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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 6, 2001
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to award grants to States to enable them to adopt and use the Federal write-in absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act and the absentee ballot mailing envelopes prescribed under such Act in lieu of any State absentee ballot or envelope with respect to ballots of overseas voters for a primary or general Federal election.Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act with respect to States receiving a grant for use of Federal write-in absentee ballots under the program administered by the Federal Voting Assistance Program within the Department of Defense. Requires such States to: (1) treat any otherwise valid Federal write-in absentee ballot, that meets certain uniform requirements, as meeting applicable State law regarding acceptance of absentee ballots; and (2) accept and count any otherwise valid Federal write-in absentee ballot received by the appropriate State election official not later than ten days after the election to which the ballot refers.
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Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R–KS
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1908)
Introduced in Senate
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