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Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013

Introduced: February 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to require each state to allow individuals to vote in a federal election on each day during the 15-day period ending on the second day immediately preceding the election date in the same manner as voting is allowed on election day.

Requires a state to ensure that each polling place that allows early voting in a federal election is located within reasonable walking distance of a stop on a public transportation route.

Requires the Election Assistance Commission to issue standards for the administration of early voting in a federal election.

Requires each state to provide a sufficient number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources (including physical resources) at a polling place used in a federal election to ensure: (1) a fair and equitable waiting time for all voters in the state, and (2) that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place.

Requires each state to develop, and implement to the greatest extent practicable, a contingency plan under which it shall provide any polling place on a federal election day whose waiting times exceed one hour with additional poll workers, machines, ballots, and other equipment and supplies, including a polling place at which individuals may cast ballots before the election date.

Requires the Commission to report to Congress biennially on the impact of this Act's early voting and waiting time provisions on the administration of elections for federal office.

Prescribes requirements for the counting of provisional ballots that will be treated as votes.

Allows civil money penalties, intervention by aggrieved parties, and private actions to address HAVA violations by a state or jurisdiction.

What's happening now January 3, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 41
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Nov 20, 2013
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Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Apr 9, 2013
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 28, 2013
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 28, 2013
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Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 14, 2013
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Takano, Mark
California · Feb 14, 2013
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Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 14, 2013
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 6, 2013
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 6, 2013
BRADY, ROBERT
· Feb 6, 2013
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Chu, Judy
California · Feb 6, 2013
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2013
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2013
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Feb 6, 2013
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 6, 2013
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 6, 2013
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2013
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 6, 2013
Edwards, Donna
· Feb 6, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· Feb 6, 2013
Grayson, Alan
· Feb 6, 2013
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Green, Al
Texas · Feb 6, 2013
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Feb 6, 2013
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2013
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 6, 2013
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2013
LEVIN, SANDER
· Feb 6, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· Feb 6, 2013
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 6, 2013
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 6, 2013
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 6, 2013
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Feb 6, 2013
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 6, 2013
Polis, Jared
· Feb 6, 2013
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 6, 2013
SERRANO, JOSE
· Feb 6, 2013
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 6, 2013
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 6, 2013
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 6, 2013
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Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 6, 2013
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 3, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 50: Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-50/
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"H.R. 50: Streamlined and Improved Methods at Polling Locations and Early (SIMPLE) Voting Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-50/.
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