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119-s-1887119th Congress

Vote at Home Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

Introduced

Summary

Expand federal mail voting for federal elections. The bill would require states to mail ballots at least two weeks before a federal election and make mail ballots accessible to voters with disabilities. It would also require free postage for blank and returned ballots and add automatic voter registration through state motor vehicle agencies with strict data limits and confidentiality.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Registered voters get mailed ballots

If enacted, States would have to mail a ballot to every registered voter at least two weeks before each federal election starting in 2026. The bill would bar States from adding extra eligibility tests for mail voting, though States could keep deadlines for requesting and returning ballots. Mail ballots would have to be accessible so voters with disabilities get comparable privacy and independence. The U.S. Postal Service would carry blank ballots and voted ballots free of postage. The bill would also add the new mail-voting rules to Help America Vote Act enforcement and include the free-postage rule in postal funding references.

Voter registration at motor vehicle offices

If enacted, State motor vehicle offices would include a voter registration form when you apply, renew, or change your address for a driver's license. The form could only collect the minimum data needed, must include a citizenship attestation, and the information would be sent to election officials. MVAs must transmit registrations when you show citizenship documents or when records show you are already registered. Transmission deadlines would generally be within 10 days, or within 5 days if accepted within 5 days of the state's registration deadline. Election officials must remove any auto-registration later found ineligible and treat it as never having occurred. The bill would bar most uses of MVA registration data in immigration or most criminal or civil cases, but it would not protect knowing fraud or knowingly illegal voting. These changes would take effect 180 days after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

OR • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 6/3/2025

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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