as a provisional ballot under section 302(a) of such 
Act. 
(b) UPDATES TO COMPUTERIZED STATEWIDE VOTER 
REGISTRATION LISTS.—If an election official at the poll-
ing place receives an updated address or corrected infor-
mation from an individual under subsection (a), the offi-
cial shall ensure that the address or information is entered 
into the computerized statewide voter registration list in 
accordance with section 303(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Help 
America 
Vote 
Act 
of 
2002 
(52 
U.S.C. 
21083(a)(1)(A)(vi)). 
SEC. 7. ONLINE REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall ensure that the 
following services are available on the official public Web 
sites of the appropriate State election officials: 
(1) Application for or update to voter registra-
tion using an electronic version of the mail voter 
registration application form the Election Assistance 
Commission prescribes, and any additional voter reg-
istration form the State develops, pursuant to sec-
tion 6(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(a)). 
(2) Completion of a printable version of the 
mail voter registration application form the Election 
Assistance Commission prescribes, and any addi-
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tional voter registration form the State develops, 
pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(a)). 
(3) Correction of voter registration. 
(4) Designation of political party affiliation, 
where applicable. 
(5) Cancellation of registration and removal 
from the voter rolls. 
(6) Declination of any automatic registration. 
(b) SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS.—The appropriate 
State election official shall accept an online voter registra-
tion application and register each eligible individual to 
vote if the application provides a signature by any of the 
following: 
(1) In the case of an individual who has a sig-
nature on file with a State agency, including the 
State motor vehicle authority, that is required to 
provide voter registration services by the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et 
seq.), the individual consents to the transfer of that 
electronic signature. 
(2) The individual submits with the application 
an electronic copy of the individual’s handwritten 
signature. 
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(3) The individual executes a computerized 
mark in the signature field on an online voter reg-
istration application, if the State chooses to accept 
this method of signature provision (as well as any of 
the other methods described in this subsection). 
(4) The individual otherwise completes registra-
tion under this section and provides a signature at 
the time of casting a ballot in an election or at the 
time of applying for a ballot (including an absentee 
ballot) in an upcoming election. The online system 
and disposition notice sent to any individual pursu-
ant to this paragraph must inform the individual of 
the process for providing a signature. 
(c) INTERAGENCY TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRONIC 
SIGNATURES.—Each State agency that is required by the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20501 et seq.) to provide voter registration services, in-
cluding the State motor vehicle authority, shall electroni-
cally transmit to the appropriate State election official the 
signature of any individual who has a signature on file 
with the agency and who consents to the transfer of that 
electronic signature under subsection (b)(1). 
(d) PRE-ELECTION CORRECTION.—Any correction to 
the statewide voter registration database pursuant to this 
section that is made no later than the lesser of thirty days, 
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or the period State law provides, before a Federal election 
shall be effective for purposes of that Federal election and 
succeeding elections. 
(e) ACCESSIBILITY OF SERVICES.—Each State shall 
ensure that all of the services provided under this section 
are provided in a manner accessible to individuals with 
disabilities. 
SEC. 8. PAYMENTS AND GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis-
sion shall make grants to each eligible State to assist the 
State in implementing the requirements of this Act. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATION.—A State is eligible 
to receive a grant under this section if the State submits 
to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the 
Commission may require, an application containing— 
(1) a description of the activities the State will 
carry out with the grant; 
(2) an assurance that the State shall carry out 
such activities without partisan bias and without 
promoting any particular point of view regarding 
any issue; and 
(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT; PRIORITIES.—The Commis-
sion shall determine the amount of a grant made to an 
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eligible State under this section. In determining the 
amount of the grants, the Commission shall give priority 
to providing funds for those activities which are most like-
ly to accelerate compliance with the requirements of this 
Act, including— 
(1) investments supporting electronic informa-
tion transfer, including electronic collection and 
transfer of signatures, between contributing agencies 
and the appropriate State election officials; 
(2) updates to online or electronic voter reg-
istration systems already operating as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(3) introduction of online voter registration sys-
tems in jurisdictions in which those systems did not 
previously exist; and 
(4) public education on the availability of new 
methods of registering to vote, updating registration, 
and correcting registration. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and 
(B) such sums as may be necessary for 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
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