Bill Sponsor
House Bill 3646
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 28, 2021
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
May 28, 2021
Latest Action
May 28, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3646
Congress
117
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
South Carolina
Republican
California
Democrat
Maryland
Democrat
Minnesota
Democrat
New Jersey
Democrat
New Jersey
Democrat
New Jersey
Democrat
New York
Democrat
North Carolina
Republican
South Carolina
Republican
South Carolina
Democrat
Washington
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a plan for providing end-to-end electronic voting services (e.g., services for registering to vote and returning a ballot) in participating states for absent uniformed service members who are deployed or mobilized in locations with limited or no postal service.

Specifically, DOD must develop the plan by consulting with state and local election officials. Further, the plan must include (1) methods to ensure that voters have the opportunity to verify that their ballots are received and tabulated, (2) methods to generate a verifiable and auditable vote trail, and (3) an assessment of whether commercially available technologies may be used to carry out the plan.

DOD must implement the plan for a trial group of voters in participating states for the 2024 federal elections. The plan must be implemented for all voters in participating states for the 2026 federal elections and subsequent years.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
05/28/2021
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
05/28/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:49:29 PM