Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1275
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Commemorative events and holidays
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Commerce
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability and paralysis
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Northern Mariana Islands
Political advertising
Postal service
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 
 
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 

 
This bill addresses access to voting, including by
 
 
requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18;
 
prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; 
 
requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; 
 
requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; 
 
making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; 
 
prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official; 
 
making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and 
 
permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House