3.0.0 6419 2021-09-28T14:40:57Z 2021-09-28T14:40:57Z House H HR 2012-09-14 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LARSEN of Washington:H.R. 6419.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislativepowers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''[Page H6061]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2012-09-14T13:02:15Z 2012-09-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2012-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 N H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2012-09-14 True C001061 Rep. 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"Bobby" [D-VA-3] Robert Scott D VA C. "Bobby" 3 2012-10-09 False G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 2012-10-09 False K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2012-11-16 False S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] Jackie Speier D CA 12 2012-11-16 False W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 17 2012-11-16 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2012-12-13 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-09-14 Introduced in House 2012-09-26T20:53:23Z America Votes Act of 2012 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual required to present identification as a condition for voting in a federal election to meet the requirement by presenting the appropriate state or local election official with an affidavit, signed by the individual under penalty of perjury, attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. Allows an individual desiring to vote by mail to submit such an affidavit with the ballot.

Prohibits a state from requiring an individual who presents or submits such an affidavit to cast a provisional ballot in the election.

Excepts first-time voters registering by mail from application of this Act.

Requires states requiring an individual to present identification as a condition of receiving and casting a ballot in a federal election to include the use of an affidavit in voting information posted at polling places.

]]> America Votes Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced America Votes Act of 2012 Display Title America Votes Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6419ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6419ih.xml 2012-09-14 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.