Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Digital Overseas Voting Act”.
Digital Overseas Voting Act
A BILL
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to permit absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to submit the Federal write-in absentee ballot under such Act to the appropriate State election official by mail, electronic mail, or fax.
Sec. 2 Permitting submission of Federal write-in absentee ballot by mail, electronic mail, or fax
Submission of ballot— Section 103(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20303(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: “, except that the appropriate State election official shall accept the submission of the ballot by the absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter by mail, electronic mail, or fax.”.
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any ballot submitted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.