; and (2) the number of hours the volunteer serves as a volunteer poll worker or as a volunteer absentee ballot tabulator, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official. (d) Amount of payment (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of a payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the product of— (A) the total amount appropriated for such payments pursuant to the authorization under subsection (e); and (B) the State allocation percentage for the State. (2) Minimum amount of payment The amount of a payment made to a State under this section may not be less than— (A) in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for such payments; or (B) in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. (3) Pro rata reductions The Commission shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under paragraph (1) as are necessary to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2). (e) Qualified student volunteer defined In this section, a qualified student volunteer means an individual— (1) who, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official, serves— (A) as a volunteer poll worker at a polling place, including any location at which voters may cast ballots prior to the date of the election, or (B) as a volunteer absentee ballot tabulator, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official