United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1835 (109th)
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2005
Introduced
26 April 2005
Last action
26 April 2005 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
SUSAN DAVIS, Raúl Grijalva, Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12], Ed Case, Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rick Larsen, Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in Federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate State or local election official.
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Timeline
26 April 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
26 April 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2533)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 26 April 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 26 April 2005
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 26 April 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 26 April 2005
Sponsors
- SUSAN DAVIS · D · Sponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Ed Case · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rick Larsen · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsha00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1835
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1835
- us · 109-hr-1835 · source updated 15 August 2025