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S 4707 116th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Postal service State and local government operations

Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act

Introduced: September 24, 2020 Introduced by: Scott, Rick Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act

This bill establishes certain requirements for voting by mail in federal elections, including by requiring mail-in ballots to be received by the time the polls close on election day. Further, the bill requires states to count all eligible ballots within 24 hours after the election.

In addition, the bill makes it unlawful to possess or return a mail-in ballot completed by another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4707: Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4707/
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"S. 4707: Verifiable, Orderly, and Timely Election Results Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4707/.
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S. 4707, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4707/.
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