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H.R. 156 119th Congress House

Securing our Elections Act of 2025

Official title: To ensure election integrity and security by establishing consistent photo identification requirements for voting in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Computers and information technologyElections, voting, political campaign regulationState and local government operations
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 3, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Securing our Elections Act of 2025

This bill establishes certain photo identification requirements for voting in federal elections.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a state or local election official from providing a ballot for a federal election to an individual who does not present valid photo identification.

Next, the bill outlines the availability of provisional ballots and the requirements for counting those ballots. In particular, an individual who does not present a valid photo identification must be permitted to cast a provisional ballot. However, an election official may not determine that the individual is eligible under state law to vote in the election unless, not later than three days after casting the provisional ballot, the individual presents (1) the identification required, or (2) an affidavit attesting that the individual does not possess the identification because of a religious objection to being photographed.

An election official may not allow for voting methods other than in-person voting unless the individual submits the ballot with (1) a copy of their photo identification, or (2) the last four digits of their Social Security number with an affidavit attesting that the individual is unable to obtain a copy of a valid photo identification after making reasonable efforts to obtain a copy. This prohibition shall not apply to overseas military voters.

The bill also requires a state to provide an individual with a valid photo identification without charge if that individual presents an affidavit attesting to an inability to afford or otherwise obtain a valid photo identification.

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 Lobbying activity 8

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Mackenzie, Ryan
Pennsylvania · Jan 9, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 156: Securing our Elections Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-156/
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"H.R. 156: Securing our Elections Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-156/.
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H.R. 156, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-156/.
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[H.R. 156: Securing our Elections Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-156/)
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