3.0.0 3635 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z 2023-01-11T13:23:09Z Senate S S 2012-11-15 112 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-11-15T22:06:50Z Race to the Top Act of 2011 112 1532 HR 2011-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS FAST Voting Act of 2012 112 6590 HR 2012-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Race to the Top Act of 2011 112 844 S 2011-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2523-2525) Related bill CRS 2012-11-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2012-11-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6857-6858) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2012-11-15 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-11-27 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-12-19 False Government Operations and Politics Disability and paralysis Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Emergency planning and evacuation Military personnel and dependents Natural disasters Performance measurement State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2012-12-14T16:23:49Z Louis L. Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2012 or FAST Voting Act of 2012 - Directs the Attorney General to award grants, on a competitive basis, to enable states to: (1) invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls, and (2) simplify voter registration.

Requires the grant application to include a comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds to improve the applicant's performance on specified measures with respect to: (1) flexible registration opportunities, (2) early voting, (3) assistance to non-English speaking voters, and (4) other related matters.

Requires each grantee to establish performance measures and targets, approved by the Attorney General, that track its progress in implementing its plan and expediting voting at the polls or simplifying voter registration, as applicable. ]]>

FAST Voting Act of 2012 Display Title FAST Voting Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide incentives for States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter registration. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FAST Voting Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Louis L. Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3635is/xml/BILLS-112s3635is.xml 2012-11-15 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.