1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2019 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Paper ballot and hand tabulation requirements. Sec. 3. Risk-limiting audits. Sec. 4. Enhancement of enforcement of Help America Vote Act of 2002. Sec. 5. Financial assistance to States. Sec. 6. Cybersecurity requirements for and testing and certification of voting systems. Sec. 7. Voting system cybersecurity requirements. Sec. 8. Ballot cybersecurity, confidentiality, and access for individuals with disabilities. Sec. 9. Application of Help America Vote Act to Northern Mariana Islands. Sec. 10. Biennial reports on election security. 2. Paper ballot and hand tabulation requirements (a) Voter-Verifiable paper ballots Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: (2) Paper ballot requirement (A) Voter-verifiable paper ballots (i) Paper ballot requirement (I) In general The voting system shall require the use of an individual, durable, voter-verifiable, paper ballot of the voter’s vote that shall be marked and made available for physical inspection and verification by the voter before the voter’s vote is cast and tabulated. For purposes of this subclause, the term individual, durable, voter-verifiable, paper ballot means a paper ballot marked by the voter by hand or a paper ballot printed or marked through the use of a ballot marking device, so long as the voter shall have the option to mark his or her ballot by hand. (II) Requirements for ballot marking devices Except as required to meet the accessibility requirements under paragraph (3), in the case of a ballot marking device— (aa) the printed or marked paper ballot shall be presented to the voter for physical inspection and verification before the ballot is tabulated and preserved in accordance with clause (ii)