Digital Overseas Voting Act

I 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. 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 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 absen- tee ballot under such Act to the appropriate State elec- tion official by mail, electronic mail, or fax. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Overseas Vot- 4 ing Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Jul 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7219.IH H7219 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7219 IH SEC. 2. PERMITTING SUBMISSION OF FEDERAL WRITE-IN 1 ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL, ELECTRONIC 2 MAIL, OR FAX. 3 (a) SUBMISSION OF BALLOT.—Section 103(b) of the 4 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 5 U.S.C. 20303(b)) is amended in the matter preceding 6 paragraph (1) by striking the period at the end of the first 7 sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the 8 appropriate State election official shall accept the submis- 9 sion of the ballot by the absent uniformed services voter 10 or overseas voter by mail, electronic mail, or fax.’’. 11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 12 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any ballot sub- 13 mitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Jul 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7219.IH H7219 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS