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To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grant funds for voting restoration education, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-7359| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2018
Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

Democratic Representative

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Voter Information and Access Act of 2018 This bill expands the uses of certain Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funds to include voting restoration and voter registration education for persons in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. DOJ is authorized to make grants to states and units of local government to: (1) install polling places in jails for use by detained persons eligible to vote; (2) provide absentee ballots to detained persons eligible to vote; and (3) provide counseling, education, and information services on voting restoration and voter registration in prisons.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • December 20, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • December 20, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Government Operations and Politics

Adult education and literacyCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentDetention of personsElections, voting, political campaign regulationLicensing and registrationsVoting rights

To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grant funds for voting restoration education, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-7359| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2018
Voter Information and Access Act of 2018 This bill expands the uses of certain Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funds to include voting restoration and voter registration education for persons in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. DOJ is authorized to make grants to states and units of local government to: (1) install polling places in jails for use by detained persons eligible to vote; (2) provide absentee ballots to detained persons eligible to vote; and (3) provide counseling, education, and information services on voting restoration and voter registration in prisons.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • December 20, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • December 20, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore

Democratic Representative

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Adult education and literacyCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentDetention of personsElections, voting, political campaign regulationLicensing and registrationsVoting rights