3.0.0 2328 2023-01-01T23:43:53Z 2023-01-01T23:43:53Z Senate S 2021-07-13 117 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-13T19:58:48Z Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act 117 3646 HR 2021-05-28 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-13 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2021-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2021-07-13 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2021-07-13 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-07-13 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-07-13 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-07-13 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-07-13 True K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2021-07-13 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2021-07-19 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-07-19 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-07-27 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2021-11-30 False Government Operations and Politics Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents Postal service Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-01T12:46:14Z Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a plan for providing end-to-end electronic voting services (e.g., services for registering to vote and returning a ballot) in participating states for absent uniformed service members who are deployed or mobilized in locations with limited or no postal service.

Specifically, DOD must develop the plan by consulting with state and local election officials. Further, the plan must include (1) methods to ensure that voters have the opportunity to verify that their ballots are received and tabulated, (2) methods to generate a verifiable and auditable vote trail, and (3) an assessment of whether commercially available technologies may be used to carry out the plan.

DOD must implement the plan for a trial group of voters in participating states for the 2024 federal elections. The plan must be implemented for all voters in participating states for the 2026 federal elections and subsequent years.

]]> Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to develop and implement a plan to provide end-to-end electronic voting services for absent uniformed services voters under such Act who are deployed or mobilized to locations with limited or immature postal service. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2328is/xml/BILLS-117s2328is.xml 2021-07-13 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.