Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Reform Act of 2001
Latest action · Jul 27, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8359-8360)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes a mandatory minimum period for acceptance of absentee ballots after date of election, as well as other specified requirements and prohibitions for the stated purpose of promoting participation of overseas and absent uniformed services voters.
Makes it an additional duty of the Presidential designee under such Act to prescribe a standard oath for use with any document affirming that a material misstatement of fact in the completion of such a document may constitute grounds for a conviction for perjury.
Provides for coverage of recently separated uniformed services voters.
Requires the Presidential designee to make a payment to each eligible State for carrying out activities to comply with the requirements of this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Jul 27, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8359-8360)
- Jul 27, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8359)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Absentee voting
- Americans in foreign countries
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Ballots
- Computers in politics
- Congress
- Congressional election statistics
- Congressional elections
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election fraud
- Electronic government information
- Evidence (Law)
- Facsimile transmission
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Identification devices
- International Affairs
- Internet
- Law
- Military discharges
- Oaths
- Perjury
- Postal service
- Presidential election statistics
- Presidential elections
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Soldier voting
- State laws
- Voter registration
- Voter turnout
- Witnesses
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