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HR 92 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles Postal service State and local government operations

Vote By Mail Act of 2019

Introduced: January 3, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Vote by Mail Act of 2019

This bill requires states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.

States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.

This bill authorizes automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.

What's happening now January 3, 2019

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 138 Related bill Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2019
  • S 26 Related bill Vote By Mail Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 26
All 26 Democratic 25
D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Aug 25, 2020
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Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 20, 2020
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 20, 2020
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · May 12, 2020
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jun 26, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Apr 8, 2019
Heck, Denny
· Mar 18, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 12, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 12, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Jan 23, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 17, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jan 14, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 8, 2019
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jan 8, 2019
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jan 3, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 3, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 92: Vote By Mail Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-92/
MLA
"H.R. 92: Vote By Mail Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-92/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 92, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-92/.
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[H.R. 92: Vote By Mail Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-92/)
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