Legislation· Nov 2024Sponsored by Katie Porter (D)
Vote by Mail Tracking Act
Would have required mail-in ballots to carry a trackable U.S. Postal Service (USPS) barcode.
Tradeoff
Would have required every mail-in ballot envelope to carry a USPS tracking barcode and the official election mail logo. Would have applied to federal elections starting in 2026.
What's in it
The House passed this bill 396-6 on November 18, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Sep 21, 2023)
House
Committee on Oversight and Accountability(Sep 21, 2023)
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 41 - 0(Feb 6, 2024)
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #467 · Nov 18, 2024)
396 yeanay 6Senate
Received from the House
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Nov 19, 2024)
- Nancy Mace (R-SC)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- Byron Donalds (R-FL)
- Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Jake LaTurner (R-KS)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- James Comer (R-KY)
Passage votes· Nov 18, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025