ica Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15482(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PROVISION OF OTHER INFORMATION BY 
ELECTRONIC MAIL.—If an individual who is a reg-
istered voter has provided the State or local election 
official with an electronic mail address for the pur-
pose of receiving voter registration and voting infor-
mation (as described in section 9(b)(5) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993), the appro-
priate State or local election official shall provide the 
individual with the following information through 
electronic mail not later than 7 days before the date 
of the election involved: 
‘‘(A) The name and address of the polling 
place at which the individual is assigned to vote 
in the election. 
‘‘(B) The hours of operation for the polling 
place. 
‘‘(C) A description of any identification or 
other information the individual may be re-
quired to bring to the polling place.’’. 
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SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER 
APPLICANTS PROVIDING NECESSARY INFOR-
MATION TO SHOW ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE. 
Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) REQUIREMENT FOR STATE TO REGISTER AP-
PLICANTS
PROVIDING
NECESSARY
INFORMATION
TO 
SHOW ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.—For purposes meeting the 
requirement of subsection (a)(1) that an eligible applicant 
is registered to vote in an election for Federal office within 
the deadlines required under such subsection, the State 
shall consider an applicant to have provided a ‘valid voter 
registration form’ if the applicant has provided the appro-
priate State or local election official with all of the infor-
mation necessary to demonstrate that the applicant is eli-
gible to vote in elections for Federal office in the State 
or local jurisdiction involved.’’. 
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS 
UNDER HAVA TO COVER COSTS OF COMPLI-
ANCE WITH NEW NVRA REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15401(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
VOTER
REGISTRATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—A State may use a requirements payment to 
carry out the requirements of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 which are imposed pursu-
ant to the amendments made to such Act by the 
Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2009.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 254(a)(1) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15404(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing 
‘‘section 
251(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
251(b)(3)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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