A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified paper record, to improve provisional balloting, to impose additional re- quirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
Hillary ClintonThis bill would make voting easier for most citizens
Some provisions of this bill are...
o Requiring a paper record that can be verified by the voter, and then stored in a way that it cannot be linked to the voter.
o Protections to prevent voters from being unjustly removed from voter registration lists.
o Federal election day - the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years - would be a paid national holiday.
o Protections to prevent voters from being unjustly removed from voter registration lists.
o Federal election day - the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years - would be a paid national holiday.
Similar attempts to make voting easier
2015: The Democracy Day Act would make federal election day a holiday.
2007: This bill was reintroduced as S-804.
2007: An identical bill was introduced in the House as HR-1381.
More information
You can find more details about this bill at GovTrack.us.