Require federal oversight to ensure state and local election officials obtain, deploy, and maintain voting systems that meet Department of Justice accessibility standards.

‘‘(2) ensure State and local election officials are 7 taking steps to obtain, deploy, and maintain voting 8 systems that meet Department of Justice accessi-9 bility standards; 10 ‘‘(3) if the Director of the Office of Accessibility 11 finds that a State has not taken steps to meet such 12 standards, refer the finding to the Department of 13 Justice for enforcement;

The bill would direct the new Office of Accessibility to ensure state and local officials work toward DOJ-compliant voting systems and refer noncompliance to DOJ.

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Specifically, the bill would ensure through the Office of Accessibility that state and local election officials are taking steps to obtain, deploy, and maintain voting systems, expand the number of options to cast a ballot in federal elections for older voters and voters with disabilities, and establish an online national resource center on accessible voting.

The Accessible Voting Act would use the Office of Accessibility to ensure state and local election officials take steps on accessible voting systems, voting options, and an online resource center.

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