HR 1377
107th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Absentee voting
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Ballots
Computers in politics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Election fraud
Evidence (Law)
Federal-state relations
Government paperwork
Law
Military discharges
Residence requirements
Science, Technology, Communications
Soldier voting
Voter registration
Military Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2001
Introduced: April 3, 2001
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 24, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Apr 24, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 3, 2001
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, the Judiciary, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 3, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Military Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2001 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide that, for purposes of voting for a Federal or State office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence be deemed to have: (1) lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State; (2) acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or (3) become a resident in or a resident of any other State.
Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to provide for: (1) extension of registration and balloting rights for absent uniformed services voters to State and local elections; (2) treatment of applications and absentee ballots submitted by absent uniformed services voters; and (3) coverage of recently separated uniformed services voters as absent uniformed services voters.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a demonstration project under which absent uniformed services voters are permitted to cast ballots in the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office for November 2002 through an electronic voting system.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.