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S 1026 111th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents

Military Voting Protection Act of 2009

Introduced: May 12, 2009 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5376-5377)
May 12, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5375-5376)
May 12, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Voting Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the presidential designee) to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters in regularly scheduled general elections for federal office; and (2) delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials.

Requires the designee to: (1) ensure that such ballots are delivered prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election; (2) carry out delivery requirements by utilizing the express mail delivery services of the U.S. Postal Service, which shall include a mechanism for ballot tracking; (3) inform individuals who are anticipated to be absent overseas uniformed services voters in such an election of the procedures for collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots established pursuant to this Act; and (4) take steps to ensure that such voters are able to cast their votes in a private and independent manner, and that vote contents remain private while in the designee's possession or control.


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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5376-5377)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1026: Military Voting Protection Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1026/
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"S. 1026: Military Voting Protection Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1026/.
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S. 1026, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1026/.
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