Election Integrity Mail Reform Act of 2023
The Election Integrity Mail Reform Act of 2023 requires the U.S. Postal Service to prioritize processing and delivery of election mail - including ballots, voter registration materials, and absentee ballot applications - regardless of postage status or account funding. It mandates that election mail be marked with a clear notice to help election officials and specifies that the Postal Service must handle such mail expeditiously. The bill also increases penalties for forging postmarks on mailed ballots, raising the maximum prison term to 10 years for forgeries affecting ballots in any election. This law does not apply to mail covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
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in committee
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Jul 2023
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Introduced Jul 6, 2023
Last action Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 6, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jul 6, 2023
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer
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