3.0.0 2547 2022-02-08T23:19:33Z 2022-02-08T23:19:33Z House HR 2019-05-07 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DEUTCH:H.R. 2547.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.[Page H3475]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2019-05-07T16:03:05Z 2019-05-07 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2019-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 22 N H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2019-05-07 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Congressional elections Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-05-07 Introduced in House 2021-01-11T17:26:11Z Protecting American Votes Act

This bill sets forth requirements for states using signature verification for ballots submitted by mail. These states must provide notice to individuals if the state determines a discrepancy exists between the submitted signature and the signature in the official record. The notice must include information regarding curing the discrepancy.

Additionally, these states must establish procedures for voters (1) to submit information to cure a discrepancy, and (2) to appeal a rejection of this information.

These states must report to Congress regarding the number of ballots invalidated due to a signature discrepancy, a description of attempts to notify voters of any discrepancy, a description of the cure process, and the number of ballots determined valid as a result.

]]> Protecting American Votes Act Display Title Protecting American Votes Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to allow an individual to cure a mismatched signature on a mail-in or provisional ballot, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting American Votes Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2547ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2547ih.xml 2019-05-07 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.