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To provide funds to give States incentives to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration, improve voting system security, and promote automatic voter registration, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1398| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Gerald E. Connolly

Gerald E. Connolly

Democratic Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (4)
James R. Langevin (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Committee on House Administration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 or the FAST Voting Act of 2017 This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; and (3) implement automatic voter registration.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Government Operations and Politics

Computer security and identity theftDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsNatural disastersPerformance measurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsVoting rights

To provide funds to give States incentives to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration, improve voting system security, and promote automatic voter registration, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1398| House 
| Updated: 3/7/2017
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 or the FAST Voting Act of 2017 This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; and (3) implement automatic voter registration.
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Timeline
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • March 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Gerald E. Connolly

Gerald E. Connolly

Democratic Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (4)
James R. Langevin (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Betty McCollum (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Committee on House Administration

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsNatural disastersPerformance measurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsVoting rights