3.0.0 3961 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z Senate S 2020-06-15 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-15T23:22:26Z 2020-06-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2020-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Postal service State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-13T20:27:47Z Pandemic Democracy for All Act

This bill requires states and local jurisdictions to allow absentee voting during the November 2020 general election for individuals impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). It also establishes grants to implement online registration systems and to increase absentee voting.

Specifically, states and local jurisdictions must allow an individual to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot if the individual has a reasonable concern that voting in person on the date of the election may expose them to contracting COVID-19 or if they are otherwise impacted by COVID-19. The Department of Justice may bring a civil action against a state or local jurisdiction for violations.

In addition, the bill authorizes the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states and local jurisdictions to (1) implement online absentee registration systems for the November 2020 general election, and (2) facilitate an increase in absentee voting during such election (e.g., the costs associated with the purchase of materials and educational outreach).

]]> Pandemic Democracy for All Act Display Title Pandemic Democracy for All Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Pandemic Democracy for All Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require States and local jurisdictions to allow absentee voting in the November 2020 general election for Federal office for individuals impacted by coronavirus disease 2019, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3961is/xml/BILLS-116s3961is.xml 2020-06-15 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.