3.0.0 4145 2023-01-11T20:12:18Z 2023-01-11T20:12:18Z House H HR 2007-11-09 110 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2007-11-09T14:03:10Z 2007-11-09 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2007-11-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 N Government Operations and Politics Ballots Congress Congressional elections Election administration Presidential elections Voter registration Voting Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-11-09 Introduced in House 2007-12-18T16:03:54Z Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections.

Prohibits any election recount until all provisional votes have been counted. Requires the chief state election official, in determining whether to count a provisional vote, to review not only official registered voter lists but also any information an individual voter submitted during the registration process.

Requires a provisional ballot in a federal election to be treated as a voter registration application if it is rejected on the ground that the individual is not registered to vote in the election.

]]> Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to clarify the treatment of provisional ballots cast in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-11-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4145ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4145ih.xml 2007-11-09 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.