3.0.0 1026 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z 2023-01-11T13:19:02Z Senate S S 2009-05-12 111 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-12T21:05:18Z Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 111 2393 HR 2009-10-01 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158. Identical bill CRS 2009-05-12 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5376-5377) IntroReferral 2009-05-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5375-5376) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-05-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-05-12 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2009-05-12 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-05-12 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-05-14 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-05-14 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2009-05-18 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2009-05-18 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2009-05-18 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-05-18 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-05-20 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-05-20 False B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2009-06-01 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-06-01 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-06-01 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2009-06-01 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2009-06-03 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2009-06-03 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-06-03 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-06-03 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2009-06-04 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-06-04 False C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2009-06-04 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2009-06-08 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-06-08 False L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2009-06-11 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2009-06-11 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2009-06-15 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2009-06-16 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2009-06-23 False G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2009-06-24 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2009-07-06 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-07-15 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2009-07-21 False Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-29T21:35:36Z Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the presidential designee) to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters in regularly scheduled general elections for federal office; and (2) delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials.

Requires the designee to: (1) ensure that such ballots are delivered prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election; (2) carry out delivery requirements by utilizing the express mail delivery services of the U.S. Postal Service, which shall include a mechanism for ballot tracking; (3) inform individuals who are anticipated to be absent overseas uniformed services voters in such an election of the procedures for collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots established pursuant to this Act; and (4) take steps to ensure that such voters are able to cast their votes in a private and independent manner, and that vote contents remain private while in the designee's possession or control.


]]> Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed service voters, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1026is/xml/BILLS-111s1026is.xml 2009-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5376-5377) 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.