Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2019 or the FAST Voting Act of 2019 This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states to (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; or (3) implement automatic voter registration.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Government Operations and Politics
Computer security and identity theftDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsNatural disastersPerformance measurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsVoting rights
FAST Voting Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1512| House
| Updated: 3/5/2019
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2019 or the FAST Voting Act of 2019 This bill requires the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states to (1) improve voter participation, such as by providing flexible registration opportunities, early voting, or absentee voting; (2) improve voting system security, such as by providing voting machines that are less than 10 years old, updating voting equipment to provide a verifiable paper trail at polling places, or implementing strong chain of custody procedures for voting equipment and paper records; or (3) implement automatic voter registration.
Computer security and identity theftDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElections, voting, political campaign regulationForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsNatural disastersPerformance measurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsVoting rights