Bill > HR5828

This bill amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to allow absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to submit a single absentee ballot application that will be valid for all subsequent federal elections in their state until the next regularly scheduled general election, including any runoff elections. This means that military personnel and citizens living abroad will not have to reapply for an absentee ballot for every election. The bill also clarifies that states cannot refuse to process an absentee ballot application from these voters simply because it was submitted before the state's usual deadline for accepting such applications from domestic voters, and it includes an exception for voters who change their state of registration or are no longer eligible to vote in that state.