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HR 1655 113th Congress House

Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to State election officials.

Introduced: April 18, 2013 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional electionsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadElections, voting, political campaign regulationMilitary personnel and dependentsState and local government operations
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Apr 18, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Apr 18, 2013
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 Latest action April 18, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit a state from certifying the results of a regularly scheduled election for federal office until it has counted all valid ballots of absent servicemember voters collected by the presidential designee and delivered to the appropriate state election officials.

Allows a state to certify such results on the later of ten days after such election or the date provided under state law.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1655: Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1655/
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"H.R. 1655: Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1655/.
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H.R. 1655, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1655/.
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[H.R. 1655: Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1655/)
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