[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7219 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7219

  To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
 permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to submit 
the Federal write-in absentee ballot under such Act to the appropriate 
       State election official by mail, electronic mail, or fax.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2020

 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. DeSaulnier) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
 permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to submit 
the Federal write-in absentee ballot under such Act to the appropriate 
       State election official by mail, electronic mail, or fax.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Overseas Voting Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING SUBMISSION OF FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY 
              MAIL, ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR FAX.

    (a) Submission of Ballot.--Section 103(b) of the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20303(b)) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking the period at the end 
of the first sentence and inserting the following: ``, except that the 
appropriate State election official shall accept the submission of the 
ballot by the absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter by 
mail, electronic mail, or fax.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any ballot submitted on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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