FAST Voting Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/5/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-05Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- 2019-03-05Introduced in House
- 2019-03-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-05 (00)
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2019 or the FAST Voting Act of 2019
This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants 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; or (3) implement automatic voter registration.
Cosponsors (2)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
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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