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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 4711. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4420 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Schmitt) to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title I insert the following:
Subtitle D—Protection Military, Military Family, and Overseas Voters
SEC. __. PROTECTING MILITARY, MILITARY FAMILY, AND OVERSEAS
VOTERS.
(a) Requirement.—
(1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title or the amendments made by this Act, the provisions
of and the amendments made by this title shall not apply
before the date that is 2 years after the following have been
submitted to Congress:
(A) A certification meeting the requirement of subsection
(b).
(B) The findings of each member of the Election Assistance
Commission with respect to the matters required to be
certified under subsection (b)(1).
(C) A report prepared by the Presidential designee
documenting the basis for the certification under subsection
(b)(1) and including a State-by State impact analysis of
effects of such provisions and amendments on absent uniformed
services voters (as defined in section 107(1) of the
Uniformed and Absentee Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(52 U.S.C. 20310(1))) and overseas voters (as defined in
section 107(5) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(5))).
(2) Extension.—
(A) Submission of request.—The chief State election
official of a State may submit to the Commission a request up
to a 1-year extension of the applicable date under paragraph
(1) with respect to the application of any provision of this
title to the State.
(B) Consideration.—The Commission may grant such extension
upon a finding of good cause that the State is not yet
operationally ready to implement this title without
materially impairing or burdening the ability of absent
uniformed services voters (as defined in section 107(1) of
the Uniformed and Absentee Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(1))) and overseas voters (as defined in
section 107(5) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(5))) to register,
request, receive, cast, and have counted absentee ballots in
elections for Federal office.
(b) Certification.—A certification under subsection
(a)(1)(A) meets the requirements of this subsection if such
certification includes—
(1) a statement, signed by the Presidential designee under
section 101 of the Uniformed and Absentee Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301), the Attorney General,
and each member of the Election Assistance Commission, that
the implementation of the provisions of and amendments made
by this Act will not materially impair, delay, burden, or
reduce the ability of absent uniformed services voters (as
defined in section 107(1) of the Uniformed and Absentee
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(1)))
and overseas voters (as defined in section 107(5) of such Act
(52 U.S.C. 20310(5))) to register, request, receive, cast,
and have counted absentee ballots in elections for Federal
office;
(2) a statement, signed by the Presidential designee under
section 101 of such Act that the chief State election
official of each State has been consulted and has no
unresolved objections to the certification under paragraph
(1);
(3) a statement, signed by the Inspector Generals for the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense,
and the Election Assistance Commission, that plans for the
implementation of this Act and the amendments made by this
Act—
(A) will not conflict with the provisions of the Uniformed
and Absentee Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C.
20301) or the Military Overseas Voting Empowerment
Act, including the use of the official post card form
prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C.
20301(b)(2)), the use of the Federal write-in absentee ballot
prescribed under section 103 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20303),
or the requirement that States timely transmit ballots before
Federal elections under section 102(a)(8) of such Act (52
U.S.C. 20302(a)(8)); and
(B) contain adequate safeguards to protect the rights of
such voters under such Act; and
(4) a determination by the Election Assistance Commission
that Congress has appropriated funding specifically for State
implementation of this title, including funding for election
official training, voter education, and any required
safeguards or accommodations.