Military Voting Protection Act

United States116th CongressS-1566Senate
Updated: May 21, 2019

Summary

Military Voting Protection Act This bill requires military departments to provide members of the Armed Forces with a federal write-in absentee ballot together with instructions on the appropriate use of the ballot with respect to the state in which the member is registered to vote. Members intending to vote in a state that does not accept the federal write-in absentee ballot as a simultaneous application and acceptable ballot for federal elections must be provided a briefing on, and an opportunity to fill out, the official post card form for absentee voter registration application and absentee ballot application.

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Timeline

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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