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H.R. 3163 112th Congress House

Easy Voting Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any State offering an early voting period in elections for Federal office to make the period available fo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require any State offering an early voting period in elections for Federal office to make the period available for the entire 14-day period that precedes the date of the election, to prohibit States from imposing identification requirements on individuals who wish to vote or register to vote who are not otherwise required to provide identification under such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 2, 2011 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional electionsElections, voting, political campaign regulationVoting rights
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Oct 12, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Oct 12, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 12, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Easy Voting Act of 2011 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) require a minimum early voting period of 14 days preceding a federal election for states offering early voting, (2) prohibit an election official from requiring an individual to provide a state-based identification as a condition of registering to vote or of receiving or casting a ballot in any federal election, and (3) require states to make same-day voter registration and change of address service available at the polling place on the date of election.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3317 Same Day Voter Registration Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 7
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 2, 2011
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Nov 2, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 2, 2011
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 2, 2011
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 2, 2011
JACKSON, JESSE
· Nov 2, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 2, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 2, 2011
PAYNE, DONALD
· Nov 2, 2011
Richardson, Laura
· Nov 2, 2011
Richmond, Cedric
· Nov 2, 2011
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 2, 2011
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Nov 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3163: Easy Voting Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3163/
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