; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) shall be assessed a $20.00 filing fee for any designation, statement, or report under this Act filed by paper, with the fees received by the Commission under this clause deposited into the general fund of the Treasury for the purposes of deficit reduction. . VIII Citizen Empowerment A Funding To Promote Democracy 1 Payments and Allocations to States 8001. Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program (a) Establishment There is established a program to be known as the Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program under which the Director of the Office of Democracy Advancement and Innovation shall make allocations to each State for each fiscal year to carry out democracy promotion activities described in subsection (b). (b) Democracy promotion activities described The democracy promotion activities described in this subsection are as follows: (1) Activities to promote innovation to improve efficiency and smooth functioning in the administration of elections for Federal office and to secure the infrastructure used in the administration of such elections, including making upgrades to voting equipment and voter registration systems, securing voting locations, expanding polling places and the availability of early and mail voting, recruiting and training nonpartisan election officials, and promoting cybersecurity. (2) Activities to ensure equitable access to democracy, including the following: (A) Enabling candidates who seek office in the State to receive payments as participating candidates under title V of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by subtitle B), but only if the State will enable candidates to receive such payments during an entire election cycle. (B) Operating a Democracy Credit Program under part 1 of subtitle B, but only if the State will operate the program during an entire election cycle. (C) Other activities to ensure equitable access to democracy, including administering a ranked-choice voting system and carrying out