Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 1415 (111th)

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 July 2009

Last action

16 July 2009 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 114.

Sponsors

Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

14 January 2025

Defence

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) to require states to establish procedures for: (1) absentee uniform services voters and overseas voters to request and, states to send, federal election voter registration applications and absentee ballot applications by mail, electronically, and by facsimile; (2) transmittal of blank absentee ballots by mail, online, and by facsimile to absentee uniformed services voters and overseas voters; and (3) ensuring absentee uniformed services voters and overseas voters have time to vote. Directs the presidential designee to establish procedures for: (1) collecting marked absentee ballots of absentee overseas uniformed services voters in regularly scheduled federal general elections; and (2) delivering them to the appropriate state election officials. Authorizes the use of federal write-in absentee ballots in general, special, and runoff elections for federal office, and promotion and expansion of use of such ballots as a back-up measure. Prohibits refusal to accept otherwise valid voter registration and absentee ballot applications, marked absentee ballots, and federal write-ins absentee ballots for failure to meet technical requirements. Directs the presidential designee to develop standards for training, supporting, and emphasizing Voting Assistance Officers under the Federal Voting Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD): (1) for all members of the uniformed services; and (2) on all installations and facilities of the uniformed services in the United States and overseas. Requires each state and the Secretary of Defense jointly to develop and implement procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at DOD pay, personnel, and identification offices. Requires the presidential designee to develop standards for states to report data on the number of absentee ballots transmitted and received and for storage of the data. Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require: (1) a state to use a requirements payment made using certain funds only to meet specified UOCAVA requirements; and (2) the state plan to describe how the state will use such requirements payment to meet UOCAVA requirements. Directs the presidential designee to establish one or more pilot programs to test the feasibility of new election technology for the benefit of absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters claiming UOCAVA rights.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 8 July 2009

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 July 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 July 2009

    Reported

    Committee on Rules and Administration. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

    Source: Committee

  4. 16 July 2009

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 114.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 16 July 2009

    Reported

    Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer with amendments. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  6. 16 July 2009

    Reported

    Committee on Rules and Administration. Reported by Senator Schumer with amendments. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

6 official files

Reported to Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to Senate (text)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 16 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Reported to Senate (PDF)

    Reported to Senate · EN · 16 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

    summary · EN · 16 July 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 8 July 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 62 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.