FAST Voting Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/7/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-07Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- 2017-03-07Introduced in House
- 2017-03-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-07 (00)
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 or the FAST Voting Act of 2017
This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; and (3) implement automatic voter registration.
Cosponsors (4)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
Subjects
- Computer security and identity theft
- Disability and paralysis
- Disability assistance
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Military personnel and dependents
- Natural disasters
- Performance measurement
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
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