SENATE 549116th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- 2019-02-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-25 (00)
Voter Empowerment Act of 2019
This bill addresses access to voting, including by
- requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18;
- prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting;
- requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits;
- requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions;
- making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training;
- prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official;
- making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and
- permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.
Cosponsors (11)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Subjects
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative remedies
- American Samoa
- Caribbean area
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional elections
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime prevention
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Commerce
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Disability and paralysis
- Election Assistance Commission
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