H.R. 6009: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6009: To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22] · what a sponsor is
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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the expedited delivery of all marked absentee ballots from overseas uniformed services voters for regularly scheduled general elections for federal office to the appropriate election officials on or before the last Friday preceding the date of the regularly scheduled general election for federal office, except that in the case of an election occurring prior to the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2012, such delivery shall be on or before the seventh day preceding such election.

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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require the Secretary of Defense to provide expedited delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters to the appropriate election officials when such ballots are collected on or before the last Friday before the election, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22] · 5 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6009.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6009 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111