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Ballots by Election Day Act
Sponsored By: Senator Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would require that ballots in federal elections be received by the close of polls on Election Day to be counted. It adds a new section to the Help America Vote Act to make that receipt deadline a mandatory counting rule and phases the rule in starting with elections held in 2027. Absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act are exempt from the deadline.
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- Voters who use mail or absentee ballots would need to ensure their ballots arrive by polls closing on Election Day or risk not having them counted. This raises the importance of timely delivery and local return options.
- Absent uniformed services and overseas voters keep their existing protections under UOCAVA and are not subject to the new receipt deadline.
- State and local election officials would enforce the new deadline because HAVA enforcement is expanded to cover the added section 305, making missed receipt deadlines subject to HAVA remedies.
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Mail ballots must arrive by Election Day
This bill would require that all ballots for Federal office be received by the appropriate election official by the time polls close on Election Day to be counted. If you vote by mail or absentee, your ballot would need to arrive by that poll-closing time in order to be accepted for tabulation. The rule would apply to primaries, runoffs, special elections, and general Federal elections held in 2027 and later. Ballots cast by absent uniformed service voters and overseas voters would be exempt, and the bill would add this deadline to the rules enforceable under the Help America Vote Act.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
FL • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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