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HR 138 116th 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 2019

Introduced: January 3, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2019

This bill prohibits 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 January 3, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1 Related bill For the People Act of 2019
  • S 26 Related bill Vote By Mail Act of 2019
  • HR 92 Related bill Vote By Mail Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 14, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Apr 10, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 10, 2020
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Apr 10, 2020
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Apr 10, 2020
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Apr 10, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 10, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 10, 2019
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jan 10, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jan 10, 2019
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jan 9, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 138: Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-138/
MLA
"H.R. 138: Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-138/.
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H.R. 138, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-138/.
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[H.R. 138: Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-138/)
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