S. 3073 · 110th Congress
Military Voting Protection Act of 2008
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- Senate Introduced May 22, 2008
- Senate Passed Oct 1, 2008
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the presidential designee) to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of military overseas voters in elections for federal office; and (2) delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate amended · Oct 1, 2008
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the presidential designee) to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of military overseas voters in elections for federal office; and (2) delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials.
Requires the designee to: (1) ensure that such ballots are delivered prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election; and (2) carry out delivery requirements through a contract with one or more providers of express mail services, which shall include a mechanism for ballot tracking. Provides a special rule for voters in jurisdictions using post office boxes for the collection of such ballots. Prohibits states from refusing to accept such ballots on the grounds that they were not delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the designee to: (1) provide outreach to absentee military voters on the procedures established under this Act; (2) report, after each general election, to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on the utilization of such procedures; and (3) submit a one-time report to such committees on the status of implementation of this Act.
Prohibits states from refusing to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications and write-in ballots for failure to meet nonessential requirements (requirements not clearly necessary to prevent fraud in the conduct of elections).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Military Voting Protection Act of 2008
Latest action (Oct 2, 2008): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 22, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced May 22, 2008
- Senate Passed Oct 1, 2008
No recorded floor vote found.