US Congress Senate Bill 1566 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Military Voting Protection Act

Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1566/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1566/BILLS-116s1566is.pdf