HR 2054 United States House · 119th Congress

VOTE Act

HR 2054, the VOTE Act, would prevent states from receiving federal funds for administering federal elections if they provide ballots in any language other than English. It amends the Voting Rights Act by removing current requirements that allow states to provide bilingual ballots in certain areas, eliminating the prohibition on English-only ballots for federal elections. This directly affects states that currently offer ballots in non-English languages to comply with federal language access rules. The bill changes the policy by making federal election funding contingent solely on using English ballots, without requiring multilingual options.

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Mar 2025

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Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025

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Mar 11, 2025

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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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Mar 11, 2025

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