Ballots by Election Day Act

This bill would change federal election law so that absentee and mail-in ballots in elections for federal office must be received by election officials by the time polls close on election day to be counted. States could not count absentee or mail-in ballots that arrive after polls close. The deadline would not apply to ballots from military voters serving away from home or from overseas voters, though states could still set their own election-day deadline for those ballots. The rule would apply to federal elections held in 2027 and later, and the U.S. Attorney General could enforce it.

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Sponsors

• James Lankford Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors