Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1275| House
| Updated: 3/22/2019
John Lewis
Democratic Representative
Georgia
Cosponsors (8)
Committees (8)
• Committee on House Administration• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 This bill addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official; making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Government Operations and Politics
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesAmerican SamoaCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCivil actions and liabilityCommemorative events and holidaysComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of CommerceDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisability and paralysisElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployee leaveExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHigher educationImmigration status and proceduresInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrationsMilitary personnel and dependentsNorthern Mariana IslandsPolitical advertisingPostal servicePublic contracts and procurementPuerto RicoRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsU.S. Postal ServiceU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsVoting rights
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1275| House
| Updated: 3/22/2019
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019 This bill addresses access to voting, including by requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18; prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting; requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits; requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions; making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training; prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official; making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
John Lewis
Democratic Representative
Georgia
Cosponsors (8)
Committees (8)
• Committee on House Administration• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Research and Technology Subcommittee
Government Operations and Politics
Related Bills
- S 116-1834: Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019
- HR 116-93: Same Day Registration Act of 2019
- HR 116-1451: Alice Paul Voter Protection Act
- HR 116-8941: To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.
- S 116-549: Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
- HR 116-1: For the People Act of 2019
- HR 116-3281: Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019
- HR 116-1438: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to allow same day registration for Federal elections, and for other purposes.
- HR 116-1504: Know Your Polling Place Act
- HR 116-1546: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish a minimum period for early voting in elections for Federal office.
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesAmerican SamoaCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCivil actions and liabilityCommemorative events and holidaysComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of CommerceDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisability and paralysisElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployee leaveExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHigher educationImmigration status and proceduresInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaLaw enforcement administration and fundingLicensing and registrationsMilitary personnel and dependentsNorthern Mariana IslandsPolitical advertisingPostal servicePublic contracts and procurementPuerto RicoRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsU.S. Postal ServiceU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsVoting rights