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    Early Voting Legislation in the 109th Congress

    Published: January 26, 2009
    Bill No. Short Title Sponsors Date Introduced Related Bills Description
    S. 17 Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 Dodd January 24, 2005   Among other things, this bill would would require each state to provide for early voting no less than 15 days before any federal election.
    S. 450 Count Every Vote Act of 2005 Clinton February 17, 2005 H.R. 939 This is an omnibus election reform bill that seeks to address a number of election administration problems that arose in the 2004 federal elections.  Among other things, it would require each state to provide for early voting no less than 15 days before any federal election.
    H.R. 533 Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 Conyers February 2, 2005   The provisions of this election reform bill are very similar to those in S. 17 and would address many election administration problems in the same way.  On early voting, however, this bill would require states to permit same-day voter registration at poll sites that conduct early voting.
    H.R. 939 Count Every Vote Act of 2005 Jones February 17, 2005 S. 450 This omnibus election reform bill seeks to address a number of election administration problems that arose in the 2004 federal elections.  The provisions of this bill are similar to those in S. 450.
    H.R. 2104   Norton May 4, 2005   Among other things, this bill would permit local jurisdictions to conduct voting before Election Day.
    H.R. 3557 Voter Outreach and Turnout Expansion Act of 2005 Hastings July 28, 2005   Among other things, this bill would require states to permit jurisdictions to conduct early voting. At least two of the days during the early voting period must be weekend days. Ballots cast before Election Day would be processed in the same way as absentee ballots. The locations of early voting poll sites must be proportional to the geographic distribution of the voting age population.
    H.R. 4989 Electoral Fairness Act of 2006 Holt March 16, 2006  

    Among other things, this bill would permit states to conduct early voting in polling places.