3.0.0 1397 2022-02-08T23:21:47Z 2022-02-08T23:21:47Z Senate S 2019-05-09 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-09T18:59:10Z Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020 116 3529 S 2020-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2019-05-09 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-05-09 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-05-09 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-05-09 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-05-09 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-05-09 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-05-09 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-05-09 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-11-18 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-11-19 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-12-04 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Atmospheric science and weather Disaster relief and insurance Election Assistance Commission Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Natural disasters State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-07T22:22:48Z This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to create a national federal write-in absentee ballot that must be made available on the internet in a printable format.

States must permit certain individuals to use the ballot to cast a vote in any election for federal office. The individuals who qualify to use the ballot are those who

  • reside in an area where a state of emergency has been declared by the state due to a natural disaster,
  • expect to be absent from their jurisdiction on election day due to professional or volunteer service in response to a natural disaster or emergency,
  • expect to be hospitalized on election day, or
  • requested an absentee ballot but did not receive it in time for it to be counted in the election.
]]> A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for a national Federal write-in absentee ballot for domestic use. Display Title A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for a national Federal write-in absentee ballot for domestic use. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for a national Federal write-in absentee ballot for domestic use. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1397is/xml/BILLS-116s1397is.xml 2019-05-09 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.