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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that would significantly overhaul election procedures and require states to adopt uniform provisions related to their implementation.

Highlights:

• Requires states to install voting machines and electronic systems that alert voters when errors have occurred on ballots and then gives them a chance to correct the errors.

• Requires states to offer a private voting machine for blind or disabled voters at each polling place.

• Requires local election officials to mail sample ballots to registered voters 10 days prior to a federal election with the following information:
• Election date;
• Hours for voting; and
• Basic information on how to vote.

• Provides aid to states and localities to modernize voting machines.

• Establishes a Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study election technology, voting, and election administration, and to report their findings to Congress.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text