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HR 4126 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Voting rights

Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2012

Introduced: March 1, 2012 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Mar 1, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 1, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states that have in effect a photo identification requirement as a condition for voting in a federal election to provide individuals who do not have a government-issued photo identification with such an identification, without charge, upon request.

What's happening now March 8, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5
Polis, Jared
· Mar 29, 2012
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 7, 2012
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 7, 2012
JACKSON, JESSE
· Mar 1, 2012
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 1, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 1, 2012
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 1, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4126: Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4126/
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"H.R. 4126: Voter ID Accessibility Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4126/.
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H.R. 4126, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4126/.
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