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HR 3978 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Higher education Voting rights

EASY Voting Act

Introduced: February 8, 2012 Introduced by: Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 8, 2012
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Feb 8, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equal Access to Support Youth Voting Act or EASY Voting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the dissemination of false information with the intent of discouraging students who attend an institution of higher education (IHE) from voting or registering to vote in a federal election.

Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require state and local election officials to accept a current and valid student photo identification issued by the IHE the student attends as a current and valid photo identification when such identification is required to obtain a ballot or vote in a federal election.

What's happening now February 16, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3978: EASY Voting Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3978/
MLA
"H.R. 3978: EASY Voting Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3978/.
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H.R. 3978, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3978/.
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