Counting All Military Votes Act

Bill: 116-hr-5840
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2020-02-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Military personnel and dependents

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Counting All Military Votes Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to ensure that absent uniformed services voters who are on active duty or service at diplomatic and consular posts of the United States are able to receive and transmit balloting materials in the same manner (i.e., through express mail) as absent uniformed services voters who are on active duty or service at military installations.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5840 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2020 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Bost , Mr. Cook , Mr. Zeldin , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Rogers of Kentucky , Mr. Wittman , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Bergman , Mr. Walker , Mr. Pence , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Thornberry , Mr. Mast , Mr. Turner , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Kinzinger , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. McCaul , Ms. Cheney , Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Loudermilk , and Mr. Hudson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters serving at diplomatic and consular posts of the United States are able to receive and transmit balloting materials in the same manner and with the same rights and protections as other absent uniformed services voters under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Counting All Military Votes Act . 2. Ability of absent uniformed services voters serving at diplomatic and consular posts to receive and transmit balloting materials (a) Ensuring ability (1) In general Section 101(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20301(b) ) is amended— (A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (10); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (12) take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that an absent uniformed services voter who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of the United States is able to receive and transmit balloting materials in the same manner and with the same rights and protections as an absent uniformed services voter who is absent from the United States by reason of active duty or service at a military installation. . (2) Effective date The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Clarification of treatment as absent uniformed services voters Section 107(1)(A) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20310(1)(A) ) is amended by striking active duty and inserting active duty (including active duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of the United States) .