Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
Latest action · May 28, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
- IntroducedMay 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 28, 2021 to Dec 13, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | May 28, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Jul 6, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Dec 30, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 30, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Dec 13, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 28, 2021Introduced in House
- May 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 94, May 28, 2021, page H2680.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2328 | Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act | Identical bill | Jul 13, 2021 |
| HR 4350 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 | Related bill | Mar 1, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 28, 2021Introduced in House
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