Vote at Home Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to streamline the procedures under which individuals may apply to register to vote in such elections through State motor vehicle authorities, to permit automatic voter registration through such authorities for eligible citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 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.
Vote at Home Act of 2025
This bill expands voting by mail in federal elections and provides for automatic voter registration through state motor vehicle authorities.
Specifically, the bill prohibits states from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of individuals to cast ballots by mail in federal elections, except states may impose a deadline for requesting the ballot and related voting materials and for returning a ballot.
Further, states must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election.
In addition, the U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots for federal elections expeditiously and free of postage.
Finally, the bill provides for automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.
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- COMMON CAUSE
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
- COMMON CAUSE
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO
- COMMON CAUSE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2847: Vote at Home Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2847/
"H.R. 2847: Vote at Home Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2847/.
H.R. 2847, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2847/.
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