made in a manner consistent with 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)(C) of section 7(a) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20506(a)). 
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(d) NOTICES.—Each State may send notices under 
this Act via electronic mail if the individual has provided 
an electronic mail address and consented to electronic mail 
communications for election-related materials. All notices 
sent pursuant to this Act that require a response must 
offer the individual notified the opportunity to respond at 
no cost to the individual. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 11 of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20510), relat-
ing to civil enforcement and the availability of private 
rights of action, shall apply with respect to this Act in 
the same manner as such section applies to such Act. 
(f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Except as pro-
vided, nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize 
or require conduct prohibited under, or to supersede, re-
strict, or limit the application of, any preexisting State 
or Federal law, including any of the following: 
(1) Any State law governing the assessment of 
applications for voter registration by State election 
officials. 
(2) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
10301 et seq.). 
(3) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-
sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.). 
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(4) The National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 
(5) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 20901 et seq.). 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 
means, with respect to a State, the individual des-
ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 
State’s responsibilities under such Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 
Assistance Commission. 
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States and the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to a State beginning January 1, 2019. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subject to the approval of the Com-
mission, if a State certifies to the Commission that the 
State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection 
(a) because of extraordinary circumstances and includes 
in the certification the reasons for the failure to meet the 
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deadline, subsection (a) shall apply to the State as if the 
reference in such subsection to ‘‘January 1, 2019’’ were 
a reference to ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 
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