Digital Overseas Voting Act

Bill: 116-hr-7219
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-06-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Digital Overseas Voting Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires all states to allow an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter to submit a federal write-in absentee ballot by email or fax.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7219 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2020 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. McGovern , Mr. Cooper , and Mr. DeSaulnier ) 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 permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to submit the Federal write-in absentee ballot under such Act to the appropriate State election official by mail, electronic mail, or fax.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Digital Overseas Voting Act . 2. Permitting submission of Federal write-in absentee ballot by mail, electronic mail, or fax (a) Submission of ballot Section 103(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20303(b) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: , except that the appropriate State election official shall accept the submission of the ballot by the absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter by mail, electronic mail, or fax. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any ballot submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.