H.R.6009 - To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Shown Here: Introduced in House (07/30/2010)
111th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. R. 6009
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of
marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the
appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the
last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2010
Mr. McCarthy of
California (for himself, Mr.
Harper, Mrs. Bachmann,
Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California,
and Mr. McKeon) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House
Administration
A BILL
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of
marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the
appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the
last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Expedited delivery
requirements for marked absentee ballots of overseas military voters.
(a) Adjustment of
deadline for collection.—Section 103A(b)(3)(A) of the Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff—2a(b)(3)(A)) is amended
by striking “on the seventh day” and inserting the following:
“on the last Friday (or, in the case of an election occurring prior to
the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November
2012, on the seventh day)”.
(b) Use of
carriers.—Section 103A(b)(2)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff—2a(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
“(2) EXPEDITED
DELIVERY SERVICE.—
“(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Presidential
designee shall provide expedited mail delivery service for all such marked
absentee ballots of absent uniformed services voters that are collected on or
before the deadline described in paragraph (3).
“(B) AGREEMENTS WITH
POSTAL SERVICE FOR ELECTIONS PRIOR TO 2012.—With respect to elections occurring prior
to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November
2012, the Presidential designee shall carry out this section in cooperation and
coordination with the United States Postal Service, and shall provide expedited
mail delivery service for all such marked absentee ballots of absent uniformed
services voters that are collected on or before the deadline described in
paragraph (3) and then transferred to the United States Postal
Service.”.