H.R. 1631
Referred to CommitteePostage Free Ballot Act
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3/7/2019 • House
Summary
Postage Free Ballot Act
This bill requires that any absentee ballot for an election be carried through the mail expeditiously and free of charge.
The bill directs a state to use a requirements payment under the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for revenue it would have obtained from the mailing of absentee ballots but for the requirement that such ballots be mailed for free.
Introduced in House • 3/7/2019
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March 7, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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