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FAST Voting Act of 2017

Introduced: March 7, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 7, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2017 or the FAST Voting Act of 2017

This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants, on a competitive basis, to states to: (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; and (3) implement automatic voter registration.

What's happening now March 7, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 26, 2018
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 26, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 27, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1398: FAST Voting Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1398/
MLA
"H.R. 1398: FAST Voting Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1398/.
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H.R. 1398, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1398/.
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[H.R. 1398: FAST Voting Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1398/)
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