[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6009 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6009

  To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
   require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of 
marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to 
 the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on 
 or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2010

Mr. McCarthy of California (for himself, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. 
    Daniel E. Lungren of California, and Mr. McKeon) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
   require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of 
marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to 
 the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on 
 or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPEDITED DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKED ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
              OF OVERSEAS MILITARY VOTERS.

    (a) Adjustment of Deadline for Collection.--Section 103A(b)(3)(A) 
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff--2a(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``on the seventh day'' and 
inserting the following: ``on the last Friday (or, in the case of an 
election occurring prior to the regularly scheduled general election 
for Federal office held in November 2012, on the seventh day)''.
    (b) Use of Carriers.--Section 103A(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff--2a(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Expedited delivery service.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Presidential designee shall 
                provide expedited mail delivery service for all such 
                marked absentee ballots of absent uniformed services 
                voters that are collected on or before the deadline 
                described in paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Agreements with postal service for elections 
                prior to 2012.--With respect to elections occurring 
                prior to the regularly scheduled general election for 
                Federal office held in November 2012, the Presidential 
                designee shall carry out this section in cooperation 
                and coordination with the United States Postal Service, 
                and shall provide expedited mail delivery service for 
                all such marked absentee ballots of absent uniformed 
                services voters that are collected on or before the 
                deadline described in paragraph (3) and then 
                transferred to the United States Postal Service.''.
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