3.0.0 4707 2023-01-11T13:44:42Z 2023-01-11T13:44:42Z Senate S 2020-09-24 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-24T19:54:51Z 2020-09-24 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Postal service State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-17T19:46:55Z Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act

This bill establishes certain requirements for voting by mail in federal elections, including by requiring mail-in ballots to be received by the time the polls close on election day. Further, the bill requires states to count all eligible ballots within 24 hours after the election.

In addition, the bill makes it unlawful to possess or return a mail-in ballot completed by another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.

]]> Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act Display Title Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide Federal standards for mail-in ballots and reporting of election results with respect to elections for Federal office. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4707is/xml/BILLS-116s4707is.xml 2020-09-24 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.