UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT

Bills and resolutions

States: exempt from certain requirements States that provide sufficient time to vote (see S. 2797), S11492 [18NO]

———modify responsibilities (see S. 1443), S7359 [10JY]

Voting: allow disaster evacuees to use absentee balloting and registration procedures and make grants to States to respond to election administration needs resulting from major disasters (see H.R. 3416), H9205 [30JY]

———clarify qualifications of Presidential designee responsible for collection and delivery of absentee ballots of overseas voters and establish the Overseas Voting Advisory Board (see H.R. 1659), H3747 [23MR]

———enhance and improve certain procedures relative to voting by absent members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2823), H6617 [11JN]

———ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted (see S. 1415), S7261 [8JY]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 1026), S5371 [12MY] (see H.R. 2393), H5581 [13MY]

———permit States to test feasibility of using alternative methods, including advanced technologies and the Internet, to enable overseas military voters to register and vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 3473), H9277 [31JY]

———prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud (see H.R. 1739), H4061 [26MR]

———require States to accept absentee ballots of overseas voters which are transmitted to the State election official by express mail and reimburse such voters for the costs of using express mail (see H.R. 2082), H4732 [23AP]

Remarks in House

Overseas Voting Advisory Board: establish, H7369 [25JN]

Voting: clarify qualifications of Presidential designee responsible for collection and delivery of absentee ballots of overseas voters and establish the Overseas Voting Advisory Board (H.R. 1659), E736 [23MR]

———ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, H11139 [8OC]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters, H6420 [10JN]

———prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud, H11139 [8OC]

———prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials do not meet certain requirements not clearly necessary to prevent election fraud (H.R. 1739), E793 [26MR]

Remarks in Senate

Voting: ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have an opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, S7832, S7837 [22JY], S7965-S7967 [23JY], S10679-S10682 [22OC]

———improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (S. 1026), S5375 [12MY]

Reports filed

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1415), S7639 [16JY]

Military Voting Protection Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 2393) (H. Rept. 111-281), H10455 [1OC]

Texts of

S. 1026, Military Voting Protection Act, S5376 [12MY]