Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
Latest action · Jul 13, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 13, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jul 13, 2021 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Nov 30, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Jul 13, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3646 | Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act | Identical bill | May 28, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
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- Jul 13, 2021Introduced in Senate
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