123STA T . 233 4PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (B)Subpar a g rap h ( A ) s ha l l not appl yf or purpos e sof d eter -mi ning the eligibility of a State to re c ei v eare q uirements payment appropriated pursuant to the authori z ation provided under section 257 (a)( 4 ) for fiscal year 2 01 0 , e x cept that if the State does not appropriate funds in accordance w ith subpara- graph (A) prior to the last day of fiscal year 2011, the State shall repay to the C ommission the requirements payment which is appropriated pursuant to such authorization .’ ’. (c) A UTHORIZA TIO N . — Section 257(a) of the H elp America V ote Act of 2002 (42 U .S.C. 15407(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph
‘‘(4) F or fiscal year 2010 and subsequent fiscal years, such sums as are necessary for purposes of ma k ing requirements payments to States to carry out the activities described in section 251(b)( 3 ).’’. SEC.589 . T EC HNOL O GYPI LOT P R OGR AM . (a) DEF INITION S .— I n this section: (1) A B SENT UNIFOR M E D SER V I C ES VOTER.— T he term ‘‘absent uniformed services voter’’ has the meaning given such term in section 107(a) of the Uniformed and O verseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1 9 73ff et seq.). (2) OVERSEAS VOTER.—The term ‘‘overseas voter’’ has the meaning given such term in section 107(5) of such Act. (3) P RESIDENTIA L DESI G NEE.—The term ‘‘Presidential des- ignee’’ means the individual designated under section 101(a) of such Act. (b) E STABLISHMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Presidential designee may establish 1 or more pilot programs under which the feasibility of new election technology is tested for the benefit of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters claiming rights under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.). (2) DESIGN AND CONDUCT.—The design and conduct of a pilot program established under this subsection— (A) shall be at the discretion of the Presidential des- ignee
and (B) shall not conflict with or substitute for existing laws, regulations, or procedures with respect to the partici- pation of absent uniformed services voters and military voters in elections for Federal office. (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting a pilot program established under subsection (b), the Presidential designee may consider the following issues: (1) The transmission of electronic voting material across military networks. (2) Virtual private networks, cryptographic voting systems, centrally controlled voting stations, and other information secu- rity techniques. (3) The transmission of ballot representations and scanned pictures in a secure manner. (4) Capturing, retaining, and comparing electronic and physical ballot representations. (5) Utilization of voting stations at military bases. ( 6 ) Document delivery and upload systems. 42USC1973f f – 7 .
