H.R. 3552 · 111th Congress
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009
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Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2009
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections.
Prohibits any election recount until all provisional votes have been counted. Requires the chief state election official, in determining whether to count a provisional vote, to review not only official registered voter lists but also any information an individual voter submitted during the registration process.
Requires a provisional ballot in a federal election to be treated as a voter registration application if it is rejected on the ground that the individual is not registered to vote in the election.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2009
Latest action (Sep 10, 2009): Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 10, 2009
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.