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HR 3619 100th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Blind Disabled Election administration Vision disorders Voting Voting of the handicapped

Visually Impaired Voters Assistance Act of 1987

Introduced: November 9, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Nov 9, 1987
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Nov 9, 1987
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Visually Impaired Voters Assistance Act of 1987 - Requires each State to make enlarged print voting aids and ballots available to visually impaired voters in Federal elections. Requires the chief election officer of each State to provide public notice, adapted to reach visually impaired voters, of the availability of materials under this Act.

Directs the Federal Election Commission to report to the Congress, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, on the voting aids available to blind voters with respect to Federal elections in each State.

What's happening now November 9, 1987

Referred to House Committee on House Administration.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 22, 1988
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 16, 1988
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Dec 17, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3619: Visually Impaired Voters Assistance Act of 1987. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3619/
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"H.R. 3619: Visually Impaired Voters Assistance Act of 1987." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3619/.
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H.R. 3619, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3619/.
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