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H.R. 3169, The Disaster Voting Reform Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 3169 would direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States to respond to election administration needs which result from a major natural disaster.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inDisaster Voting Reform Act of 2007 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to editmake grants to each eligible state to: (1) restore and replace supplies, materials, and equipment used in the wikiadministration of elections which were damaged as a result of a major natural disaster; and (2) conduct voter outreach and education for voters displaced as a result of a major natural disaster. Requires preference for states with satellite voting sites.

Grants an eligible disaster evacuee the right to
be treated in the firstsame manner as an absent uniform services voter and overseas voter under the Uniform and Overseas Citizen Absentee Voting Act. Deems such an individual entitled to providevote by absentee ballot under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Requires each motor vehicle authority and each designated voter registration agency in
a detailed summarystate to take necessary steps to notify individuals to whom services are provided of the bill!)protections of this Act and the requirements for obtaining those protections.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/24/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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