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S. 1887 119th Congress Senate

Vote at Home Act of 2025

Official title: A bill 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 A… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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 who do not complete voter registration applications, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2025 Introduced by: Ron Wyden Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
May 22, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1887: Vote at Home Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1887/
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"S. 1887: Vote at Home Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1887/.
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S. 1887, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1887/.
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