3.0.0 730 2023-01-11T19:47:02Z 2023-01-11T19:47:02Z Senate S S 2007-03-01 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-01T21:47:39Z 2007-03-01 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2007-03-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2495-2498) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-03-01 True Government Operations and Politics Absentee voting Administrative procedure Americans in foreign countries Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Ballots Commemorations Congress Congressional elections Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Election Assistance Commission Election Day Election administration Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Holidays Identification devices Internet Law Postal service Presidential elections Science, Technology, Communications Soldier voting Standards State laws Voter registration Voting machines Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-01 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-09T16:39:27Z Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit any person who is otherwise qualified to vote in a federal election in a state to use the national federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed by the Election Assistance Commission to cast a vote in such an election.

Directs the Commission to prescribe a national federal write-in absentee ballot for use in elections for federal office.

Requires the voting system to provide for an independent means of voter verification, allowing each voter to verify the ballot before it is cast and counted.

Requires the state to: (1) count such ballot if the individual who cast it is otherwise eligible to vote; and (2) provide for the minimum required number of voting systems and poll workers for each polling place on the day of any federal election, and on any days during which such state allows early voting.

Directs the Commission to issue standards regarding the minimum number of voting systems and poll workers.

Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each state, with certain exceptions, to permit any individual on the day of a federal election to: (1) register to vote at the polling place; and (2) cast a vote in such election.

Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require: (1) the Commission to develop an election day registration form for elections for federal office; (2) each state to provide public notice of all names which have been removed from the voter registration list since the later of the most recent federal election or the day of the most recent previous public notice; (3) each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election at least 15 days before the day scheduled for it in the same manner as voting on such day (early voting); (4) each polling place which allows early voting to allow it for at least a uniform four hours each day; and (5) the Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting.

Accelerates the study on election day as a public holiday.

Requires mail voter registration forms to include, in lieu of mandatory questions and statements, an affidavit to be signed by the registrant attesting both to citizenship and age.

Directs each state to establish a program under which individuals may access voter registration forms electronically through the Internet.

Provides for establishing voter identification with respect to in person voting and voting by mail.

Outlines election administration requirements.

]]> Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s730is/xml/BILLS-110s730is.xml 2007-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.