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REVIEW VOTE AT HOME LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY

NO APPLICATION REQUIRED

The hallmark of a vote-at-home elections system is the automatic delivery of ballots without voters needing to apply or submit a request. Numerous studies show that voters with ballots in hand vote at materially higher levels than those who have to visit a physical polling location.
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NO EXCUSE REQUIRED

As of 2022, 14 states still require voters to have an excuse in order to obtain a mailed-out ballot. These excuses range from age (65+), disability status, illness, religious beliefs, and more. At National Vote at Home Institute, we fundamentally believe that all voters should have equitable access to a mailed-out ballot.
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SINGLE SIGN UP

Single sign-up, or a permanent absentee voter list, is when a voter can opt-in to automatically receive mail ballots for all future elections. Many states already have these lists for certain voters, like seniors or voters with disabilities. Some states provide single sign-up options that expire after one to two years.
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ONLINE BALLOT REQUEST

Online voter registration and ballot request forms are an important step to dramatically lower administrative costs and increase accessibility. Creating a portal where a voter can register to vote, request an absentee ballot, update their address, and more.
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BALLOT RETURN OPTIONS

Providing voters multiple in-person ballot return options for mail ballots are an important part of expanding voting access. Ballot return options fall into three main categories: voting location drop off (i.e. a polling place or vote center), election office drop off, and drop box drop off.
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PRE-PAID POSTAGE

Prepaying postage for the return of mail ballots is an easy way the government can simplify the ballot return process and increase ballot return rates. Though states have approached funding ballot return postage a number of ways, ideally funding should come from the federal level.
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BALLOT TRACKING

Ballot tracking allows voters to track their ballot like an Amazon package via an intelligent mail barcode and receive an electronic or phone notification when their ballot is sent to them, when it is arriving at their home, when it has been received back at the elections office, and when it has been accepted.
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PREPROCESSING

Preprocessing covers a variety of processes that prepare a mail ballot for counting. This typically includes scanning ballots into the system and marking them as “received,” verifying or checking for the presence of a signature, identifying any errors with a ballot that can be “cured” by the voter, and removing ballots from their envelopes in preparation for tabulation.
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SIGNATURE VERIFICATION

Signature verification increases voter trust by ensuring that all mail ballots were voted by the correct person. Election officials compare the signature on a voter’s ballot return envelope to their registration record by the department of motor vehicles, or some other official governmental service transaction.
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ROBUST CURE PROCESS

A ballot cure process lowers rejection rates of mail ballots by allowing voters to correct certain issues with their ballots, like forgetting to sign the ballot return envelope or correcting their signature because it does not match the one on file in your registration record.
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ELECTION DAY
POSTMARK ACCEPTANCE

Accepting ballots received after Election Day if they’re postmarked by Election Day can reduce rejection rates and increase voter confidence. Many states already have postmark acceptance for overseas and military voters, and should expand it to all voters.
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Vote at Home Legislative Testimony

By National Vote at Home Institute and Others

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GA No Excuse Proposal (2024)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
DE SB 3 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
DE SB 3 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
MN HF 3 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
ME LD 1690 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Ballot Tracking, Single Sign-Up
AK SB 19 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Single Sign-Up
AK SB 19 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Ballot Tracking, Notify and Cure, Pre-paid Postage, Single Sign-Up
MN HF 3 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Single Sign-Up
MN HF 3 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Single Sign-Up
NM HB 4 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJ-1 (2023)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: No-Excuse Option
Texas 26th Amendment Amicus Brief (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Process Improvements
CT HJ 1 (2023)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
DC B 24-0507 (2022)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Vote at Home Local Option
Michigan Pre-processing Testimony (2020)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Process Improvements
KS SB 412 (2020)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Single Sign-Up
TN HB 2862 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
KS SB 412 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
AK HB 115 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
MD SB 408 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Process Improvements
ME SP 736 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
ME LD 2067 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
DE HB 175 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
MD SB 45 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Process Improvements
VA HB 1 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
VA HB 240 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
VA HB 207 (2020)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
Virginia Pre-paid Postage Return Testimony (2019)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Pre-paid Postage
DC B 23-0319 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Statewide Vote at Home
NV AB 345 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
AK HB 115 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
DE HB 73 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
CT HJR 161 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: No-Excuse Option
HI SB 560 (2019)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Statewide Vote at Home
IL HB 3615 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
NE LB 163 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
MD SB 333 (2019)
Type: Testimony by Others
Subject: Single Sign-Up
HI SB 560 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Statewide Vote at Home
MD SB 606 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Process Improvements
MD SB 333 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
MD HB 322 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Process Improvements
MD HB 119 (2019)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Single Sign-Up
Georgia Signature Cure Case (2018)
Type: NVAHI Testimony
Subject: Notify and Cure

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