[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1655 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1655

  To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
 require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled 
general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of 
   any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services 
 voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act 
               for delivery to State election officials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2013

Mr. Roe of Tennessee 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 States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled 
general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of 
   any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services 
 voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act 
               for delivery to State election officials.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Overseas Ballot Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DELAY IN CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS OF GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR 
              FEDERAL OFFICE IN ORDER TO COUNT ABSENTEE BALLOTS OF 
              ABSENT OVERSEAS UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS.

    Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(j) Delay in Certification of Results of Certain Elections in 
Order To Count Absentee Ballots of Absent Overseas Uniformed Services 
Voters.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State may not certify the results of a 
        regularly scheduled general election for Federal office until 
        the State has counted all of the valid marked absentee ballots 
        of absent uniformed services voters cast in the election which 
        are collected by the Presidential designee and delivered to the 
        appropriate election officials in the State under section 103A.
            ``(2) Permitting certification at certain time after 
        election.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State may certify 
        the results of a regularly scheduled general election for 
        Federal office on the later of--
                    ``(A) the expiration of the 10-day period which 
                begins on the date of the election; or
                    ``(B) the date provided under State law.''.
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