§20308 Reporting Requirements

Summary

A Presidential designee must send a report to the listed congressional committees not later than 180 days after October 28, 2009. That report must say how the rules for picking up and delivering marked absentee ballots (under section 20304) are being put in place and what was done for the November 2010 federal general election. It must review how well the Department of Defense Voting Assistance Officer Program works, point out any places it is failing, and give a plan if a new or extra program is needed. The report must also describe steps taken to put voter registration help for absent uniformed services voters in place under 10 U.S.C. 1566a. Every odd-numbered year, not later than September 30, the Presidential designee must send a report to the President and the same congressional committees about the prior year’s federal elections. That report must assess how activities under section 20305 worked (including the Federal Voting Assistance Program), give separate looks at registration and turnout for absent uniformed services voters and for overseas civilian voters, describe State–Federal cooperation, list how each military department used voter registration assistance under 10 U.S.C. 1566a and how many voters used it, and report how many marked absentee ballots were collected and delivered under section 20304 and how many were not delivered by poll closing and why. Absent overseas uniformed services voter — term defined in section 20304(d). Presidential designee — the person named under section 20301(a). Relevant committees of Congress — Senate Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration; House Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and House Administration.