Accessible Voting Act of 2020 This bill increases voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, including by establishing an office of accessibility within the Election Assistance Commission, requiring states to expand access to absentee registration procedures and no-excuse mail-in absentee voting in federal elections, and permanently reauthorizing and expanding a grant program for increasing accessibility to polling places.
Age discriminationAlaska Natives and HawaiiansDisability and health-based discriminationElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal-Indian relationsFederal officialsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsState and local financeState and local government operationsVoting rights
Accessible Voting Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-3206| Senate
| Updated: 1/16/2020
Accessible Voting Act of 2020 This bill increases voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, including by establishing an office of accessibility within the Election Assistance Commission, requiring states to expand access to absentee registration procedures and no-excuse mail-in absentee voting in federal elections, and permanently reauthorizing and expanding a grant program for increasing accessibility to polling places.
Age discriminationAlaska Natives and HawaiiansDisability and health-based discriminationElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal-Indian relationsFederal officialsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsState and local financeState and local government operationsVoting rights