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S 1951 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Postal service State and local government operations

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the availability of early voting or no-excuse absentee voting.

Introduced: August 5, 2015 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Aug 5, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state to: (1) allow individuals to vote in a federal election before the date of the election through early voting or voting by mail, and (2) publicize the details of such voting.

What's happening now August 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Bill text 1 version

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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jan 12, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1951: A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the availability of early voting or no-excuse absentee voting.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1951/
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"S. 1951: A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the availability of early voting or no-excuse absentee voting.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1951/.
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