Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 2328
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Reducing Barriers for Military Voters Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 13, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 13, 2021
Latest Action
Jul 13, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2328
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
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Illinois
Democrat
Arizona
Republican
North Carolina
Republican
South Carolina
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Wisconsin
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate 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)
07/13/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
07/13/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 1, 2023 11:43:53 PM