I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10064 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide an individual who enlists 
as a member, or who is commissioned as an officer, of the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force and who is eligible 
to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State in which 
the individual resides with a voter registration application form for such 
elections at the time the individual enlists or is commissioned, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2024 
Mr. CASTEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide an individual 
who enlists as a member, or who is commissioned as 
an officer, of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, 
or Space Force and who is eligible to register to vote 
in elections for Federal office in the State in which 
the individual resides with a voter registration application 
form for such elections at the time the individual enlists 
or is commissioned, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Voters Over-
seas Technical Enhancement Act’’ or the ‘‘Military VOTE 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAKING VOTER REGISTRATION AVAILABLE UPON 
ENLISTMENT. 
(a) VOTER REGISTRATION AVAILABILITY.—At the 
time an individual enlists as a member, or is commissioned 
as an officer, of a covered Armed Force, the Secretary 
of Defense shall— 
(1) ask the individual if the individual is eligible 
to register to vote in elections for Federal office in 
the State in which the individual resides; and 
(2) if the individual responds by stating that 
the individual is eligible to register to vote in such 
elections, the Secretary shall, in accordance with sec-
tion 7(a)(4) of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(4))— 
(A) provide the individual with a mail voter 
registration application form; 
(B) assist the individual in completing the 
form, unless the individual refuses such assist-
ance; and 
(C) accept the individual’s completed voter 
registration application form for transmittal to 
the appropriate State election official. 
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(b) NO EFFECT ON SERVICE IN COVERED ARMED 
FORCE.—In carrying out this section with respect to any 
individual, the Secretary shall not— 
(1) seek to influence the individual’s political 
preference or party registration; 
(2) display any such political preference or 
party allegiance; 
(3) make any statement to an individual or take 
any action the purpose or effect of which is to dis-
courage the individual from registering to vote; or 
(4) make any statement to an individual or take 
any action the purpose or effect of which is to lead 
the individual to believe that a decision to register 
or not to register has any bearing on the individual’s 
service in a covered Armed Force. 
(c) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 
into agreements with the appropriate State election offi-
cials to enable the Secretary to carry out this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 
Force. 
(2) The terms ‘‘election’’ and ‘‘Federal office’’ 
have the meaning given such terms in section 301 
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of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30101). 
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 3. PROMOTING TIMELY AND ACCURATE DELIVERY OF 
ABSENTEE BALLOTS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.—Section 102(f)(2) 
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (52 U.S.C. 20302(f)(2)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) TRANSMISSION IF NO PREFERENCE INDI-
CATED.—If an absent uniformed services voter or 
overseas voter does not designate a preference under 
paragraph (1)(B)— 
‘‘(A) the State shall transmit the ballot 
electronically; or 
‘‘(B) if the State lacks sufficient informa-
tion to transmit the ballot electronically, the 
State shall transmit the ballot by any delivery 
method allowable in accordance with applicable 
State law.’’. 
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(b) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND 
CHANGE
IN
UNIFORMED
SERVICE
STATUS.—Section 
101(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20301(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (10); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (11) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) take such steps as may be necessary to 
ensure that the appropriate State election official of 
a State has timely and accurate contact information, 
including an updated mailing address, for each uni-
formed services voter who is registered to vote in the 
State, without regard to whether the voter is an ab-
sent uniformed services voter; and 
‘‘(13) notify the appropriate State election offi-
cial of a State if an individual who is registered to 
vote in the State and who is a uniformed services 
voter, including an absent uniformed services voter, 
is no longer a uniformed services voter.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 107 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20310) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
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