Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Ballots

Bill Introduced: H.R.6625 Veteran Voting Support Act

2008-07-29T00:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3308 Veteran Voting Support Act

2008-07-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3212 Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for auditable, independent verification of ballots, to ensure the security of voting systems, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3100 Voting Opportunities and Integrity in the Conduct of Elections Act of 2008

2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to require early voting in Federal elections, to prohibit restrictions on absentee voting in Federal elections, to establish a grant program to promote voting by mail, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3073 Military Voting Protection Act of 2008

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.

2008-04-15T00:00:00Z

To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5673 Military Voting Protection Act of 2008

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5628 Make Provisional Ballots Count Act 2008

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to give individuals who are permitted to cast a provisional ballot in elections for Federal office the option to re-register to vote in such elections at the polling place, to establish a uniform standard for the treatment of provisional ballots cast at incorrect polling places, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5036 Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008

2008-01-17T00:00:00Z

To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4237 Overseas Voting Practical Amendments Act of 2007

2007-11-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials are generated through the use of a computer program, are not printed on a specific type of paper, or do not otherwise meet similar extraneous requirements which are not clearly necessary to prevent fraud in the conduct of elections, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4145 Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007

2007-11-09T00:00:00Z

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to clarify the treatment of provisional ballots cast in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2295 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007

2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3600 Voter Freedom Act of 2007

2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

To enforce the guarantees of the first, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States by prohibiting certain devices used to deny the right to participate in certain elections.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3500 Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2007

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems to produce a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and to ensure the security of electronic data, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1869 Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2007

2007-07-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require new voting systems to provide a voter-verified permanent record, to develop better accessible voting machines for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1487 Ballot Integrity Act of 2007

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require an individual, durable, voter-verified paper record under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1312 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2007

2007-05-07T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2142 To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow absentee ballots in Federal elections to be mailed by voters free of postage.

2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow absentee ballots in Federal elections to be mailed by voters free of postage.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1785 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that certain questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election in American Samoa.

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that certain questions are placed on the ballot of the 2008 general election in American Samoa.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1667 Vote by Mail Act of 2007

2007-03-23T00:00:00Z

To establish a Vote by Mail grant program.