S. 2797: Military Voter Compliant States Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-11-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-11-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Military Voter Compliant States Act of 2009

Plain summary

Military Voter Compliant States Act of 2009 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to exempt certain states from the requirement that a state transmit a validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter not later than 45 days before a federal election if the voter's request is received at least 45 days before the election. Requires a waiver of such requirement for any state where, in the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2008, less than 3% of all absentee ballots received by the state from absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters were not counted as a result of not being received in time to be so counted.

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Official text

Military Voter Compliant States Act of 2009

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s2797.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s2797 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111