H.R. 6512 · 116th Congress
Voter Notice Act
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Voter Notification of Timely Information about Changes in Elections Act or the Voter Notice Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 14, 2020
Voter Notification of Timely Information about Changes in Elections Act or the Voter Notice Act
This bill requires state and local election officials to conduct public education campaigns in the event of changes to federal elections (e.g., methods of voting) due to public health and safety emergencies.
Specifically, the bill requires election officials to notify individuals of changes to federal elections by (1) providing not fewer than one direct mailing to each registered voter; and (2) notifying individuals who are eligible to vote through direct mailings, newspaper advertisements, broadcasting, and social media.
Election officials must ensure their official public websites are accessible to individuals with disabilities, including the blind and visually impaired.
The bill also directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish and regularly update best practices to ensure official public websites of election officials are continuously operating during emergencies. Election officials must ensure their official public websites comply with such best practices.
The Election Assistance Commission must make payments to states for conducting public education campaigns and operating election websites during emergencies.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Voter Notice Act
Also known as: Voter Notification of Timely Information about Changes in Elections Act
Latest action (Apr 14, 2020): Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 14, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.