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Paper Ballot Act of 2006

Introduced: September 27, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2006
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.
Sep 27, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Paper Ballot Act of 2006 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a state, for a regularly scheduled general election for President and Vice President, to: (1) conduct the election using only paper ballots; and (2) ensure that the number of ballots cast at a precinct or equivalent location which are placed inside a single box or similar container does not exceed 500.

Requires the ballots cast at a precinct or equivalent location to be counted by hand by election officials at the precinct. Allows a representative of each political party with a candidate on the ballot, as well as any interested member of the public, to observe the officials as they count the ballots.

Amends federal law to move observation of Washington's Birthday to Election Day during presidential election years.

What's happening now September 27, 2006

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 14, 2006
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 27, 2006
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Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 27, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6200: Paper Ballot Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6200/
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"H.R. 6200: Paper Ballot Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6200/.
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H.R. 6200, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6200/.
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