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HR 946 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Postal service State and local government operations

Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017

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

Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate state or local election official.

What's happening now February 7, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2669 Related bill Vote By Mail Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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Ruiz, Raul
California · Dec 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 946: Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-946/
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"H.R. 946: Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-946/.
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H.R. 946, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-946/.
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