; or (ii) making progress against the performance measures established under section 401 at a rate that the Commission determines will result in the State reaching its targets and achieving the objectives of the grant during the remainder of the grant period. (b) Use of funds Each State that receives a grant under this title shall use the funds provided by the grant to carry out the State's grant implementation plan described in section 202(b). 202. Criteria for awarding grants (a) Applications Each State that desires to receive a grant under this title shall submit an application to the Commission at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commission may reasonably require. At a minimum, each such application shall include each of the following: (1) A documentation of the State’s record in carrying out the following in the administration of elections for public office: (A) Providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old. (B) Providing voting equipment that generates a verifiable paper trail at polling places. (C) Implementing strong chain of custody procedures for the physical security of voting equipment and paper records at all stages of the process. (D) Conducting pre-election testing on every voting machine and ensuring that paper ballots are available wherever electronic machines are used. (E) Mandating post-election risk-limiting audits to confirm the validity of electronic results. (F) Keeping offline backups of voter registration lists. (G) Providing a secure voter registration database that logs requests submitted to the database. (H) Publishing and enforcing a policy detailing use limitations and security safeguards to protect voters’ personal information in the voter registration process. (I) Providing secure processes and procedures for reporting vote tallies. (J) Providing a secure platform for disseminating vote totals. (K) Any other performance measure established under section 401 in providing voting system security. (2) Evidence of established conditions of