A bill to provide grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot and to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require uniform treatment by States of Federal write-in absentee ballots.
Summary
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.