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HR7265119th Congress

Vote by Mail Tracking Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

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Summary

Trackable election mail is the goal. This bill would require mailed ballot envelopes to carry Postal Service barcodes or equivalent markings, meet USPS machineability and design rules, and show the Official Election Mail logo. It would apply to federal elections in 2026 and later.

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  • Voters: Voters would be able to check the delivery status of a mailed ballot using Postal Service tracking marks.
  • Election officials: State and local election offices that furnish ballot envelopes would need to use envelopes that meet Postal Service design and machineability rules and include the Official Election Mail logo. The Postmaster General must provide annual guidance and tools to those offices by June 1.
  • Military and overseas voters: Federal write-in absentee ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act are excluded from these tracking and design requirements.
  • Postal Service: The Postal Service would write regulations and provide the barcode and tracking tools or markings that entities must use.

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Trackable mail ballots for voters

If enacted, government entities that send ballots by mail would have to use envelopes that let the Postal Service track each individual ballot. Envelopes would need a Postal Service barcode or an equivalent tracking mark, meet Postal Service design and machineability rules, and show the Official Election Mail logo or its successor. The Postmaster General would have to provide the required information and tools, including how to generate the barcode, not later than June 1 of each year. The rule would apply to federal elections in 2026 and later and would not apply to Federal write-in absentee ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20303).

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/27/2026

  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 3/17/2026

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 2/9/2026

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2026

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

  • Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/23/2026

  • Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 5/12/2026

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