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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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