To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from counting a ballot cast in an election for Federal office which is received by the State after the date of the election.

3.0.0 8189 2023-01-11T13:45:01Z 2023-01-11T13:45:01Z House HR 2020-09-08 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOHMERT:H.R. 8189.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 4, Clause 1:The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in eachState by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at anytime by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to thePlaces of chusing Senators.[Page H4331]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2020-09-08T13:31:05Z 2020-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2020-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 N Government Operations and Politics Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics

00 2020-09-08 Introduced in House 2020-10-08T18:37:51Z This bill generally prohibits states from counting ballots that are received after the date of a federal election. However, the prohibition does not apply to absentee ballots that are cast by uniformed service members, their family members, or overseas citizens.

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To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from counting a ballot cast in an election for Federal office which is received by the State after the date of the election. Display Title To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from counting a ballot cast in an election for Federal office which is received by the State after the date of the election. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from counting a ballot cast in an election for Federal office which is received by the State after the date of the election. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8189ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8189ih.xml 2020-09-08 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.