A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for automatic voter registration.
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Latest Action · January 3, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Vote by Mail Act of 2019
This bill requires states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.
States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.
This bill authorizes automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.
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