Federal Bureau of Prisons Voting Assistance Act of 2026

This bill would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to send voting information to federal inmates who are, or were before incarceration, residents of a state that allows inmates in federal custody to vote. At least 90 days before a federal, state or local election, inmates would receive a message through the prison computer system explaining how to register to vote and how to request an absentee ballot. Each federal prison's Re-entry Affairs Coordinator would receive state voter registration criteria, instructions, printed forms and prepaid envelopes to give to eligible inmates. The information would also be posted in each facility and on the Bureau of Prisons website, offered in Spanish where the state provides it, and inmates with a recognized disability would receive help registering.

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Sponsors

• Eleanor Holmes Norton Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors