Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
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.
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Introduction
May 2021
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Introduced May 28, 2021
Last action May 28, 2021
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May 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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May 28, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Joe Wilson
RRepublican
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Albio Sires
DDemocratic
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Andy Kim
DDemocratic
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Anthony G. Brown
DDemocratic
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Antonio Delgado
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn Bourdeaux
DDemocratic
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Cynthia Axne
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Dean Phillips
DDemocratic
Co
Derek Kilmer
DDemocratic
Co
Elise M. Stefanik
RRepublican
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